Un paso adelante

Un paso adelante
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 Antena 3 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), Serbia, Montenegro (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 Atresplayer Premium.
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 Madrid. 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 as Carmen Arranz
Beatriz Rico as Diana de Miguel
Natalia Millán as Adela Ramos
as Juan Taberner
as Cristóbal Soto
Toni Acosta as Jacinta "J.J." Jimenez
Jaime Blanch as Gaspar Ruiz
Pedro Peña as Antonio Milá
as Horacio Alonso
Fanny Gautier as Alicia Jauregi
Esther Arroyo as Irene Miró
Juan Echanove as Mariano Cuéllar
Marta Ribera as Eva Ruiz
Satur Barrios as Cristina
Rocío Calvo as Claudia Romero
as Purificación "Puri" Lacarino
Students
Beatriz Luengo as Dolores "Lola" Fernández
Miguel Ángel Muñoz as Roberto "Rober" Arenales
Pablo Puyol as Pedro Salvador
Mónica Cruz as Silvia Jauregui
Silvia Marty as Ingrid Munoz
Dafne Fernández as Marta Ramos
Raúl Peña as Jeronimo "Jero" Juiz
Yotuel Romero as Pavel Rodriguez
as Erika Sanz
Arantxa Valdivia as Luisa Ruiz
Patricia Arizmendi as Sonia
Junior Miguez as Junior Miguez
Asier Etxeandia as Benito "Beni" Lopez
as Josè
Ricardo Amador as Rafael "Rafa" Torres
as Cesar Martín
Others
as Sebastián
Elisabeth Jordán as Tania
José Ángel Egido as Víctor Arenales
as Román Fernández
William Miller as Nacho Salinas
Main characters
Silvia Jáuregui (Mónica Cruz) 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 (Beatriz Luengo) 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 Beatriz Luengo'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 Madrid 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 (Miguel Ángel Muñoz) is the seventh son of a wealthy family from San Sebastián. 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 (Dafne Fernández) 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 Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Beatriz Luengo and Mónica Cruz reprising their roles premiered on 25 December 2022.
References
External links
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