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Encarnación López Júlvez, better known by her stage name, La Argentinita (Buenos Aires, March 3, 1898 – New York, September 24, 1945), was a Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer, choreographer and singer.
In the mid-1960s, he moved to Paris, where he met a Swedish dancer who introduced him to the flamenco. In 1967, he became one of the great portrait photographers. He photographed personalities such as Paco de Lucía, Israel Galván, and Rocío Molina Cruz in black-and-white. [2] [3]
Carmen Amaya (2 November 1918 – 19 November 1963) occasionally known by the stage name La Capitana, was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is often hailed as "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever" [1] and "the most extraordinary personality of all time in flamenco dance."
Sargent's painting Capri (1878) depicts Rosina Ferrara dancing the tarantella, and anticipates the flamenco of El Jaleo. [6] Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Almost 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, El Jaleo is broadly painted in a nearly monochromatic palette, but for spots of red at the right and an orange at left, which is reminiscent of the lemons Édouard Manet inserted into several of his ...
Festival Flamenco Gitano was a flamenco group of the 1960s which toured Europe and the Americas, started in 1965 by German organizers. [1] It featured Paco de Lucia, Ramon de Algeciras, Antoñita Singla, Camarón de la Isla and other numerous artists over the years. It has been described as "a showcase of the hottest flamenco talent at the time ...
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
Zambra (Spanish pronunciation:) (from Andalusi Arabic zamra, originally from classical Arabic zamr) is a style of flamenco dance, typical of the Roma of the provinces of Granada and Almería (Andalusia, Spain). It is believed that the zambra is a continuation of earlier Morisco styles of dance. It became typical during wedding ceremonies ...
Pablo Picasso's Cubist sets and costumes were used by Sergei Diaghilev in the Ballets Russes's Parade (1917, choreography: Léonide Massine), Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat) (1919, choreography: Massine), Pulcinella (1920, choreographer: Massine), and Cuadro Flamenco (1921, choreography: Spanish folk dancers