{{Short description|Group of dancers and actors}} thumb|1923 photograph of The Cansinos '''The Dancing Cansinos'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joe Laurie |first=Jr |url=http://archive.org/details/vaudevillefromth013372mbp |title=Vaudeville From The Honky Tonks To The Palace |date=1953 |publisher=Henry Holt And Company |others=Universal Digital Library |pages=154}}</ref> were a family of dancers and actors including American actress Rita Hayworth, and Spanish dancer Antonio Cansino. The family performed and toured extensively in New York City and Spain.
The elder generation of the Dancing Cansinos were Antonio and Carmen Cansino. Antonio fused traditional Romani and classical Spanish dance to create modern-day Spanish dance.
The couple had seven children who were all dancers: Eduardo, Jose, Angel, Paco, Antonio Jr., Rafael and Elisa Cansino.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5H3MAAACAAJ |title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages |date=2007 |publisher=Thomson Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-7585-1 |language=en}}</ref>
Around 1910, Eduard Cansino and Elisa Cansino performed in Vaudeville theaters on the B. F. Keith Circuit.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cansino, Elisa (b. 1895) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/cansino-elisa-b-1895 |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
While performing in and around New York City, The Dancing Cansinos included Eduardo Cansino, Sr. (March 2, 1895 – December 24, 1968), his wife, Volga Hayworth (August 8, 1897 – January 25, 1945), daughter Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), and son, Eduardo, Jr. (October 13, 1919 – March 11, 1974).
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