Manuela Vargas
Actor
Born January 1, 1941 in Seville, Andalucía, Spain
Manuela Hermoso Vargas known as Manuela Vargas (Seville, 1941 – Madrid, October 12, 2007) was a Spanish flamenco dancer, of gypsy ethnicity. Manuela Vargas began working at the age of twelve in the tablao "El Guajiro", with the master Enrique El Cojo, and from there she moved to the Madrid tablao "El Duende". Her great opportunity came in 1964, when she won the International Dance Prize of the Theatre of Nations in Paris with the show Antología dramática del flamenco, by José Monleón. With this award-winning show she began her international career.
