Guillermo Arriaga Fernández (July 4, 1926 – January 3, 2014) was a Mexican dancer, choreographer and composer. In 1996, he received the José Limón National Dance Award. Guillermo Arriaga Fernández died from

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

on January 3, 2014, aged 87, in his hometown of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

Works Created

He created over three hundred short choreographies for television series, as well as more than sixty works for folkloric dance groups. He also choreographed for theater, opera, and cinema. Some of his notable works include: * ''El sueño y la presencia'' (1951), with music by

Blas Galindo Blas Galindo Dimas (February 3, 1910 – April 19, 1993) was a Mexican composer. Biography Born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Galindo studied intermittently from 1931 to 1944 at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, studying with Carlos Chávez ...

. * ''Balada mágica'' (1952), with music by Carlos Jiménez Mabarak. * ''Zapata'' (1953), with music by

José Pablo Moncayo José Pablo Moncayo García (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958) was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacies of the Mexican nationali ...

. * ''Antesala'', with music by

Eduardo Hernández Moncada Eduardo Hernández Moncada (September 24, 1899 – December 31, 1995) was a Mexican composer, pianist, and conductor. He is one of the essential musicians representative of the Nationalist Movement of the Post-Revolutionary years in Mexico. His mu ...

. * ''Romances y fronteras'' (1954). * ''Cuauhtémoc'' (1956). * ''Feria y fauno'' (1956).

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