Adela Domingo Carmona (popularly known as Adelita Domingo;

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, 21 April 1930 – Seville, 31 July 2012), was a Spanish dancer, songwriter, concert pianist, as well as a teacher of dance and

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Biography

Adela Domingo Carmona was born in Seville, in city's old Teatro de San Fernando, where her father worked as a janitor. The owner of the theater, Adela Grande Barrau, became the child's godmother and the given name was passed on to the child. Adelita grew up in the theatre and became a performance artist, although she never got to act or dance in public, remaining in the background while teaching young talents. In addition to studying with

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, she attended the Ángel Pericet Academy since the age of eight, and studied piano at the Conservatorio de Sevilla when she was only seventeen years old. Her house and her academy were situation in the Alameda de Hércules, and prominent copla artists passed through it, including

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, Merche Esmeralda, and Milagros Mengíbar, among others. After a long illness, Adelita Domingo died in Seville on 31 July 2012. Burial was in the city's Cemetery of San Fernando.

Awards and honours

She was awarded various distinctions and recognitions during her lifetime, including the medal she received in 2007 from the city of Seville from its then mayor, Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, and the Medal of Andalusia that was awarded to her in 2009. In addition, in 2001 she was awarded the 2001 Premio a la Mujer Sevillana.

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"Adelita Domingo, maestra de artistas y Medalla de Andalucía"
via

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