Manuela Vargas

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.

In 1965 she was present in the Spanish pavilion at the New York World's Fair. In 1966 she performed for four weeks at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. In 1969 she achieved a notable success at the Teatro Avenida in Buenos Aires. On her return from the American tour Manuela Vargas received the National Flamenco Dance Award for the Chair of Flamencology in Jerez de la Frontera.