Candy Dubois (also known as Candy Santiago and born Candelaria Manso Seguel, August 24, 1942 – May 21, 1995) was a Chilean dancer. She performed with the gender non-conforming group Blue Ballet, and worked with choreographer Paco Mairena.
Biography
editDubois was born as Candelaria Manso Seguel in Santiago on August 24, 1942.[1][2] She was later raised by her paternal grandparents in Cartagena until she ran away at age ten.[2] She eventually began to work as a dancer and was later discovered by choreographer, Paco Mairena.[2] Mairena convinced Dubois to move to Santiago where she later joined the Blue Ballet, a group of performers who were gender non-conforming.[2] Dubois performed with Blue Ballet for around twenty years, appearing in Chile and in Europe.[2] In Europe, she used the stage name of Candy Santiago.[3] She also performed at the Bim Bam Bum theater in Santiago.[4] In Europe, Dubois underwent sex reassignment surgery.[2] She later married a French man and took the name of Dubois.[2] After touring Europe, Dubois returned to Chile in 1984 and opened a club called Le Trianon.[2]
In 1994, Dubois was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer.[5][6] Her last performance took place in February 1995 at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar.[5] Dubois died on May 21, 1995.[5]
References
edit- ^ "El secreto de Candy Dubois". Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 1995. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Garcia, Eduardo (26 July 2012). "Candy Dubois, reina de la noche". Universo Gay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Gallardo, Manuel Eduardo Torrejon (2014-02-14). "Recuerdos de mi barrio (Indepencia)". A Pie por Santiago (Cronicas de la ciudad). Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Giménez, Inés (18 November 2015). "Decolonizando la ciencia: historias del feminismo trans en el cono sur". Pikara Magazine (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ a b c "Candy Dubois". CinetecaVirtual.UChile.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ "Moizéfala the unhappy, or the real Chilean cinema". Revista Séptimo Arte. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
