Manuela Carrasco Salazar
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| Birth name | Manuela Carrasco Salazar |
| Born | 1958 Seville, Andalucia, Spain |
| Genres | flamenco |
Manuela Carrasco Salazar is a flamenco dancer who belongs to the gypsy community, better known as "Manuela Carrasco". She was born in Seville (Spain) in 1958. Daughter of the dancer "El Sordo". She got married to the guitarist Joaquín Amador. She has also received the National Pastora Imperio Award, National Dance Prize and The Andalusian Medal.
Biography[edit]
Manuela Carrasco was born in Triana, into a family of artists. Her father José Carrasco, also a dancer, was known as 'El Sordo' and her mother, Cipriana Salazar Heredia, was related to Los Camborios. She did not have professional dance teachers, she was self-taught taking her family as a reference, despite the initial opposition of her parents so that she would not be exposed to the sacrifices of the profession.
A few years later, the family moved to San Juan de Aznalfarache and then to the Costa del Sol. Her parents' staying in a restaurant on the coast of Málaga allowed her to make her debut at the age of ten at the tablao El Jaleo, in Torremolinos. After that, she performed in La Cochera Show Sevillian until 1970, she met Los Bolecos, a trio composed of Matilde Coral, Farruco and Rafael el Negro.
The following year, she enrolled in the company of Curro Vélez and toured Europe. On her return to Seville, she performed at Los Gallos and at the tribute of the Potaje Gitano de Utrera to Manolo Caracol, after this performance she moved to Madrid as the first figure of Los Canasteros, the tablao that Manolo Caracol had on Barbieri street. In 1973, after a great success at the Festival de La Puebla de Cazalla, she became one of the main figures of the Andalusian festivals.
It wasn´t until 1974 when she gained her recognition, because of her triumph at the Gathering of Cante Jondo, of the Puebla de Cazalla, the attainment of the National Prize Pastora Empire in the National Contest of Flamenco Art of Córdoba, and the one of the Chair of Flamencology of Jerez de la Frontera. That year she took part in the Gitano show at the Monumental Theater of Madrid, together with El Camarón de la Isla, Pansequito and El Lebrijano.
When she was just 18 years old, Juan de Dios Ramirez Heredia called her "The Goddess of Flamenco Dance".
In 1976 she won the Embajadores de la Paz Prize in San Remo, Italy, in the performance she was accompanied by Juanito Villar, this award has only been given to Paco de Lucía and Manolo Sanlúcar. Also, that year she performed at the show "Gypsy", alongside Camarón de la Isla, El Lebrijano and Pansequito del Puerto. After that, she returned to Los Canasteros, she met Joaquín Amador, whom she got married with and also who became her official guitarist.
During the 80's, she performed at Flamenco Festivals in Andalusia. She participated in the Fortnight of Flamenco and Andalusian Music of Seville (1981 and 1984), she acted during a week in the Great Olympic Theater of Rome (1981). She presented the show Ayer, hoy y mañana del flamenco (1983) at the I Festival Flamenco de Paris, according to Rafael Fernández's original idea on a libretto by Miguel Acal, and where the dancer Pilar López had the gesture of kissing her knee. On December the 3rd of that year she performed in Madrid at the Palacio de Los Deportes, within the Flamenco and Gypsy Art Festival, she was highlighted as "Queen of the Night" by the press.
She also participated in the Bienal de Arte Flamenco (1984 and 1986), and in the II Flamenca Summit in Madrid (1985), she was paid a tribute in the XXIX Potaje Gitano de Utrera (1985), she participated in the show 'Flamenco Puro' (1986), a historical production directed by Héctor Orezoli and Claudio Segovia, toured the United States and included Fernanda de Utrera, Farruco, El Chocolate and Juan Habichuela, among others. The show received the attendance of the Queen of Spain. After undergoing surgery for a bone injury in late February 1987, Manuela Carrasco performed at theaters and summer festivals, and she went to the US with the show 'Flamenco Puro' in August 1987.
Manuela Carrasco participated in the movie 'Sevillanas' (1992), by Carlos Saura, as well as in 'Y Sevilla', by Eduardo Rodríguez (1992), a show that closed the VII Bienal de Flamenco. In November of the following year, she premiered "La diosa", a show she presented in Seville, Spain. She also participated in the film Flamenco by Carlos Saura in 1994.
In February 1996, she toured Europe with her show 'Corazón flamenco', a performance she premiered at Sadler's Wells in London. In the IX Bienal de Sevilla, she presented "La raíz del grito", a show according to the original idea of José Miguel Évora with the collaboration of José Manuel Caballero Bonald.
On May the 10th, 1997 she participated in the show "Ballet Flamenco", along with Mario Maya, Merche Esmeralda and Antonio Canales, held at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.
On January the 14th 2000, she presented in Chiclana "Jondo Adonaí" according to an original idea of Joaquín Amador. In April 2000, she shared the stage with María del Mar Moreno and Beatriz Martín at the Villamarta Theater in Jerez. In September of that year, she premiered at the Teatro Lope de Vega "Así baila Sevilla", and in March 2001 she performed at the Sala Joaquin Turina, also in Seville.
On December the 11th, 2001, she presented "Jondo Adonai II" at the Cantral Theater of Seville, where she offered an anthology of gypsy women's dance.
In 2002, she participated in the second edition of the Flamenco Festival USA, also premiered the show "Esencias'" with the collaboration of Chocolate and La Negra, at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville and within the XII Flamenco Biennial during the 23rd and 24th of September.
In January 2003, after returning from Japan, Madrid and Barcelona, Manuela performed at the El Monte Foundation in Seville. In March of the same year, she performed at the VII Festival de Jerez with "Tierra y Fuego", by Manuela Carrasco and Antonio Canales.
In the XIII Flamenco Biennial premiered "Tronío". She performed with 'Un sorbito de lo sublime' at the Festival de Jerez 2005, Caja Madrid 2007 and Jueves Flamencos de Sevilla 2007. Manuela Carrasco and Joaquín Amador presented the Indian kathak dance at the show "Romalí", at the Andalucía Flamenca 2007 Madrid and the Three Cultures Foundation of Seville. In 2009 she premiered "Suspiro flamenco" and performed in New York, London and France (Festival Mont de Marsan). In 2012 she performed in the "Potaje Gitano de Utrera", in the "Festival de Jerez" and then toured the North of Spain. That same year, she inaugurated the "Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla 2012" with the show "Ebony´s roots", with the collaboration of El Pele, Pansequito, Juan Villar and Enrique "El Extremeño", under the direction of Pepa Gamboa.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ flamenco, El arte de vivir el. "MANUELA CARRASCO - BAILAORES/AS - El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco". elartedevivirelflamenco.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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