Emilio Aragón started El Circo del Arte together with his father Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Miliki, in 1996. It is a project that opts for maintaining a poetic line in circus art, and that receives the 1997 Premio Nacional de Circo (Spanish National Circus Award) granted by the Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture). His three shows Mimus, Máscaras and Sueños run in Spain until 1999.