María Gloria Contreras Roeniger, better known as Gloria Contreras (November 15, 1934 – November 25, 2015) was a Mexican dancer and choreographer.[1]
Gloria Contreras | |
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| Born | María Gloria Contreras Roeniger November 15, 1934 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | November 25, 2015 (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | dancer, choreographer |
Biography
editContreras was born in Mexico City. She studied dancing under Nelsy Dambré in Mexico from 1946 to 1954, and, after joining the Royal Winnipeg Ballet,[2] visited the School of American Ballet in New York from 1956 to 1964, where she was taught by Pierre Vladimirov, Felia Doubrovska, Anatole Oboukhoff, Muriel Stuart and George Balanchine. From 1958 to 1965 she was also taught by Carola Trier.
Contreras taught choreography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and was director of its choreography workshop, which she founded in 1970.[3] Following Balanchine, she had a neo-classical choreographic style and utilized the music of Mexican composers in her work.[2][4] Contreras had been a member of the International Dance Council since 2003 and was a member of the Academia de Artes.[5][6] She was multiply awarded, including Mexico's Premio Nacional de las Artes.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Fallece la Bailarina y Coreógrafa Gloria Contreras". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b Kisselgoff, Anna (10 December 2015). "Gloria Contreras, Choreographer Mentored by Balanchine, Dies at 81". New York Times. New York City, United States. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Snow, K. Mitchell (2008). Movimiento, ritmo y música : una biografía de Gloria Contreras. Guerra Treviño, Marta Elena., Domínguez Gálvez, Lourdes. (1a ed. en español 2008 ed.). Mexico D.F.: Fondo De Cultura Económica. ISBN 9789681681258. OCLC 303093559.
- ^ [2] Archived April 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Premois y reconocimientos". Tcunam.org. Retrieved 2015-11-28.