Marques, Ana Clara Guerra

LC control no.	no2001048134
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Marques, Ana Clara Guerra *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Guerra Marques, Ana Clara Clara Guerra Marques, Ana
Associated country	Angola
Associated place	Portugal
Birth date	19621102
Place of birth	Luanda (Luanda, Angola)
Affiliation	Escola Superior de Dança (Lisbon, Portugal) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Companhia de Dança Contemporânea (Angola) International Dance Council Universidade Agostinho Neto
Profession or occupation	Dancers Dance teachers Anthropology teachers Choreographers
Found in	A alquimia da dança, 1999: t.p. (Ana Clara Guerra Marques) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Marques, Ana Clara Guerra; dancer, choreographer / dance director; born 02 November 1962 in Luanda, Angola; started to take classical ballet lessons at the Dance Academy of Luanda (1970); studied dance and pedagogy at the Escola Superior de Dança de Lisbon (1990); pursued a master's degree in anthropology of space (artistic performance and dance) at the Department of Social and Human Science of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa; became the director of the only dance training facility left in the country (1975); returned to Angola to set up the first professional contemporary dance company, Companhia de Dança Contemporânea de Angola (CDCA); a member of the International Dance Council set up by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); lectures in anthropology at the Agostinho Neto University in Luanda, and works at the Angolan Ministry of Education and Culture; received the Identidade Prize by the União de Artistas e Compositores (Angolan Union of Artists and Composers, UNAC) (1995); was awarded the Diploma de Honra (2006); won a National Culture and Arts Prize)
Associated language	por