Mario Maya
{{Short description|Spanish flamenco dancer (1937–2008)}}
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Mario Maya (1937 – September 27, 2008) was a Spanish flamenco dancer who directed the Andalusian Dance Company at the Andalusian Dance Centre.
Biography
He was born in Córdoba in 1937 to a Romani family,{{cite web|author= Belén Maya|title= Mario Maya-A Revolutionary Roma|publisher= RomArchive|url= https://www.romarchive.eu/en/flamenco/mario-maya-revolutionary-roma/}} but grew up in the Sacromonte of Granada.
He set up his own school in Seville in 1983 and, ten years later, presented his new company ‘Flamenco Mario Maya’ at the Alcalá Palace Theatre in Madrid. Between 1994 and 1997 he directed the Andalusian Dance Company at the Andalusian Dance Centre.
He took part in Carlos Saura’s 1995 film Flamenco.{{cite web|title=Mario Maya
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/mario_maya.html | publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} Some of his most important works include Ceremonial (1974),{{cite web|title=Ceremonial
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/ceremonial.html| publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} Camelamos Naquerar (1976),{{cite web|title=Camelamos naquenar
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/camelamos_naquenar.html| publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} ¡Ay Jondo! (1977),{{cite web|title=¡Ay Jondo!
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/ayjondo.html| publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} El Amargo (1986),{{cite web|title=El Amargo
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amargo.html | publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} El Amor Brujo (1987){{cite web|title=El Amor Brujo
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amor_brujo_3.html| publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}} and Réquiem (1994).{{cite web|title=Réquiem
|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/requiem.html| publisher=Spainisculture.com | accessdate=2020-11-30}}
Maya died of cancer in Seville on September 27, 2008.Kisselgoff, Anna 10-3-2008.{{cite web|title=Mario Maya, Interpreter of Flamenco Style, Is Dead at 71
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/arts/dance/04maya.html | work=The New York Times | accessdate=2020-11-25}}
Awards
- National Dance Award (1971)
- Juana la Macarrona Award (1977)
- Andalusian Silver Medal (1986)
- National Dance Award (1992)
- Giraldillo (2008){{cite web|title=Mario Maya |url=https://www.andalucia.org/en/mario-maya-en | publisher=Andalucia.org | accessdate=2020-11-25}}
See also
External links
- [https://www.andalucia.org/en/mario-maya-en|publisher=Andalucia.org Andalucia.org]
- [http://www.spainisculture.com/en/ Spanish is Culture]
References
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Category:Spanish flamenco dancers
Category:Spanish choreographers
Category:Deaths from cancer in Spain
Category:Romani flamenco dancers