![]() ![]() However José Luis Navarro García, cátedra de flamencología, as well as most other sources name 2 November 1913. According to Montse Madridejos, professor of Music History at the University of Barcelona and a flamenco history researcher, who specializes in Carmen Amaya, her ethnicity could have also been a factor in the birth date ambiguity: “At that time, a gypsy was neither baptized, nor registered”. According to them, photographs showing Carmen Amaya as a teenager also support 1918 as the year of birth. Furthermore, a 1920 oil painting by Julio Moisés named Maternidad shows a mother with a 2-3 year old girl, supposed to be Carmen with her mother Micaela. They claim that no birth document is available and the document of baptism was lost due to a church fire. They cite Barcelona's inhabitants list of 1930, in which a family Amalla with a 12-year-old daughter Carmen is mentioned. Montse Madridejos and David Pérez Merinero name 1918 as her year of birth. Carmen was the second of eleven children, although only six (three sisters and two brothers) survived to adulthood. She was born to a Spanish Romani family, to José Amaya Amaya (aka "El Chino", "The Chinaman"), a guitar player, and Micaela Amaya Moreno. She sometimes danced in high-waisted trousers as a symbol of her strong character. She has been called "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever and "the most extraordinary personality of all time in flamenco dance." She was the first female flamenco dancer to master footwork previously reserved for the best male dancers, due to its speed and intensity. ![]() Carmen Amaya Amaya (2 November 1913/1915 – 19 November 1963) was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ![]()
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