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Jan 30, 2024 · Chita Rivera saw herself as a dancer, and that’s fitting: Her early ballet training was her secret weapon — and it never left her body.
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero (January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024), known professionally as Chita Rivera, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Rivera received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award.
Jan 30, 2024 · Chita Rivera, who died on Tuesday at 91, was a Broadway star as long as anyone — and maybe longer. At first, making her way up in the 1950s, from the chorus of “Guys and Dolls” to Anita in...
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Jan 30, 2024 · Broadway legend Chita Rivera dances through her life in a new memoir Rivera took to ballet so completely that she got a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in New York.
Feb 1, 2024 · The epitome of a triple threat, Rivera was a veritable Broadway legend, winning multiple Tony Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a Kennedy Center Honor. But she always described herself as a dancer first. (Her 2005 Broadway show was even titled Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life.)