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Amaya
Carmen Amaya
Calé / Gitano — Barcelona
Style: Flamenco
Barcelona Gitana dance family. Carmen Amaya (1913–1963) made baile gitano a world image of flamenco.
Carmen Amaya was born in Barcelona in 1913, Gitana. Her footwork and presence took flamenco dance around the world. The public image of baile gitano in the twentieth century is still, in part, hers.
Lineage
Birth and death on a vertical line — generation by generation. Places are listed where we could find them.
Generation 1
Carmen Amaya
Dance, song · 1913–1963
Born 2 November 1913 · Somorrostro, Barcelona, Spain — Died 19 November 1963 · Begur (Bagur), Catalonia, Spain
Gitana dancer. The public image of baile gitano in the twentieth century. Some papers give 1918 as the birth year.
Orchestra years
When the band was founded, when it split, when a new generation took the stand.
1930s–60s
New orchestra
Baile gitano on world stages
Carmen Amaya company
Barcelona Gitana dance as the public image of flamenco.
Neighbours
Same country or city, but a different way of playing.
- Pavón — Calé / Gitano — Seville
- Montoya — Calé / Gitano — Madrid
- Habichuela / Carmona — Calé / Gitano — Granada
- Monje Cruz — Calé / Gitano — San Fernando, Cádiz