Guillermina Teodosia Martínez Cabrejas (10 January 1917 - 10 June 2008), most known as Mariemma, was a Spanish

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. She died on 10 June 2008 at aged 91 in a

nursing home A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of elderly or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as skilled nursing facility (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to i ...

from a

cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

. Between 2008 and 2010 Daniel G. Cabrero wrote, produced and directed the biographical documentary film focussed on Mariemma's professional life and career and entitled ''My Paths through Dance''. The film was premiered at the

Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing ...

on 30 October 2010.

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Museo Mariemma

1917 births 2008 deaths Spanish female dancers Spanish choreographers Burials at Cementerio de la Almudena {{Spain-bio-stub