Editing Carmen Amaya (section)

===Consolidation in the United States (1941–1947)===
In the [[United States|US]], Carmen Amaya met many of the most influential people of her time. She went several times to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to film some movies and the most important personalities of cinema, music or culture wanted to see her dance. The musician [[Toscanini]] saw one of her performances once and declared that he had never seen an artist with more rhythm and more fire. She improvised continuously, as quickly as perfectly.

She traveled to New York in 1941 and performed at [[Carnegie Hall]] with [[Sabicas]] and Antonio de Triana. Whilst in the United States, she also met [[Franklin Roosevelt]], [[President of the United States]]. It was reported that after seeing her, Roosevelt gave her a bowling jacket with [[Brilliant (diamond cut)|brilliants]] and invited her to dance at the [[White House]]. She returned to [[Europe]] where she performed at the Théâtre des [[Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]] and later in [[London]], where she got to meet the Queen of the United Kingdom.