Laura Urdapilleta
Laura Urdapilleta | |
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| Born | February 2, 1932 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Died | February 11, 2008 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | ballet dancer |
Laura Urdapilleta (February 2, 1932 – February 11, 2008) was primaballerina of the national Mexican dance company (Spanish: Compañía Nacional de Danza), known as the "Ballerina of Mexico" (Spanish: La Bailarina de México).
Biography[]
Urdapilleta was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She studied ballet dancing under Olga Escalona and from 1941 to 1945, and also under Gloria Campobello, and . In 1947, at the age of 15, she had her professional debut on stage of the city theater of Mexico City. In 1978 she became art director of the ensemble. She also established a school of classical ballet in the Ciudad Juárez.
Urdapilleta was awarded with the gold medal of fine arts, with the gold medal of the government of Jalisco, a medal at the Festival Internacional de la Plata and with the keys of Córdoba, Veracruz.[1]
References[]
- ^ Fritzi Mazari: Laura Urdapilleta… a través de la danza expresó lo que quería de la vida Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), February 14, 2008.
Further reading[]
- Gabriela Jiménez Bernal. Laura Urdapilleta, “La Bailarina de México” (Spanish), Dirección de Danza UNAM.
- Mexican ballerinas
- Artists from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- 1932 births
- 2008 deaths