Female flamenco dancer |
| Name:Carmen Amaya Amaya |
| Birth: 1913 Barcelona |
| Death: 1963 |
"She was from the race of the rebels, of those people who stray from the beaten track and ordinary rules, who only show that there is suffering in their dancing, like there is suffering in existence, and a rage for living. It is a dance that is marked by fire, whose thirst could only be quenched through death". Patrick Bensard, director and founder of the Cinémathèque of Dance in the French Cinémathèque.
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Carmen Amaya is one of the legends of flamenco dancing. She was a genius who revolutionised dancing as it used to be at the time. She also used to sing, but her skills as a bailaora eventually eclipsed her dimension as a cantaora. She never studied in a dance school. Her only teacher was her instinct. Her school was the street, where she sang and danced to earn some money. From the street, she went on to theatres, and from these she went on to the great stages in Madrid, in a meteoric rise, with a style and attitude that had never been seen before.
When the Civil War started she left Spain and travelled all over the world, taking her artistry with her: Lisbon, London, Paris, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela and New York were all won over by her dancing, so that when she decided to return to Spain in 1947 she was already an international star, a status that she maintained until her death.
Carmen Amaya also took part in several films, in which she progressively acquired greater prominence: they included "La hija de Juan Simón" (1935), "María de la O" (1936), alongside Pastora Imperio, "Sueños de gloria" (1944), "Vea a mi abogado" (1945) and "Los Tarantos" (1963). |
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La reina del embrujo gitano (The queen of gypsy enchantment)
 Carmen Amaya
2 CDs + DVD + 1 book
Año edición: 2004
4 Opinión de los clientes 
The most temperamental, tragic and passionate figure in flamenco
dancing was also capable of expressing the captivating emotion of the gypsy race as a cantaora
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List price: US$ 41.86
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 35.58
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Los tarantos
Francisco Rovira Beleta
1 DVD
Año edición: 1963
6 Opinión de los clientes
Only available in PAL system format, zone 2. Before including this DVD in your order, please ensure that your DVD player is compatible with this format . The zo
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List price: US$ 28.63
Discount: 25%
Price: US$ 21.47
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En Familia (In the family)
Carmen Amaya
1 CD
Año edición: 1996
This record brings together some recordings that were made between the 1940s and 1950s. The protagonists are the members of the Amaya family, especially Carmen
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List price: US$ 13.99
Discount: 20%
Price: US$ 11.19
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Autorretrato
Camarón de la Isla
List price: US$ 17.85
Discount: 40%
Price: US$ 10.71
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