Jairo Barrull Fernández (10 May 1983, Seville) artistically known as Jairo Barrull is a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer. He is son of flamenco dancer Ramon Barrull, and great great nephew of flamenco guitarist Diego del Gastor.

Early life Jairo's artistic legacy comes from his family ‘Los Negros de Ronda-The Black Ones from Ronda’. He began dancing under the direction of his father when he was 7 years old. At 8 years of age, Jairo made his first public appearance at ‘El Gazpacho Andaluz de Morón de la Frontera’.Martin Martin, Manuel. "Los 'Jueves Flamencos' dan la alternativa a Jairo Barrull", p. 58.El Mundo, Madrid, 11 May 2005. When he was 13, he danced as a solo artist for the first time in Germany in the show Almoraima with Concha Vargas and Curro Fernández. In 1997, Jairo participated in the homage to ‘El Cristo de los Gitanos’ in Los Palacios, Seville with El Chocolate, Aurora Vargas, Enrique Soto Sordera, Pansequito and Jose de la Tomasa. Later that year he toured across Finland, Norway and Sweden as a solo artist performing ‘Flamenco Joven’.

He performed with Concha Vargas, Antonio El Pipa and Juana Amaya at The Vatican's Paul VI Auditorium in the show Un Gitano de Ley, performed for Pope John Paul II in celebration of the beatification of Ceferino Giménez Malla El Pele. Jairo returned to Germany in 1998, where he performed in Bremen alongside Juana Amaya and Arcángel.Feuilleton. " Flamenco mit Juana Amaya im Frankfurter Hof", “Mitgebracht als Co-Tänzer hatte sie das 14jährige Flamenco-Talent Jairo Barull” Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, 21 April 1998.

Artistic career In 1999, Jairo performed as a solo artist in the Vredenburg Theatre, Utrecht (the Netherlands), in the flamenco performance ‘Una Noche de Flamenco Puro’ alongside Angelita Vargas, El Chocolate, Niño de Pura and El Boquerón. Jairo also danced in the Festival Flamenco of Düsseldorf, Germany, and toured Sweden for the second time performing ‘Gypsy Kids’ in the ‘Dansens Hus’, Stockholm.Carlsson, Bernt. "Ovationerna lockade artisterna till stordåd", p. 27. Länstidningen, Sweden, 1 March 1999. Andersson, Åsa. “Olé, vilken spansk hetta”, Sweden, 22 March 1999.Westlund, Joakim. “Flamencon är alt I Jarios liv”, Sweden, 2 March 1999.

Later that same year Jairo participated as a lead dancer in Abolengo, which premiered on Broadway, New York. Jairo's tour with Abolengo led to him being featured in the documentary ‘Around Flamenco’, produced by Canal Sur Television. In 2000 he was contracted by Teruo Kabaya for a month tour of Tokyo, performing ‘Flamenca y Flamenco’. In 2001 Jairo embarked on an extensive tour across North America and Argentina performing the show ‘Al-Andalus’ that premiered in the Avenida Theatre with the following artists: Farruquito, Torombo y Jose Maya.Tomalonis, Alexandra. "The Storm of Flamenco Al Andalus”, The Washington Post, Washington, 24 October 2000.Gsell, Silvia. "El Flamenco en estado salvaje”, La Nación, Buenos Aires, 24 August 2000.Gsell, Silvia. "Flamenco en estado puro”, “La Nación”, Buenos Aires, 26 April 2001. The great success of Al-Andalus lead to the show ‘Incognito’ by juggler Francis Brunn in Frankfurt, which premiered in the Alte Oper of Frankfurt, where Jairo danced as one of the main flamenco dancers alongside Farruco, Torombo y José Maya.Staude, Sylvia. "In der Hitze des Tanzes”, Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany, 19 May 2001.Segler, Daland. "Aus Santalousien”, Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany, 26 May 2001.Thomasius, Jutta W. "Feurig Lodernde Flamenco-Fiesta”, Frankfurter Neue Presse, Germany, 26 May 2001.Kargl, Silke B. Anda Flamenco magazine, p. 17-19. Münster. no 37, 2001.

He starred in the premiere of Rafael Amargo's show ‘Tablao’ in Barcelona alongside Sevillian dancers Farruco and Torombo.Sesé, Teresa. "Rafael Amargo lleva el flamenco “más puro y salvaje” al Capitol”, “La Vanguardia”, Spain, 7 June 2001.Davila, Ana Maria. "El Club Capitol se convierte en un «Tablao»”, “El Mundo”, Spain, 6 June 2001 That autumn he returned to Sweden where he danced alongside Gerardo Núñez and the following year he danced in the flamenco show ‘Alma Gitana’ alongside his father: Ramon Barrull and Manolo Soler with Juana Amaya's company and performed in The 1st Feria Mundial of Flamenco, The Flamenco Festival of Mistela, El Potaje Gitano de UtreraGarcia Reyes, Alberto. "Flamenco. Potaje de Utrera. Homenaje a Miguel Acal”, p. 7. ABC, Spain, 3 July 2002. and La Fundación El Monte, Seville Martin Martin, Manuel. "Alma Gitana”, p. 7. El Mundo, Spain, 19 January 2002.Carrasco, Marta. "Juana Amaya, alma gitana…en familia”, p. 74. ABC, Spain, 18 January 2002. and the New World Flamenco Festival, California, USA.Segal, Lewis. "Festival Opens with Passion”, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 12 August 2002. Bleiberg, Laura. "Juana Amaya troupe, really step to it”, The Orange County Register, California, 12 August 2002. The following year Jairo danced in the show ‘Magia de Maestros’ where he shone at the Berliner Philharmonie with the following artists: Juana Amaya, Gerardo Núñez, Carmen Cortes and Rafael de Carmen.Herbert von Karajan. "Andalusische Leidenschaft”, Berliner Morgenpost, Germany, 10 March 2003.Plankermann, Natascha. "Wilde Wirbel”, Rheinische Post, Germany, 26 June 2003."Tanz-Einlage auf dem Tisch”, Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, 30 June 2003.

In 2004 Jairo danced in the program ‘El Flamenco que viene’ alongside his uncle Diego de Morón Vergillos, Juan "Diego de Morón/Jairo Barrul”, p. 47. Diario de Sevilla, Spain, 21 April 2004."DE MORÓN Y BARRUL”, p. 9. Sevilla DC, Spain, April 2004. and participates in ‘Mas Jóvenes, mas flamenco’ in the ‘XIII Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla.Garcia Reyes, Alberto. "Viejo Arte, Nuevas Costumbres”, p. 56. ABC, Spain, 17 June 2004. The following year he presented his show in ‘El Monte’, Seville: ‘To my father Ramon Barrull’, which received excellent reviews from the ABC and El Mundo Spanish newspapers.Carrasco, Marta. "Morón Marca Estilo”, p. 67. ABC, Spain, 14 May 2005.Martin Martin, Manuel. "Un Bailaor de Fuego y Casta”, p. 7. El Mundo, Spain, 14 May 2005. In 2006 Jairo participated in the show Morón, a time and a rhythm in the New World Flamenco Festival in California, America.Bleiberg, Laura. "Pushing the Limits: New World Flamenco Festival”, The Orange County Register, California, 29 July 2006. He also participated in the ‘Sinfonia Flamenca’ with Juan Carmona's group in the ‘Orchestre National de Lyon Auditorium.’ The following year Jairo performed at the Mont de Marsan Flamenco Festival, in the show Moroneando as well as the Berlin Flamenco Festival with Tomas de Perrate.

January 2009 saw the premiere of Jairo's flamenco show Herencia in the Theatre Oriente, which paid tribute to his father Ramon Barrull in Morón de la Frontera. In 2010 Jairo presented his new flamenco show Dos Ramas with Angelita Vargas as the invited artist, which premiered at the Festival Flamenco Mont-de-Marsan 2010 in France and performed in the show Gitaneria which premiered as part of the Festival Flamenco Gitano 2010 in the USA.

Campbell, Karen. "Flamenco showcase presents ageless passion”, p. 13. The Boston Globe, Boston, 22 November 2010. Siegel, Marcia B. "Basic Flamenco", p. 23. The Boston Phoenix, Boston, 26 November 2010. More recently Jairo has performed in the I Flamenco Festival en la Frontera 2011F.C. "Morón reivindica su magnetismo jondo con ‘Flamenco en la Frontera’”, p. 42. Diario de Sevilla, Seville, 6 September 2011. and the I Flamenco Festival of Moscow.

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