''Un paso adelante'' (''One Step Forward'') is a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980s TV series '' Fame''. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel

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from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking countries (including Latin America), in Germany (where it was retitled ''Dance – Der Traum vom Ruhm''), Italy (where it was retitled ''Paso Adelante''),

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(where it was retitled ''Korak napred'') and in France (where it was retitled ''Un, Dos, Tres''). It began airing on Séries+ in Canada in 2011. Choreographers: Luka Yexi (seasons 1+2) Anna & Carlos Infante (seasons 3+4) Myriam Benedited (seasons 5+6) A sequel series titled ''UPA Next'' premiered on 25 December 2022 on

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Plot

The show focuses on the professors and the students of Carmen Arranz, one of the most prestigious art schools in Spain. The school is located in

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. The story follows Lola, Pedro, Rober, Jero, Ingrid, Silvia and Marta. They want to be successful singers, dancers and actors but they learn as they go along that the path to fame is not an easy one.

Cast list

Professors

Lola Herrera María Dolores Herrera Arranz (born 30 June 1935), better known as Lola Herrera, is a Spanish actress. Biography Lola Herrera was born in Valladolid on 30 June 1935. She started in the world of music, but in the 1950s, she went to Madrid. She ...

as Carmen Arranz *

Beatriz Rico Beatriz Rico (born 25 February 1970, in Avilés, Asturias) is a Spanish actress. Biography Rico spent most of her childhood and adolescence in Gijón, having studied high school at the Jovellanos Institute. At 19, she moved to Madrid to study d ...

as Diana de Miguel *

Natalia Millán Natalia Millán (born 27 November 1969) is a Spanish actress, dancer and singer. Life and career Born in Madrid on 27 November 1969, Millán began studying at the Taller de Escuelas Imaginarias (Escuela TAI) at age 16, receiving singing lessons, ...

as Adela Ramos * as Juan Taberner * as Cristóbal Soto *

Toni Acosta Antonia del Carmen Acosta León (born 10 April 1972), better known as Toni Acosta, is a Spanish actress. Biography Antonia del Carmen Acosta León was born in San Cristóbal de la Laguna (in the island of Tenerife) on 10 April 1972. Her paren ...

as Jacinta "J.J." Jimenez *

Jaime Blanch Jaime Blanch Montijano (born 1940) is a Spanish film and television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional ...

as Gaspar Ruiz * Pedro Peña as Antonio Milá * as Horacio Alonso *

Fanny Gautier Fanny Solórzano Gautier (born 21 November 1970, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish actress. She is famous for portraying Alicia Jauregi in the Spanish television series ''Un paso adelante'', and in the films ''Abre los ojos'', ''Elsa y Fred'' and '' ...

as Alicia Jauregi * Esther Arroyo as Irene Miró *

Juan Echanove Juan Echanove Labanda (born 1 April 1961) is a Spanish actor. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2002, he received the Nacho Martínez Award. Selected filmography Film Theatre As director *''Visitando al Señor Green'' (2005) As acto ...

as Mariano Cuéllar *

Marta Ribera Marta Ribera is a Spanish theatrical actress star born on 27 july 1971. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Frank Wildhorn musical ''Jekyll & Hyde'' in the starring role of Lucy Harris and her most recent role as The Lady of the Lake ...

as Eva Ruiz * Satur Barrios as Cristina * Rocío Calvo as Claudia Romero * as Purificación "Puri" Lacarino

Students

Beatriz Luengo Beatriz Luengo González (born 23 December 1982) is a Spanish musician, composer, actress, dancer, singer and entrepreneur based in Miami. She gained international recognition by portraying Lola Fernández in the Antena 3 series '' One Step For ...

as Dolores "Lola" Fernández *

Miguel Ángel Muñoz Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco (born 4 July 1983) is a Spanish actor and singer. Career Muñoz began his career as an actor at the age of eleven in the film ''El Palomo cojo'' (1995), followed by many television appearances. From 1997 to 1998, he ...

as Roberto "Rober" Arenales * Pablo Puyol as Pedro Salvador *

Mónica Cruz Mónica Cruz Sánchez (born 16 March 1977) is a Spanish actress and dancer. She is the younger sister of actress Penélope Cruz. She has appeared in the films ''The Inquiry'' (2006), ''Last Hour'' (2008), '' Jerry Cotton'' (2010) and ''Iron Cr ...

as Silvia Jauregui * Silvia Marty as Ingrid Munoz *

Dafne Fernández Dafne Fernández Fernández (born 31 March 1985) is a Spanish actress and dancer. Career Born in Madrid on 31 March 1985, Dafne Fernández made her feature film debut in '' Malena Is a Name from a Tango'' (1996). She became famous for playing ...

as Marta Ramos * Raúl Peña as Jeronimo "Jero" Juiz *

Yotuel Romero Yotuel Omar Romero Manzanares (born October 6, 1976), mononymously known as Yotuel, is a Cuban singer, actor, and current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award-winning Platinum album-selling rap group Orishas (band), Orishas. ...

as Pavel Rodriguez * as Erika Sanz * Arantxa Valdivia as Luisa Ruiz * Patricia Arizmendi as Sonia * Junior Miguez as Junior Miguez *

Asier Etxeandia Asier Gómez Etxeandía (born 27 June 1975) is a Spanish film actor and singer, whose career includes television, theater and film performances. He is best known for his character as Raúl de la Riva in ''Velvet'' and '' Velvet Colección'' and f ...

as Benito "Beni" Lopez * as Josè * Ricardo Amador as Rafael "Rafa" Torres * as Cesar Martín

Others

* as Sebastián *

Elisabeth Jordán Elisabeth Jordán (born 26 August 1983 in Cartagena, Spain) started her professional career on the television program ''Popstars, todo por un sueño'', the Spain, Spanish version of ''Popstars''. She won, after never having been nominated for exc ...

as Tania *

José Ángel Egido José Ángel Egido Pérez (born 1951) is a Spanish actor. He won the 17th Goya Awards, 2003 Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance as Lino in ''Mondays in the Sun''. Filmography References External links

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as Víctor Arenales * as Román Fernández * William Miller as Nacho Salinas

Main characters

Silvia Jáuregui (

) is the best female dancer at the school, besides being the director's niece. Her mother was a professional dancer and her father was a conductor. Therefore, she had the opportunity to tour the world with them when they were performing abroad. In the first episodes, she was quite snobbish and reserved. So she had difficulty in making friends. But, throughout the episodes, she became a close friend of Ingrid and Lola. She has had many lovers: Pedro, Rober (who eventually got her pregnant), Pavel, cocaine addict Alvaro, and Horacio (an ex-boyfriend of her aunt's). Dolores "Lola" Fernández (

) is a young woman who has devoted her entire life to dance and her family (her father and younger brother). She has a talent for singing but her real passion is dancing. Throughout the episodes, she has had many lovers: Jerónimo, Pavel (played by Orishas’ frontman Yotuel who is also

's partner in real life), and Pedro. Ingrid Muñoz ( Silvia Marty) is an extroverted and optimistic young woman who idolises Aretha Franklin. She had a romance with Juan, one of her teachers. She broke up with him, however, after he got his colleague Diana pregnant. Pedro Salvador ( Pablo Puyol) is the son of an Asturian fisherman and he moved to

to learn how to dance. Actually, he considers dance as a way to overcome his shyness towards girls. Besides, he has to work part-time jobs in order to pay for his scholarship. Roberto “Rober” Arenales (

) is the seventh son of a wealthy family from

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. He likes behaving as a tough guy to hide his insecurities and he's a ladies' man. He has a son, Sergio with an ex-girlfriend from when he was 16. Jeronimo “Jero” Juiz (Raul Peña), is a songwriter ready to do anything to gain fame. He had a romance with Lola but she ended up cheating on him with another student, Pavel. Marta Ramos (

) is a classical dancer. She is the dance teacher Adela's sister. She had an affair with Pedro, and afterwards, with Rober. In the final season, she was diagnosed with a heart disease. But, eventually, she overcame it and returned to dance.

Adaptations

It was adapted in 2007 to Romania by Media Pro Pictures as .

Sequel

A sequel series titled ''UPA Next'' with

and

reprising their roles premiered on 25 December 2022.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paso Adelante Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series Television shows set in Madrid 2002 Spanish television series debuts 2005 Spanish television series endings 2000s Spanish drama television series