Choreographer · Dancer

La Argentina

Spanish dancer and choreographer

Born 1890 · Buenos AiresDied 1936Spain
La Argentina
Image: Studio d'Ora, Paris · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

La Argentina was a Spanish choreographer and dancer, born in 1890 in Buenos Aires, who died in 1936.

Biography

Antonia Mercé y Luque (September 4, 1890 – July 18, 1936), also known as La Argentina, was an Argentine-born Spanish dancer who created the neoclassical style of Spanish dance. She was widely regarded as one of the most famous Spanish dancers of the 20th century and was nicknamed the "Queen of the Castanets" and the "Flamenco Pavlova".

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Contemporaries

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