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Dancer. educator. Known for. founding Ballet Hispanico. Awards. National Medal of Arts (2005) Ernestina Ramirez (November 7, 1929 – September 6, 2022) [1] was an American dancer and educator, best known as the founder and artistic director (1970–2009) of Ballet Hispanico, the premier Latino dance organization in the United States.
Sep 9, 2022 · Published Sept. 9, 2022 Updated Sept. 12, 2022. Tina Ramirez, who founded Ballet Hispánico in New York on a shoestring more than 50 years ago and built it into the country’s leading Hispanic ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Craig Melvin, news anchor on NBC News’ “TODAY,” a co-host of the “3rd Hour of TODAY” and a host of “Dateline NBC”. Photo: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC. With his wife, sports broadcaster ...
Actresses Susan Seaforth Hayes and Deidre Hall, who portray Julie Olson Williams and Marlena Evans, are the second and third longest tenured actors on Days of Our Lives, joining in December 1968 and June 1976, respectively. [4] [5] The following list is of cast members who are on the show: the main, recurring and guest cast members, or those ...
About Tina Ramirez. Tina Ramirez (1929-2022) founded Ballet Hispánico in 1970 and served as Artistic Director until 2009. Under her direction, over 45 choreographers created works for the Company, many of international stature and others in the early stages of their career, including Talley Beatty, Ramón Oller, Maria Rivera, and William Whitener, among many others.
Unlike most dancers who begin their studies at a very young age, Ramirez started her first lessons at around age 12. Her dance education was of high quality, however, having received instruction from Lola Bravo, New York's grande dame of Spanish dance. She started in the base class, but Bravo quickly moved her to the next levels.
Tina was raised near her mother’s large, extended family in Powhatan County, Virginia where her father founded a medical practice and her mother ran a midwifery practice. Her parents, both second-generation descendants of Mexican and Czech immigrants and both Air Force Veterans, influenced Tina’s passion for service, freedom, and work with ...
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