With the original improvised music by
Stella Arauzo y Antonio Solera
and the trust & support of the
Fundación Antonio Gades
"Gades, between step and step"
A Short Film by
Antonio Alay

Antonio Esteve was born in 1936 in the coastal town of Elda, in the province of Alicante, Spain. After the civil war in which his father participated, they move to Madrid where he grows up testing his abilities and suffering post-war hardships. The famous dancer and choreographer Pilar López perceives in him an unusual energy and magic, artistically baptizing him Antonio Gades, turning him into the first dancer of her ballet and beginning, almost without intending to, a professional career that will would lead to discover the world, choreography, theater, literature and painting, interpretation, cinema and artistic production, thus becoming one of the most innovative and relevant figures of universal dance and, especially, of flamenco, performing arts and spanish folklore.

★★★ Characters ★★★
in order of appearance

Campúa, Harry Fleming, Manolo Vargas, Pilar López, Enrique Esteve, Elettra Morini, Marga Nativo, Antoñita La Singla, Carmen Amaya, Vicente Escudero, Emilio de Diego, Calderas de Salamanca, Juan Maya Marote, Curra Jiménez, El Lebrijano, Josefa La Polaca, Pablo Picasso, Rafael Alberti, Joan Miró, Rafael de Córdoba, Salvador Dalí, Alicia Alonso, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Carlos Saura, Federico García Lorca, Paco de Lucía, Laura del Sol y Ballet Antonio Gades

★★★ Locations ★★★
in order of appearance

Elda Alicante, Gran Vía Madrid, Teatro Alla Scala Milán, Montjuic, Somorrostro y Las Ramblas Barcelona, Corral de la Morería Madrid, Manhattan Nueva York, Playa y Carlton Hotel Cannes, Estudio de TV Madrid, Gran Teatro La Habana, Estudio de Danza Madrid, Puerto Deportivo Ibiza, Sacromonte Granada y Habana Vieja Cuba