The Legendary Carmen Amaya (1913-1963), Flamenco Potpourri 1

Carmen Amaya is for Spain what Michael Flatley is for Ireland.

[@raycastellon6720]

During the Spanish civil war, from 1936 to 1939 the family of Carmen Amaya entertained us at dances that were held in New York, to raise funds for the Republic. I was 6 and 7 years old, and I was enthralled on the way she danced..I have never forgotten, they are great memories.

[@Cloudipy]

This comment is incredible!!

[@luckyrabbitnumber]

Awwwnnnn. 🥹🩵

[@daniellondono3504]

Are you still alivie ?

[@sophiyaur]

@@daniellondono3504 he would be 100 now, very much doubt it

[@jrmetmoi]

RIP Ray Castellon

[@ginorisbaber7084]

This has to be the best Flamenco that everrr existed. My goodness. She’ not only a dancer but an athlete. The moves are outstanding.

[@scelebiog]

Absolutely, fantastic!

[@lindabooker3512]

You took the words out of my mouth.

[@bettewadlington6446]

In Spain we call it "tener duende", a passion, a magic born from the depths of your gut. Very few people have it. Carmen Amaya did it. Check Camaron de la Isla for more "duende".

[@NOOBCRASTINATOR69]

I just had a really bad day, and it's stupid to feel bad about it, I have a GIANT childhood trauma( dead dad, fcked up family, neurotic step-f, a Lil crazy mama) and today I had to do smth in physical education in my school, I messed up, I thought I'd be the best becuz I am quite athletic, but I did quite many embarrassing things, I acted all girly once and I didn't eat cuz I thought It'll make me vomit.....Ahhh HAD A REALLY REALLY BAD DAY man.. Just wanted to get it out somewhere, it's embarrassing to know you're not the best at smth u really hoped you'd be, All my life I've been looking for validations but I never got any..I'm 16 btw..I did good in Chem

[@etherashe5164]

An incredible athlete for sure!

[@Black_Tsunade]

She ate & left NO crumbs! I'm mesmerized watching her dance 😍

[@pageandink]

Thank God for technology that we get to keep the artistry of these GIANT artists!! What a beautiful outcome of discipline, love and giftedness of an art form 😍😍😍🙏🏾

[@spikespa5208]

Wish the audio was synched better.

[@engte1910]

She combined the strength of a man and the grace of a ballerina Amazing discipline

[@Jenjen-qc5eq]

I was thinking the same thing, I feel lucky to be alive so I have the privilege of seeing her dance.

[@forgive1another]

I had the privilege of meeting her, & dancing with her at the age of 10. She was dynamic, funny, & full of life. She was a friend of my dance teacher, Paco Lucena. Saw her perform live in Los Angeles, Ca. as the Million Dollar Theater.

[@q2breath]

WOW=>

[@breadandcircus1]

Bullshit, forgive, Did you run out of your meds?

[@boobyrd2725]

Careful you sound jealous

[@63bplumb]

Sounds like he should go back to the circus

[@TheCometHunter]

Yes. I'd have dinner with her 2 or 3 times each winter when I moored my yacht off Pointe Focinane and played Chemin de Fer in the casino at Monte Carlo with my good friend Prince Ranier.

[@geralddietz4577]

She is , was and forever will be the personification of passion . Viva Carmen Amaya . Viva flamenco .

[@skyofdreams3900]

Just finished reading a book with a protagonist, based off her, and I can't really express my feelings with words. This woman, her technics, her dance, her spirit.... Everything. Outstanding, amazing and absolutely incredible. Just wow! ❤

[@ra7e]

Sauce please ❤ I would very much like to read that!

[@andiwrath2293]

What's the book?

[@skyofdreams3900]

@@andiwrath2293 it's called the moon sister. It's one of a whole series by Lucinda Riley 🥰

[@skyofdreams3900]

@@ra7e it's called the moon sister. It's one of a whole series by Lucinda Riley 🥰

[@veragiraud1908]

It's The Moon Sister. Currently reading it, and was currious to learn who was the real dancer behind Lucia's fiction character 🔥

[@renesagahon4477]

Magnificent,! Extraordinary. Flamenco performed by a Spaniard in Spain. Where it all began.no where else.

[@lini200]

greatest spanish flamenco dancer ever!

[@etherashe5164]

She was so unbelievably talented, strong, passionate, sexy and mesmerizing. Her moves were so fast that it's like they sped up the film - which I know they didn't. Just discovered her today and I'm so happy I did. I'm completely enthralled and obsessed with this beautiful goddess!

[@marilynperez4956]

The greatest flamenco dancer ever. Raw passion from every pore. There are many flamenco dancers which have been excellent but so far none to equal Carmen. She was special.

[@ruthbarretovalencia1344]

Zapateo de fuego, no me canso de mirar todos los videos de baile y canto

[@T8TAT8T]

There are no words to explain her dancing, only emotions. Next year 2013 will mark the 100th year of her birth and 50th year of her death. I hope Barcelona the city of her birth and all of Spain will have homages to this great lady.

[@tangentyoung5633]

And now 110 years since her birth and 60 since her death. This is the first I"ve heard of her. I am grateful that I could see her dance.

[@NoelleOdwyer]

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[@michaelfitzmichael3226]

Amazing dancing, fast feet, speedy spins and sudden stops, beautiful port de bras with finger snaps, hand claps and castanets, terrific control and flow of motion and movement, great.

[@mimianwar5448]

Truly if you love something and do it from your heart it will reach the hearts....she is absolutely beautiful

[@MrCrowebobby]

I saw Carmen Amaya in New York at the Chateau Madrid somewhere around 1956 or '57. She was the most powerful "presence" I've ever seen on a stage; it was difficult to breath at times. I've always thought she must have been in her early 70's. What a shock to see she died at age 50. Edith Piaf, who was the second greatest performer I've ever seen, looked almost as old the second time I saw her, shortly before she died, and she was only 47. Truly great talent often exacts a great price.

[@sff2001]

Gran artista! Simply breath-taking.

[@cgamejewels]

This woman is awesome. her movements are fluid. It's not stiff as modern dancers. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she was tap dancing. Flamenco is such a beautiful and powerful dance.

[@ajachaney37]

And tap dancing comes from the enslaved Africans that’s why it’s so powerful. There was influence from the Afro- Spaniards that lived in Andalucía :)

[@etherashe5164]

All in those ridiculous high-heels. I can't fathom it.

[@catherinemorris908]

Amazing dancing. Very tragic that she passed at such a young age.

[@carolrr2090]

Con ese talento y poder viven deprisa y mueren jovenes

[@LanaKir3767]

The last dance blew my mind. As she twirls her hair unravels and she becomes a tornado she's beautiful, lengendary

[@mdoranda]

I love all types of dancing, and the technical moves of ballet and modern dancing are jaw dropping, BUT this woman, Carmen Amaya, moves me like no other!! She is magnificent! She inspires me to dance, as I do, with all of my heart, all of my emotions, all of my power free-flowing throught it, forget any and all around me! I am always moved whenever I watch her. The very first time I saw her over the KZbin, she moved me to tears. No other dancer of any form has captured me in such a way.

[@alejandroamatparedes8837]

Because is tribal!!!!!

[@southernbellmj5545]

Im from Georgia, and i must say this is a gift from God her movement is more mesmerizing and captivating then anyone i have seen do this seriously!!! 🌻⚘🌷🌹💐🕊🕊

[@tsunfish9443]

My god... I haven't been watching Flamenco for very long, but I have the feeling I won't find anyone better... Carmen is just incredible!

[@carmenenriquez184]

Indeed.

[@dancewithme4evr]

You got that right!

[@robertostack6008]

...¡¡ sigues siendo grande Carmen !!.

[@Caramello98]

once you see Carmen nobody else would satisfy I’ve read that she would have been one of the first women to dress and dance the male version of the dance

[@isabellapaar9549]

You won’t

[@RobertRod818]

Carmen had such a great talent. I learned about her today. I'm in love with her dancing. Long live Spain and its artists.

[@heartfeltmusic7200]

Ahhhhmazing Amaya! I saw her perform in Puerto Rico- but I was too young to appreciate her gifts and talents. So sad she died at an early age; but thankful she left such a great legacy. There will never be another like her.

[@ceciliamoreno7998]

Impresionante !! 👏👏👏👏

[@Purita-bk3ll]

As a student of the Elsa Brunelleschi Spanish Dance Academy in London, I was privileged to watch a rehearsal from backstage. An amazing experience. She is the only person I have ever seen who got away smoking backstage!

[@apolloobserved]

There is so much to respect and admire her for as a dancer, her energy, her movement, the crispness matching the music etc. Dang she could dance!

[@maryamnaseer478]

I have not seen such vivacity, precision, fluidity and controlled but totally electrifying energy in any dancer. I've literally seen the best ballet dancer in Russia and it wasn't as taking and admirable as Carmen. What an artist

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

My dad use to drink and party with his friends in garage. They brought guitars and played Spanish music. Us daughters danced street flamenco to the music. It was very empowering though we didn't know proper flamenco, poor and no afford classes, just basics from the heart much soul. No one questioned it. After we would all eat homemade cheese enchiladas and pepsi. Good memories in hard times you make it good with what you have.

[@RoyalViking465]

Aren't enchiladas mexican? Flamenco is Spanish.

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

@@RoyalViking465 , many Mexicans are descendants of Spaniards who colonized the America's among other land's . Many of the colonizers brought their families from Spain and settled on land that was given to them by the Spanish crown directly . Flamenco is Gypsy and gypsies are from India who traveled in caravans throughout the entire world . Many never settled until recent years in many countries. The influence is of the dance is unique to each dance , but the instruments are the same . Castanets , shoes and hands . The lyrics are poems or a meaningful story the bring about the feeling of struggle , sorrow and triumphs . Enchiladas are different in every country , but unique to each region . Everyone claims the dish , but no one really knows where it came from. You should see a Guatemalan enchilada , lol. It looks like a tostada , but not a Mexican one. So , you see no one . Although everyone claims the name , the dish it illegitimate and belongs to none.

[@missievk5929]

Flamenco= Spain Enchiladas = Mexico.

[@MrMORTIS19]

@@daniaa.oliva-pena7338 First of all, flamenco is the result of the mixture of four cultures: Christian, Sephardic, Arab and gypsy. The Gypsies arrived in Spain in the 15th century...so to pretend that flamenco is a dance of all the Gypsies in the world is nonsense. Gypsies are found all over Europe, but, the gypsy music of Hungary has nothing to do with Flamenco, for example. The same can be said of any other European gypsy dance. The conquerors did not bring flamenco to America, at that time, flamenco was in formation. Flamenco. Flamenco was formed in the 19th century. Whether or not the enchiladas are from Mexico, I don't really give a damn, but it definitely has NOTHING TO DO WITH FLAMENCO. What is a reality is that Mexicans believe that, in some way, everything belongs to them... directly or indirectly. Really overwhelming people!

[@RoyalViking465]

@@MrMORTIS19 When Andalucia was under moorish rule, their music and musical instruments were modified by Christians and Jews, and later by gypsies becoming a hybrid music and seperate from the musical forms that created it.

[@quita1569]

I see why she is legendary.

[@skater4life1031]

I’m used to traditional flamenco dress so seeing her in matador pants / jacket is startling yet provocative. In pants you see the full range of body moving through the story of the Dance ... Duende! Ole’! 💕

[@sorayayvonne]

Una diosa!!!!!!!! Gracias.

[@isabellenicaud3725]

Never heard about her. I am speechless, she is wonderful

[@cabinagalindogonzalez6393]

Maravillosa y única,

[@RealQuietOne]

Every part of my body is sore just by watching this.

[@rosesperfumelace]

Amazing. What a legendary talent. The passion. Bravo 👏 👏 👏 is it me or the dancers from the 50, 60, and 70's dance differently than flamenco dancers after 2000? I mean their passion their firm steps are so different than today. The way she plays those castanets is stupendous. The speed, wow. And her feet, I am in awe. ❤🌹

[@josejose5059]

Carmen Amaya y el Flamenco, el sabor de lo auténtico.

[@sooneatyOrchids]

FABULOUS..... BEST ever dancer!

[@silviastuckey1990]

My father introduced her music to me as she was before my time...wow, what brilliance they say there will never be anyone like her again...and the first woman to wear pants to dance flamenco possibly...she was definitely ahead of her time. I believe she has a statue in New York in dedication to her.

[@jacknjill3000]

Do you know in what part of NYC the statue is at?

[@kirstymaccallum7059]

Still the most insanely brilliant flamenco dancer ever

[@MariaFiorellaBorrini8]

Unica! 👏🙏R.I.P.

[@918Venice]

Absolutely astonishing. I am laid out by her art!

[@lizzieBabes]

Qué leyenda! Qué talento! Y qué emoción produce la guitarra flamenca aunque yo no sea española. Gracias España por la cultura compartida y que viva el flamenco.

[@witchy-wonderland1416]

Not only her poor knees.. her poor feet in them heels.. BUT she still kills it better than the men - ALL WITHOUT TRIPPING UP IN THAT DRESS!! 💃🏻

[@legatushedlius]

Greatest of all time.

[@m.entera3196]

About twenty years ago, I saw a documentary here in Santa Barbara (flamenco is a major activity in this town), "Carmen Amaya, Queen of the Gypsies". I bought the VHS from the documentary director for $50, a fabulous sum at the time. Our annual Fiesta is starting next week and the only reason I still have a VHS player is to watch this film as a warm up for our week of gluttonous gorging on flamenco dance and music.

[@carlosbendezu7950]

QUE FANTASTICA, CUANTA ENERGIA Y SEÑORIO TODO EN UNO Sublime Gracias pir compartireste video Puro arte de principio a fin.. 🙂💯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👍🏽👍🏽

[@yamiml4125]

Simplemente ÚNICA, no hay ni habrá nunca otra igual, hay genios que vienen a este mundo con esa misión, de encantarnos en su propósito y solo viene uno, son irrepetibles !! 🙏💖👍

[@MegaStrijder]

this music made me cry with tears...a truly splendid performance.

[@adolfocasanovalopez2388]

Señores; que nadie se moleste, pero fue (en lo suyo) la más. From Madrid España Eddy Nova.

[@karenhanson6837]

I have never before seen anyone dance like Carmen, and never will!

[@laperlaazulalvarmolins583]

CARMEN AMAYA la más grande entre las grandes!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

[@Retro255]

Wow, she embodied every Flamenco style you can imagine. A true star.

[@danielevictoria5698]

QUELLE Danseuse !!! Une véritable Œuvre D'art 👐👐👐👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😍

[@AnaMaria-we6zs]

Que mujer...😯 Impresionante! Talentosa y una personalidad muy fuerte para bailar vestida con pantalones en esos tiempos.

[@vio.g.4969]

Cierto.

[@user-kh2ey8xl9d]

Чудо!Самое настоящее в прошлом, и мы много теряем , когда стараемся это забыть... Спасибо!

[@gladiusbellator8461]

Magnífica "bailaora". Imágenes antiguas, pero maestría que no pasa de moda. El talento es atemporal.

[@user-dr7no8bq3u]

Благодари'м! За пока'з ролика! Фламенко! Особенно' кастаньеты! Превосходно! Благодаря' юту би я увидел. ЛЕГЕНДАРНУЮ КАРМЕН! АМЭЯ! А В 1963 г. Мне было всего 8 лет! Предчу'вствие мне говорит что когда-то очень давно! Я был с ними вместе! Жил там! БОЛЬШАЯ ПРИЗНАТЕЛЬНОСТЬ КАНАЛУ " АНДОЛУ'ССИЯ!

[@ft9704]

Magnifica, insuperable...

[@charlesmerritt52]

What an amazing athlete. This ability surpasses that of a gold-medal gymnast. It's absolutely scary.

[@mariedoucedelacruz6918]

Nadie Como Ella ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rogerlephoque3661]

Rapt, unbroken, focused attention has left me awe-struck...in a way that I have only ever experienced watching a male dancer, the great Fred Astaire. Then, there was the great Rita Hayworth, one of Astaire's lesser-known dance partners, but for me, she could dance just as rapturously in solo mode. Few people know that Rita was born in the US to an emigree Spanish family, which made the US home.

[@virginiaavaca1641]

Es maravilloso ver después de tantos años ver a la Gran BAILAORA CARMEN AMAYA. TODO EL FUEGO Y PASIÓN FLAMENCA DANZA MARAVILLOSA UNA GRANDE YO LA RECUERDO MUCHO SIEMPRE ME ENCATABA VER COMO BAILABA YO ERA MUY PEQUEÑITA Y LA RECUERDO MUCHO CON MUCHO CARIÑO GRACIAS ES UN REGALO HERMOSO ESTE VIDEO🙋❤❤❤❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏👍👍👍😘

[@juancarlosferrari2421]

Tengo once años y puse esto porque me pidió mi bisabuelo que es español pero yo no sabía que existía musica tan bella

[@TheBinaryWolf]

What made Carmen unique, in addition to her mastery of the art, was her physique...so lithe and nimble as a squirrel: it allowed her to make such sudden and precise movements. She never gave me the impression that her dancing as learned, ever natural.

[@bangeru1]

Universally beautiful and artful. Sublime.

[@noleman31]

That is great history, I have been to Spain 3 times and enjoy the culture very much.

[@kenbuchanan9777]

this woman is absolutely amazing!!

[@margaretbarr7705]

Beauty courage strength passion 💖

[@josefaalarconrobles9797]

Esto se debe de guardar para la historia

[@sylviamartinez2271]

magnifique carmen un phenomene un talent grandiose bref un geni une merveille cetait une immense danseuse de flamenco je ladore

[@rafelcobosolivares5196]

La diosa del baile, jamás fue superada, Carmen Amaya era el flamenco puro, el arte elevado a la más grande exprecion, el duende del flamenco estaba en ella, fue y lo será la más grande, bailadora, del flamenco,

[@chhc9210]

Madre mía como suenan los chasquidos de dedos, entre el pulgar y el anular rompe nueces

[@cirilomuniz6914]

She is her own league! We are all so fortunate that video film was around to capture her.. 🙏🏼 Absolutely Amazing!!❤️

[@user-df1oh3qf3f]

🌹🌹🌹🌹💋💋💯💯THE BEST LEGENDARY, THANK YOU LADY❤❤

[@maxemomaxemo6250]

MAGNIFICENT......JOSE GRECO & CARMEN AMAYA on stage together would have been heaven on earth !!

[@Melons-vg8dq]

Wow. I'm in a trance. It's so spiritual.

[@chicobicalho5621]

1:07 This is so similar to the now famous African dance known as "impossible dance" called Zaouli Dance. On a side note, as a child living in Rio in the 1960s, I had the supreme privilege of seeing don Antonio Ruiz Soler dance at the Municipal Theater several times, since my father bought seats for every presentation, year after year. They eventually became 'friends' when my dad managed to infiltrate the backstage early on, and he and someone else whom I'll never remember, came for dinner in our house (it was a momentous event for my dad who went all out making sure it was perfect), three or fourr times and in one of those nights, quite by chance, we discovered don Antoinio and I were born on the same day of the year; November 4!

[@jawaidmanzoor4396]

all time best flamenco dancer. Fantastic.

[@normab2728]

what a beautiful artist. As Andalucian, I feel it in my bones.

[@carlosordenespincheira2154]

Qué estupenda como bailaba Carmen Amaya, fue una elegida por los cielos aunque joven aún se la llevaron para que bailara a los àngeles... Prodigiosa en verdad... Carlos Ordenes Pincheira

[@triunfototal1]

Absolutamente espectacular....!

[@TheTeacher1020]

Brava! What style! What an artist!

[@darkfey1963]

I first read about Carmen in a book by the famous British ballerina Margot Fonteyn,"The Magic of Dance".Now I see why Dame Margot spoke so highly of her! Thank you,very much,for sharing this!

[@beforeourveryeyes]

I heard that Fred Astaire was also a big fan.

[@unseelie63]

@@beforeourveryeyes I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[@beforeourveryeyes]

@@unseelie63 :)

[@paolaishtarsegurafuentes6157]

@@beforeourveryeyes no, Fred Astaire was a Big fan of Carmen MargaRita Cansino who started as flamenco dancer when she was a girl and became a georgeous Holliwood actress. He musted to work with her some scenes dancing and said about her that was the most gifted and disciplinated dancer tha he ever meet : Rita Hayworth !!!

[@KatarinaGirl]

She's very tiny, but powerful. I had the pleasure of meeting Omaya Amaya, her grand-daughter and amazing dancer as well!

[@Trippyboho]

She was incredible! Wish I could see her & those outfits in color! 🤩

[@marinamercegue664]

¡¡¡Espectacular!!!...¡¡¡Magnifica!!

[@maryamnaseer478]

Nadie se compara con ella. Su energía pura y perfectament controlada es cosa de otro nivel de talento

[@aknarkionah6583]

De verdad que esta mujer fue la diosa del baile flamenco. Dios la tenga em su santo reino!

[@icosium1icosium957]

Wooooooo wonderful,,,this is what you call it,the Class of Espana,,what a Great Dancer.

[@servandorey7805]

La mejor. Incomparable

[@marinadelvallelopezgonzale9549]

Amo el flamenco!!!

[@linalibradacedeno8841]

Que afortunados el mundo que existió Carmen Amaya una sin igual.,demostrando que es .ella es la MAESTRA del baile flamenco por excelencia..impresionante.

[@rodrigogarces2254]

Bien que los videos nos permiten conocer leyendas.

[@sparhawk7143]

The musicians are as admired as the dancers. Wonderful. Thanks!

[@fernandocelaya6686]

Es la primera vez que veo bailar a Carmen Amaya, y he quedado muy impresionado. Es magistral. Ahora entiendo su fama.

[@claudiarudiger2817]

Yo también!

[@josefaalarconrobles9797]

E encontrado este video de casualidad y y madre mía me e quedado sin palabras es puro arte la primera vez que veo bailar así IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!!

[@josianejonico9095]

Qui n'aimerait pas être porté de si inspirante manière ? Quelle folie 🦓🥰😛

[@davidrosenman1889]

Absolument incroyable. Pourrait le regarder un million de fois.🥀

[@anaribeiro4458]

Meu deus , estou lendo o livro da Lucinda Riley que fala sobre ela , e estou simplesmente encantada!! Ela foi a maior que já existiu