Manuela Vargas

Manuela Hermoso Vargas known as Manuela Vargas Seville 1941 Madrid October 12 2007 was a Spanish flamenco dancer of gypsy ethnicity Manuela Vargas began working at the age of twelve in the tablao El Guajiro with the master Enrique El Cojo and from there she moved to the Madrid tablao El Duende Her great opportunity came in 1964 when she won the International Dance Prize of the Theatre of Nations in Paris with the show Antología dramática del flamenco by José Monleón With this awardwinning show she began her international career In 1965 she was present in the Spanish pavilion at the New York Worlds Fair In 1966 she performed for four weeks at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London In 1969 she achieved a notable success at the Teatro Avenida in Buenos Aires On her return from the American tour Manuela Vargas received the National Flamenco Dance Award for the Chair of Flamencology in Jerez de la Frontera In 1969 she costarred with Mark Stevens in Jaime Caminos film España otra vez In Spain in addition to having her own company she participated in significant productions such as Medea directed by Miguel Narros in 1984 Así que pasen cinco años by Federico García Lorca in a version by the Centro Dramático Nacional 1989 and with the same organization La Gallarda 1992 by Rafael Alberti Other productions to review were La petenera El Sur and Fedra She was present at the opening gala of Seville Expo92 Her last wellknown collaboration in the world of cinema was La flor de mi secreto by Pedro Almodóvar with Joaquín Cortés In 2006 she was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts She had two daughters with Horacio Vial Serrano Rocio and Macarena She died on October 12 2007 in Madrid at the age of 66 as a result of a cancer that she had been suffering for years She was buried in the cemetery of San Fernando in Seville Source Article Manuela Vargas flamenco dancer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30