Antonio Canales (flamenco) the “Torero” show. 1999 Medal of Andalusia for his contribution to the dissemination of the culture of the state abroad. 2000 Max Awards “Best Dance Performer” 2003 Max Awards “Best Dance Artist” Antonio Canales (flamenco) Antonio Gomez de los Reyes known as Antonio Canales is a male flamenco dancer and choreographer born in Seville. He was born in Seville in 1961. He began his studies at the Spanish National Ballet. In 1981, signed by Víctor Ullate, he became a solo dancer at the Spanish National Ballet in Madrid. In 1985, he moved to Paris where he joined the company of
Flamenco guitar and flamenco guitar technique is known as "toque". Flamenco players tend to play the guitar between the sound hole and the bridge, but as closely as possible to the bridge, to produce a harsher, rasping sound quality. Unlike classical "tirando", where the strings are pulled parallel to the soundboard, in flamenco "apoyando" strings are struck towards the soundboard in such way that the striking finger is caught and supported by the next string, hence the name apoyando (from Spanish "apoyar" meaning "to support"). At times, this style of playing causes the vibrating string to gently touch the frets along its