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BIOGRAPHY
As the
son of dancers Joaquín Robles and Carmen Mota, Joaquin was raised
in a dance environment. He studied Flamenco with various
instructors, being mainly influenced by Raúl Martínez and Antonio
Montoya “El Farruco”. He learned Regional Dance from Pedro Azorin
and Spanish Dance from his mother, later going on to join her
company as a member of the dance team, eventually becoming one of
the soloist dancers of the company. Without the ability to hear
music (he lost the ability to hear at the age of eight), and
through the vibrations transmitted by the floor, Joaquin has
danced on stages all over the world without the audience knowing
about his hearing problem. As a soloist, he danced at the
millenium inauguration gala in Berlin in the presence of then
President Helmut Kohl. Following his dancing career, Joaquin
decided to dedícate himself fully to choreography, and made his
debut with the piece ¨Poeta¨ at the Miss Spain gala in 1999. Since
then, his choreographies have been the foundation of the work of
Carmen Mota´s dance company, and much of his work has been shown
on the TV 1 and Tele 5 television channels. Joaquin also
choregraphed the successful show "Fuego!", which has been
performed in theatres across Europe, Canada and Asia. Joaquin has
shared the stage with artists like The Blue Brothers (James
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd), The Beach Boys, Julio and Enrique
Iglesias, Mariah Carey, Olivia Newton-John and Paul Anka. Since
1996 he has worked alongside his mother at the Pirámide de Arona
auditorium in Tenerife, where he has also created other shows like
the musicals "Carmen", "Don Juan", "Urban Romeo", "Esencia de
Amor", "Airam" and "Malizia", being responsible for the adapted
idea, choreography, set design, lighting design, and stage
direction. He currently lives in Madrid with his wife and two
daughters. Outside of the dance world, he is a martial arts
instructor (Jeet Kune Do) of international prestige.