Carmen Tórtola Valencia was a Spanish choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1882 in Triana, who died in 1955.
Biography
Carmen Tórtola Valencia (18 June 1882 – 13 February 1955) was a Spanish early modern dancer, choreographer, costume designer, and painter. She began her dancing career in the early 1910s. She gave up dancing in 1928, dedicated her later life to feminism and art. She lived with her partner Ángeles Magret Vilá until her death in 1955. She generally performed barefoot, and is said to have been the inspiration for Rubén Darío's poem, La bailarina de los pies desnudos ("The Barefoot Dancer").
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