Madeleine Rosay

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Madeleine Rosay
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Born12 October 1924
Rio de Janeiro
Died1996
Rio de Janeiro
NationalityBrazil
Signature
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Madeleine Rosay born Magdalena Rosenzveig (12 October 1924 – 1996) was a Brazilian ballet dancer and TV presenter.

Life[]

Rosay was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1924. She started to learn to dance at the age of seven under . Within four years she was a member of the Theatro Municipal's Academy of Ballet's as a salaried dancer.[1] Her parents were not keen that when she became a professional ballet dancer but they agreed to her arguments of how artistic it was. She was a prima ballerina at the age of fifteen.[2]

1942 soap advert

She went on to teach at the Theatro Municipal where her students included the singer Sylvia Telles.[3] In 1942 she appeared in an advertisement for Palmolive soap.

In 1947 she married and her husband objected to her dancing. Rosay created a new career in television. She went on to host a version of "What's My Line" which was called "Guess what it does"[4] and it started in Brazil in 1953. She was later the presenter of the programme "Break the Bank".[4]

Rosay died in Rio de Janeiro in 1966.

Legacy[]

There is a ballet school in Brazil which is named for Rosay.[5]

Films[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dancing Times. Dancing Times. 1940. p. 541.
  2. ^ Karla Carloni (2013). "Representação do Nacional (1930-1945): o ballet e o popular na cidade do Rio de Janeiro". Anpuh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  3. ^ Ruy Castro (April 2012). Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World. Chicago Review Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-1-61374-574-8.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Brazilian Business. Published jointly by the American Chambers of Commerce for Brazil. 1954. p. 24.
  5. ^ "Centro de Artes Madeleine Rosay". www.madeleinerosay.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Abreu, Antônio (1996-04-29). "Uma de nossas grandes damas do balé". Tribuna da Imprensa (14110): 2. Caderno "Tribuna Bis", seção "Cadê Você/Madeleine Rosay" (disponível na Hemeroteca Digital da Biblioteca Nacional)
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