January 27, 2024 • 4 mins
I started dancing in variety shows
My family background was all artistic
Therefore performing on stage is what I chose
With my two dear sisters I was altruistic
The Hermanas Cortesina were a force
We were a team, never antagonistic
Isadora Duncan influenced my course
Showing my semi-nude body wrapped by veils
The crowds my sculpted silhouette would endorse
The Venus Valenciana made ticket sales
I modeled for an illustrious painter
Joaquín Sorolla recreated my details
As the Danzarinas Griegas sustainer
I also posed for Gerardo de Alvear
I was seen as a modern entertainer
My shift to onscreen acting made me a star
The press found my expressiveness lovely
Filmmaking was an artistic reservoir
I founded my movie company promptly
Flor de España I wrote and directed
The narrative was acclaimed nationally
Panderetesca culture it projected
Matador Juncales loved a sweet florist
Who became a dancer and was respected
There was a mis-credit with the scenarist
José María Granada did not write the script
I penned it all and was the panegyrist
Helena Cortesina was well-equipped
But that was the only film I directed
My true love was the theatre, to which I gripped
The Great Cortesina Company would spread
All around Europe with our performances
I met Manuel Fontanals, who I didn’t wed
Yet for fifteen years, with two kids, I was his
I admired Generation ‘27
And became friends with its members in a whiz
Mingling with poets was manna from heaven
Federico García Lorca I adored
Acting for him took me up to eleven
Bereavement in the family left me floored
My daughter’s demise, then my separation
Politics is where my energy was poured
With my son we were forced to leave the nation
The Antifascist Intellectual group
I joined for the sake of culture salvation
Argentina was the place for our recoup
We arrived in Buenos Aires on a ship
I immediately joined a new stage troupe
I consolidated my relationship
With the stage, far from the Spanish Civil War
Making progress with my thespian fellowship.
My family background was all artistic
Therefore performing on stage is what I chose
With my two dear sisters I was altruistic
The Hermanas Cortesina were a force
We were a team, never antagonistic
Isadora Duncan influenced my course
Showing my semi-nude body wrapped by veils
The crowds my sculpted silhouette would endorse
The Venus Valenciana made ticket sales
I modeled for an illustrious painter
Joaquín Sorolla recreated my details
As the Danzarinas Griegas sustainer
I also posed for Gerardo de Alvear
I was seen as a modern entertainer
My shift to onscreen acting made me a star
The press found my expressiveness lovely
Filmmaking was an artistic reservoir
I founded my movie company promptly
Flor de España I wrote and directed
The narrative was acclaimed nationally
Panderetesca culture it projected
Matador Juncales loved a sweet florist
Who became a dancer and was respected
There was a mis-credit with the scenarist
José María Granada did not write the script
I penned it all and was the panegyrist
Helena Cortesina was well-equipped
But that was the only film I directed
My true love was the theatre, to which I gripped
The Great Cortesina Company would spread
All around Europe with our performances
I met Manuel Fontanals, who I didn’t wed
Yet for fifteen years, with two kids, I was his
I admired Generation ‘27
And became friends with its members in a whiz
Mingling with poets was manna from heaven
Federico García Lorca I adored
Acting for him took me up to eleven
Bereavement in the family left me floored
My daughter’s demise, then my separation
Politics is where my energy was poured
With my son we were forced to leave the nation
The Antifascist Intellectual group
I joined for the sake of culture salvation
Argentina was the place for our recoup
We arrived in Buenos Aires on a ship
I immediately joined a new stage troupe
I consolidated my relationship
With the stage, far from the Spanish Civil War
Making progress with my thespian fellowship.
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