Her name appeared for the first time printed in the Expo Barcelona 1929 thanks to Sebastián Gash, a sharp critic who watched her and talked about her in the weekly newspaper Mirador: “Imagine a 14 years old gypsy sitting in a chair on the tablao, Carmencita remained impassive, statuary, noble with a racial elegance, inscrutable, absent, not paying attention of what is happening around her, alone with her inspiration, with a very hieratic actitude to allow her soul to raise until inaccessible areas. However, the problem was that she wasn’t allowed to work legally due to her age so the officially date of birth may not be the real one according to some researches about the artist. José Sampere, a businessman, was the first one in being interested on her and took her to the most known Spanish Theatre of Barcelona. At the same time, she appeared in some theatres which lacked any prestige. After that, they asked for money or took the coins that the audience have thrown to the floor. Her father played the guitar and Carmen danced and singed.
She was just a little gypsy girl by then. When she was only four years old she started going out at night with her father to help him.
Her father was Francisco Amaya “El Chino”, a poor guitarist who played in taverns day and night to earn a living. She was born in a shack in the Somorrostro. BIOGRAPHY OF CARMEN AMAYA, THE FAMOUS FLAMENCO DANCER FROM BARCELONAĬarmen Amaya was born in Barcelona in 1913 and passed away in Begur (Gerona) in 1963.
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