Cansino's grandfather and father were also established Spanish dancers from Spain. Eduardo and his sister Elsa and brother Angel came to the United States from Spain in 1913 to become famous dancers.

    Eduardo met Volga Haworth who was originally from Spain, shortly after arriving in the States while they were both working in the 1915 Ziegfeld Follies. They were married in 1917. This union led to the original

dancing Cansino's (Edurado, Volga and Elsa.) Volga's brother was actor Vinton Haworth. Margarita (Rita Hayworth) would later briefly join the troop in 1930. Lita & Gabriel Cansino did the music for the group (Gabriel was Rita's Cousin and original dance partner.) Rita had two cousin's named Richard Cansino and Volga's brother Vinton Haworth (Vinton was also Betty Grables Uncle.)

    The Cansino's danced in many vaudeville and Burlesque musicals as well as a few movies. The Cansino's are mainly remembered today for giving birth to one of America's most beautiful actresses "Rita Hayworth," when she was 8, Rita got her first taste of her film career when her family was filmed in a movie titled "La Fiesta" in 1926. Rita would learn to dance thru her talented family as a child and eventually joined the "Dancing Cansino's" at the age of twelve.