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Elvira Santamaría
Elvira Santamaría also known by the artistic name of Elvira (1929 in La Tablada – July 8, 1999) was acclaimed as a ballet dancer, milonguera and choreographer of Argentine tango. She was known worldwide for her role as a cast member of the show ''Tango Argentino'', aired for the first time in 1983, for which she was nominated with the other ballerinas in 1986 at the Tony Awards for best Choreography, choreographer. She danced with her husband Virulazo (Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre), they presented themselves artistically as Virulazo y Elvira. Biography Elvira Santamaría was born in 1929 in La Tablada in the Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1959 she casually re-encountered her first boyfriend, Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre, known as Virulazo, who was known as an Argentino Dancer. She started her life partnership for the rest of her life, under the artistic name ''Virulazo and Elvira''. Virulazo recorded these moments of dance in the following way: In the 1960s, with the r ...
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La Tablada
La Tablada is a city in Argentina. It is located in La Matanza Partido and is part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. Overview La Tablada initially developed around the Buenos Aires Western Railway () station inaugurated in 1900. The station, located on the 28 km (18 mi) marker along the Haedo—La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ... line, primarily served the wholesale market established nearby in 1901, and in 1909, the settlement's first homestead lots were sold. Most of the settlement's 1,500 early homeowners worked in the wholesale market, which was closely tied to the Liniers cattle market just north of La Tablada, and numerous meat packing plants opened in the town during the 1910s and 1920s. Provincial electricity services and the ...
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Claudio Segovia
Claudio Gastón Segovia (born August 31, 1933, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian theatre director, producer, choreographer, scenic designer, lighting designer, and costume designer. Born and raised in the Argentine capital, a fellowship from the National Culture Administration enabled him to study scenography at the (now part of the Universidad Nacional de las Artes). He later pursued further studies at the . Particularly known for his work with artistic partner Héctor Orezzoli, the two men have staged several theatrical revues featuring traditional dance forms like tango, flamenco, and salsa which have toured internationally. They had a major critical success with ''Flamenco Pure'' in Seville in 1980, and a second revised version in Paris 1984. They had another major success in Paris a year earlier with '' Tango Argentino'' which premiered at the 1983 . This work transferred to Broadway, garnering nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Tony Award for ...
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Argentine Ballerinas
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, multiethnic society, home to people of various Ethnicity, ethnic, Race (human categorization), racial, Religion, religious, Religious denomination, denomination, and Nationality, national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), ...
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Dancers From Buenos Aires
Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its History of dance, historical period or List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin, place of origin. Dance is typically performed with Music, musical accompaniment, and sometimes with the dancer simultaneously using a musical instrument themselves. Two common types of group dance are Concert dance, theatrical and Participation dance, participatory dance. Both types of dance may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, Competitive dance, competitive, Erotic dance, erotic, War dance, martial, Sacred dance, sacred or Liturgical dance, liturgical. Dance is not solely restricted to performance, as dance is used as a form of exercise and occasionally training for other sports and activities. Dance perf ...
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1999 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ...
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Lung Cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor. Without treatment, tumors spread throughout the lung, damaging lung function. Eventually lung tumors metastasize, spreading to other parts of the body. Early lung cancer often has no symptoms and can only be detected by medical imaging. As the cancer progresses, most people experience nonspecific respiratory problems: coughing, shortness of breath, or chest pain. Other symptoms depend on the location and size of the tumor. Those suspected of having lung cancer typically undergo a series of imaging tests to determine the location and extent of any tumors. Definitive diagnosis of lung cancer requires a biopsy of the suspected tumor be examined by a patholo ...
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Tony Award For Best Choreography
The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1947, but nominees were not announced until 1956. Winners and nominees 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Notes Multiple wins ;8 Wins * Bob Fosse ;5 Wins * Michael Bennett * Gower Champion * Michael Kidd ;4 Wins * Susan Stroman * Tommy Tune ;3 Wins * Andy Blankenbuehler * Kathleen Marshall * Jerome Robbins * Justin Peck ;2 Wins * Bob Avian * Agnes de Mille * Ron Field * Bill T. Jones * Joe Layton * Jerry Mitchell * Donald Saddler * Christopher Wheeldon Multiple nominations ;11 Nominations * Bob Fosse * Susan Stroman ;10 Nominations * Michael Bennett ;8 Nominations * Graciela Daniele * Michael Kidd * Jerry Mitchell * Onna White ;7 Nominations * Rob Ashford * Gower Champion * Casey Nicholaw ;6 Nominations * Wayne Cilento * Christopher Gattelli * Tommy Tu ...
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Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ...
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Héctor Orezzoli
Héctor Orezzoli (1953 — December 5, 1991) was an Argentine stage director, costume designer, set designer, and lighting designer. Along with his creative partner Claudio Segovia, he co-created the musical revues ''Flamenco Pure'', '' Tango Argentino'', and ''Black and Blue'' which were produced and staged by them on stages internationally; including Broadway in New York and theaters throughout Europe and South America. For ''Black and Blue'', the two men won the 1989 Tony Award for Best Costume Design and were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Life and career Orezzoli was born in Buenos Aires in 1953. He completed studies in literature and psychology at the University of Buenos Aires before pursuing further education in drama and scenic design at the University of Belgrano. In 1973 Orezzoli was introduced to stage director Claudio Segovia, and the two began an artistic partnership soon after that lasted un ...
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Numbers Racket
The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery, or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. For many years the "number" has been the last three digits of "the handle", the amount race track bettors placed on race day at a major racetrack, published in racing journals and major newspapers in New York. In the loosest sense of the word “ racket”, the numbers game is a common racket or ongoing criminal scheme among organized crime groups, especially in the United States. Gamblers place bets with a bookmaker ("bookie") at a tavern, bar, barber shop, social club, or any other semi-private place that acts as an illegal betting parlor. Runners carry the money and betting slips between the betting parlors and the headquarters, ca ...
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Ballet Dancer
A ballet dancer is a person who practices the Art (skill), art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. Ballet dancers are at a high risk of injury due to the demanding technique of ballet. Training and technique Ballet dancers typically begin training at an early age as young as three or four if they desire to perform professionally and often take part in international competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix, YAGP and Prix de Lausanne. At these events, scholarships are being granted to the most talented dancers, enabling them to continue their training at renowned ballet schools around the world, such as the Stuttgart Ballet, John Kranko Schule in Germany and the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monaco. Pre-professional ballet dancers can audition to enroll at a vocational ballet school such as Royal Ballet School, The ...
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