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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."
Ana Morales won the first prize of “Malagueñas” free dance in the “Baile Flamenco de La Perla de Cádiz” national contest. [21]In August 2009 she was awarded another prize, “El Desplante”, in the dance category of the XLIX Edition of the Festival Internacional de Cante de las Minas de la Unión, Murcia.
José Greco (né Costanzo Greco; December 23, 1918 – December 31, 2000) was an Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer known for popularizing Spanish dance on the stage and screen in America mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. [1]
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.
In Santa Fe, Benítez founded a school (María Benítez Institute for Spanish Arts, 1974) and a young people's dance company (Flamenco's Next Generation, 2002), and worked to get younger ...
Later, Juncal continued her studies at the Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios in Madrid. Among the teachers who trained her were Cristóbal Reyes, La Tati, El Güito, Manolete , Ciro, and Merche Esmeralda in flamenco ; Nadine Boisaubert and Dagmara Brown in ballet ; and Trini Borrull and Rosalina Ripoll in classical Spanish ...
Sara Baras is part of the World Philatelic Exhibition held in Madrid and is the female representative of dance in Spain in a limited edition of stamps edited by Correos y Telégrafos. She was the first flamenco woman to have this recognition. 1999; Max Prize for the Performing Arts in the category "Best Female Performer of Dance", for Sensaciones.
Viva Flamenco performance in South Orange. The free Downtown After Sundown live music series continues Saturday with Viva Flamenco, which combines flamenco with dance forms such as Middle Eastern ...