# Mario Maya

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Not to be confused with [Mario Amaya](/source/Mario_Amaya) or [Maria Maya](/source/Maria_Maya).

**Mario Maya** (1937 – September 27, 2008) was a Spanish [flamenco](/source/Flamenco) dancer who directed the Andalusian Dance Company at the Andalusian Dance Centre.

## Biography

He was born in [Córdoba](/source/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain) in 1937 to a [Romani](/source/Gitanos) family,[1] but grew up in the [Sacromonte](/source/Sacromonte) of [Granada](/source/Granada).

He set up his own school in [Seville](/source/Seville) in 1983 and, ten years later, presented his new company ‘Flamenco Mario Maya’ at the Alcalá Palace Theatre in [Madrid](/source/Madrid). Between 1994 and 1997 he directed the Andalusian Dance Company at the Andalusian Dance Centre.

He took part in [Carlos Saura](/source/Carlos_Saura)’s 1995 film [*Flamenco*](/source/Flamenco_(1995_film)).[2] Some of his most important works include *Ceremonial* (1974),[3] *Camelamos Naquerar* (1976),[4] *¡Ay Jondo!* (1977),[5] *El Amargo* (1986),[6] *[El Amor Brujo](/source/El_Amor_Brujo)* (1987)[7] and *Réquiem* (1994).[8]

Maya died of [cancer](/source/Cancer) in Seville on September 27, 2008.[9][10]

## Awards

- [National Dance Award](/source/National_Dance_Award_(Spain)) (1971)
- Juana la Macarrona Award (1977)
- Andalusian Silver Medal (1986)
- National Dance Award (1992)
- Giraldillo (2008)[11]

## See also

- [List of dancers](/source/List_of_dancers)

## External links

- [Andalucia.org](https://www.andalucia.org/en/mario-maya-en|publisher=Andalucia.org)
- [Spanish is Culture](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220903181648/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/) 2022-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

## References

1. [Belén Maya](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Maya). ["Mario Maya-A Revolutionary Roma"](https://www.romarchive.eu/en/flamenco/mario-maya-revolutionary-roma/). RomArchive.

1. ["Mario Maya"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508005910/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/mario_maya.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/mario_maya.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["Ceremonial"](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/ceremonial.html). Spainisculture.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["Camelamos naquenar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508011416/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/camelamos_naquenar.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/camelamos_naquenar.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["¡Ay Jondo!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508005913/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/ayjondo.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/ayjondo.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["El Amargo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508011415/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amargo.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amargo.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["El Amor Brujo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508005911/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amor_brujo_3.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/el_amor_brujo_3.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. ["Réquiem"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230508005911/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/requiem.html). Spainisculture.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/requiem.html) on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

1. Kisselgoff, Anna 10-3-2008.

1. ["Mario Maya, Interpreter of Flamenco Style, Is Dead at 71"](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/arts/dance/04maya.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 2020-11-25.

1. ["Mario Maya"](https://www.andalucia.org/en/mario-maya-en). Andalucia.org. Retrieved 2020-11-25.

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