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{{Short description|Spanish dancer and singer (1867-1957)}}
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[[File:LaTortajada1904.tif|thumb|La Tortajada, from a 1904 publication.]]
[[File:LaTortajada1904.tif|thumb|La Tortajada, from a 1904 publication.]]
'''Consuelo Tamayo Hernández''' (1867 — 7 February 1957), known professionally as '''La Tortajada''', was a Spanish dancer and singer in [[vaudeville]].
'''Consuelo Tamayo Hernández''' (1867 — 7 February 1957), known professionally as '''La Tortajada''', was a Spanish dancer and singer in [[vaudeville]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
[[File:1919-11-16, La Novela Teatral, Consuelo Tamayo (La Tortajada), Tovar.jpg|left|thumb|265x265px|Consuelo Tamayo by [[Manuel Tovar Siles|Tovar]] (1919)]]
Consuelo Tamayo was born at [[Santa Fe, Granada]]. She was educated at a convent, and trained to dance and sing there, and in Madrid.<ref name="Plays">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sbw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA575#v=onepage&q&f=false "Plays and Players"] ''Navy & Army Illustrated'' (July 30, 1904): 575.</ref> At age 14, Consuelo Tamayo married Ramón Tortajada, her music teacher and agent.
Consuelo Tamayo was born at [[Santa Fe, Granada]]. She was educated at a convent, and trained to dance and sing there, and in Madrid.<ref name="Plays">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sbw_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA575 "Plays and Players"] ''Navy & Army Illustrated'' (July 30, 1904): 575.</ref> At age 14, Consuelo Tamayo married Ramón Tortajada, her music teacher and agent.


==Career==
==Career==
La Tortajada toured internationally for more than twenty years, as a popular Spanish dancing and musical act on the vaudeville circuit.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12305931/la_tortajada_1910/ "La Tortajada Typifies Andalusian Pantomime"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' (November 17, 1910): 5. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She is one of the Spanish dancers credited with introducing the [[fandango]] to North American audiences.<ref>Kiko Mora, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qzzZDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA296&ots=MIlK5pnllE&dq=Consuelo%20Tamayo%20Tortajada&pg=PA296#v=onepage&q=Consuelo%20Tamayo%20Tortajada&f=false "Sounds of Spain in the Nineteenth Century USA: An Introduction"] in K. Meira Goldberg, Antoni Pizà, eds., ''The Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance: Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies'' (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017): 296. {{ISBN|9781443870610}}</ref> "Of all the Spanish dancers America has ever seen," commented on American newspaper writer in 1902, "she is far and away the best."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12305712/la_tortajada_1902/ "Dancing Girl Who Caused More Duels than Any Other Woman in Spain is Here"] ''Star Tribune'' (February 23, 1902): 37. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
La Tortajada toured internationally for more than twenty years, as a popular Spanish dancing and musical act on the vaudeville circuit.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12305931/la_tortajada_1910/ "La Tortajada Typifies Andalusian Pantomime"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' (November 17, 1910): 5. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She is one of the Spanish dancers credited with introducing the [[fandango]] to North American audiences.<ref>Kiko Mora, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qzzZDQAAQBAJ&dq=Consuelo+Tamayo+Tortajada&pg=PA296 "Sounds of Spain in the Nineteenth Century USA: An Introduction"] in K. Meira Goldberg, Antoni Pizà, eds., ''The Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance: Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies'' (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017): 296. {{ISBN|9781443870610}}</ref> "Of all the Spanish dancers America has ever seen," commented an American newspaper writer in 1902, "she is far and away the best."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12305712/la_tortajada_1902/ "Dancing Girl Who Caused More Duels than Any Other Woman in Spain is Here"] ''Star Tribune'' (February 23, 1902): 37. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


Publicity surrounding La Tortajada focused on violence and passion, reinforcing stereotypes about the "fiery" Spanish temperament.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12311307/la_tortajada_1894/ "Magic in Her Feet; The Fiery Castillian Dancer Tortajada"] ''Independence Daily Reporter'' (September 7, 1894): 4. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> In North America she was billed as "The Lady of the Duels", with publicity suggesting that she was fought over in duels throughout Europe.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19011219.2.221 "La Tortajada Tells Her Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' (December 19, 1901): 14. via California Digital Newspaper Collection {{open access}}</ref> She had a physical confrontation with a rival over the design of a costume, in 1894.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12310986/tortajada_punched_by_rival_1894/ "Disabled by her Rival; Senorita Tortajada Too Ill To Tell About Her Eden Musee Fight in Court"] ''The Evening World'' (May 25, 1994): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
Publicity surrounding La Tortajada focused on violence and passion, reinforcing stereotypes about the "fiery" Spanish temperament.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12311307/la_tortajada_1894/ "Magic in Her Feet; The Fiery Castillian Dancer Tortajada"] ''Independence Daily Reporter'' (September 7, 1894): 4. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> In North America she was billed as "The Lady of the Duels", with publicity suggesting that she was fought over in duels throughout Europe.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19011219.2.221 "La Tortajada Tells Her Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald'' (December 19, 1901): 14. via California Digital Newspaper Collection {{open access}}</ref> She had a physical confrontation with a rival over the design of a costume, in 1894.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12310986/tortajada_punched_by_rival_1894/ "Disabled by her Rival; Senorita Tortajada Too Ill To Tell About Her Eden Musee Fight in Court"] ''The Evening World'' (May 25, 1894): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She retired from the stage after 1913<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12312062/la_tortajada_1913/ "Spider Dancer Arrives"] ''New York Times'' (October 22, 1913): 9. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and returned to Granada to live in Santa Fe. She was reported to be living in seclusion with her husband and son in 1926.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12311897/la_tortajada_1926/ "Once Famous Dancer Living in Seclusion"] ''Springfield Leader'' (December 3, 1926): 6. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> Consuelo Tamayo died in 1957, aged 90 years. There is a street named for her (Calle Consuelo Tamayo la Tortajada) in Santa Fe, Granada.
She retired from the stage after 1913<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12312062/la_tortajada_1913/ "Spider Dancer Arrives"] ''New York Times'' (October 22, 1913): 9. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and returned to Granada to live in Santa Fe. She was reported to be living in seclusion with her husband and son in 1926.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12311897/la_tortajada_1926/ "Once Famous Dancer Living in Seclusion"] ''Springfield Leader'' (December 3, 1926): 6. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> Ramón Tortajada died in 1928.<ref>[https://search-proquest-com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/104604360/B51FF132EA304D30PQ/1 "Ramon Tortajada"]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''New York Times'' (April 20, 1928): 17.</ref> Consuelo Tamayo died in 1957, aged 90 years. There is a street named for her (Calle Consuelo Tamayo la Tortajada) in Santa Fe, Granada.<ref>[http://callejero.hispavista.com/santa-fe_consuelo-tamayo-la-tortajada_calle Calle Consuelo Tamayo la Tortajada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042827/http://callejero.hispavista.com/santa-fe_consuelo-tamayo-la-tortajada_calle |date=2017-12-01 }}, Callejero, Hispavista.com</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ram.ac.uk/museum/item/18725 Portrait postcard of Consuelo Tamayo Hernández], "La Tortajada", in the collection of the Royal Academy of Music.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041013/http://www.ram.ac.uk/museum/item/18725 Portrait postcard of Consuelo Tamayo Hernández], "La Tortajada", in the collection of the Royal Academy of Music.
*[http://ceres.mcu.es/pages/ResultSearch?txtSimpleSearch=La%20Tortajada&simpleSearch=0&hipertextSearch=1&search=simpleSelection&MuseumsSearch=MCTGR%7C&MuseumsRolSearch=2& Portrait postcard of Consuelo Tamayo Hernández], "La Tortajada", in the Colección Museística de Andalucía.
*[http://ceres.mcu.es/pages/ResultSearch?txtSimpleSearch=La%20Tortajada&simpleSearch=0&hipertextSearch=1&search=simpleSelection&MuseumsSearch=MCTGR%7C&MuseumsRolSearch=2& Portrait postcard of Consuelo Tamayo Hernández], "La Tortajada", in the Colección Museística de Andalucía.

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Latest revision as of 15:24, 30 November 2024

La Tortajada, from a 1904 publication.

Consuelo Tamayo Hernández (1867 — 7 February 1957), known professionally as La Tortajada, was a Spanish dancer and singer in vaudeville.

Early life

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Consuelo Tamayo by Tovar (1919)

Consuelo Tamayo was born at Santa Fe, Granada. She was educated at a convent, and trained to dance and sing there, and in Madrid.[1] At age 14, Consuelo Tamayo married Ramón Tortajada, her music teacher and agent.

Career

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La Tortajada toured internationally for more than twenty years, as a popular Spanish dancing and musical act on the vaudeville circuit.[2] She is one of the Spanish dancers credited with introducing the fandango to North American audiences.[3] "Of all the Spanish dancers America has ever seen," commented an American newspaper writer in 1902, "she is far and away the best."[4]

Publicity surrounding La Tortajada focused on violence and passion, reinforcing stereotypes about the "fiery" Spanish temperament.[5] In North America she was billed as "The Lady of the Duels", with publicity suggesting that she was fought over in duels throughout Europe.[6] She had a physical confrontation with a rival over the design of a costume, in 1894.[7]

Personal life

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She retired from the stage after 1913[8] and returned to Granada to live in Santa Fe. She was reported to be living in seclusion with her husband and son in 1926.[9] Ramón Tortajada died in 1928.[10] Consuelo Tamayo died in 1957, aged 90 years. There is a street named for her (Calle Consuelo Tamayo la Tortajada) in Santa Fe, Granada.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Plays and Players" Navy & Army Illustrated (July 30, 1904): 575.
  2. ^ "La Tortajada Typifies Andalusian Pantomime" Los Angeles Herald (November 17, 1910): 5. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  3. ^ Kiko Mora, "Sounds of Spain in the Nineteenth Century USA: An Introduction" in K. Meira Goldberg, Antoni Pizà, eds., The Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance: Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017): 296. ISBN 9781443870610
  4. ^ "Dancing Girl Who Caused More Duels than Any Other Woman in Spain is Here" Star Tribune (February 23, 1902): 37. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  5. ^ "Magic in Her Feet; The Fiery Castillian Dancer Tortajada" Independence Daily Reporter (September 7, 1894): 4. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  6. ^ "La Tortajada Tells Her Story" Los Angeles Herald (December 19, 1901): 14. via California Digital Newspaper Collection Open access icon
  7. ^ "Disabled by her Rival; Senorita Tortajada Too Ill To Tell About Her Eden Musee Fight in Court" The Evening World (May 25, 1894): 3. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  8. ^ "Spider Dancer Arrives" New York Times (October 22, 1913): 9. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  9. ^ "Once Famous Dancer Living in Seclusion" Springfield Leader (December 3, 1926): 6. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  10. ^ "Ramon Tortajada"[permanent dead link‍] New York Times (April 20, 1928): 17.
  11. ^ Calle Consuelo Tamayo la Tortajada Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Callejero, Hispavista.com
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