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 Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de la Nación Ernesto de la Cárcova (now part of the

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). He later pursued further studies at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón. Particularly known for his work with artistic partner

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 Arg ...

, the two men have staged several theatrical revues featuring traditional dance forms like

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, and

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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 ''

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'' which premiered at the 1983 Festival d'Automne. This work transferred to

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, garnering nominations for the

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and the

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at the

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. In 1989 Segovia won the

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and was nominated for the

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and the

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for his work on the

musical ''

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''. He also won the

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from Argentina in 1992 for his work as stage designer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segovia, Claudio 1933 births Living people Argentine theatre directors Artists from Buenos Aires Argentine choreographers Costume designers Lighting designers Scenic designers Theatre managers and producers Tony Award winners