Quina Jiménez
Spanish flamenco dancer and teacher
Joaquina Jiménez Sánchez, known as Quina Jiménez or Quinita (born 28 October 1941), is a former Spanish flamenco dancer, dance teacher, and artist. She was one of the greatest dance teacher in Almería and foremother of Conservatorio de Danza de Almería.
Biography
Quina Jiménez was born in Almería on 28 October 1941 and studied at Colegio Ave María and then she studied at las Jesuitinas. In 1951 she started to dance at the same time she was studying bachillerato at Celia Viñas and working. In 1953 she worked in a library, bookshop and odontologist. She also directed Asociación Alondra de Dupont alongside Mari Carmen Sánchez Paniagua, Lola Sánchez Herrera and Juan Pedro de Cóndor, an animal shelter. And she made volunteer works collaborating as dining room assistant. Between 1990 and 2000 she bought a cortijo in Gádor where the crime of Gádor was carried out in the beginning of the 20th century. There she harvests olives from the trees and takes care of chickens and dogs.
Career
She belonged to Coros y Danzas of Educación y Descanso, she formed the group and practiced on Teatro Apolo.
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