Jesús Perez Cortes was born in Sevilla (Spain).

At six years of age he was already dancing 'sevillanas', a typical regional dance.

A year later he began classes with the famed teacher Rosalía Moreno in classical Spanish, regional and flamenco dance, as well as music, jazz and 'caque'.

In 1983 he studied Spanish guitar with Luis de Abajo.

In 1985 he furthered his studies in dance with the teachers José de la Ega, Isabel Porcar, E. M., Ros Mur and juan Mur (who teaches at the Conservatorio de Música).

In 1988 Jesús Cortés and his 'ballet' (dance) group made an artistic tour of France, organised by the Spanish Consulate.

In 1989 he carried out his own presentation in collaboration with Teresa Guerra's group.

In 1990 he began performing at the dance hall Gran Palace de Lloret de Mar (Barcelona) as 'primer bailarín' (first dancer) in the show Fuerza del Ballet Imperial, with 35 other artists.

In 1991 he founded his own dance academy where he imparted classes in regional as well as Spanish dance.

From 1996 until now he has been performing with his 'Ballet' at the El Relicario, which is internationally renown for the quality of its hired arists and presented shows.

Jesus Cortes is considered as one of the best and most recognised dancers at the moment in the field of flamenco. Furthermore, he comes from a family deeply rooted in the art, whose most outstanding representative is Jesus.

One of the pricipal artistic virtues of this exponent of modern flamenco is His ability to produce a versatile range of sounds using solely the force of feet.

In addition, Jesús Cortes has shared the stage with several major figures of song and performance such as Placido domingo, sara Montiel, Regina de Santos,Los Morancos, La Trinca, Ma del Monte, etc.

At 30 years of age he has entertained personalities of the political and business world like the chairman of Land Rover America, minister Loyola de Palacios, the king of United Arab Emirates (in Albajarin city), and many others.

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