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Antonio Cansino
Antonio Cansino (1865–1954) was a flamenco dancer and guitarist credited with creating modern-day Spanish dance by combining classical Spanish dance and Romani flamenco. He was popularly known for dancing the Bolero (Spanish dance), bolero. He was the father of Eduardo Cansino and the grandfather of Rita Hayworth, who were both famous dancers and actors. He is the patriarch of The Dancing Cansinos. He performed for the King of Spain and instructed Rita Hayworth's first dance lesson. Early life Antonio Cansino was born on 21 Apr 1865 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. He operated dance academies in Seville and Madrid. He married dancer Carmen Reina. The couple had seven children who were all dancers: Eduardo Cansino, Eduardo, Jose, Angel, Paco, Antonio Jr., Rafael and Elisa Cansino. Since all his children were dancers, the family was known as The Dancing Cansinos. He immigrated to the United States around 1936. Death Antonio died at General Hospital due to reoccurring heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolero (Spanish Dance)
Bolero is a Spanish dance in 3/4 time popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It originated from the seguidilla sometime between 1750 and 1772, and it became very popular in Madrid, La Mancha, Andalusia and Murcia in the 1780s. Bolero was performed as a solo or partner dance with a moderately slow tempo, accompanied by guitar and castanets, and with lyrics in the form of the seguidilla. Sebastián Cerezo was credited by as one of the earliest and best dancers of the genre. According to Zamácola y Ocerín, Cerezo danced slowly and his particular way of dancing marked the definitive transition from seguidilla to bolero (from ''voleo'', cf. ''vuelo'', "flight"). This original slow way of dancing was promoted by Murcian dancer Requejo around 1800 in response to the faster style of bolero dancing that had become popular over the years. The dance became obsolete in the mid-19th century, but survived in an academic tradition known as the escuela bolera, which influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
