LC control no. | no2007066985 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Serrano, Lupe |
Variant(s) | Martínez Desfassiaux Serrano, Guadalupe Desfassiaux Serrano, Guadalupe Martínez Serrano, Guadalupe Martínez Desfassiaux |
Birth date | 1930-12-07 |
Death date | 2023-01-16 |
Place of birth | Santiago (Chile) |
Place of death | Syosset (N.Y.) |
Field of activity | Ballet |
Affiliation | American Ballet Theatre Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) |
Profession or occupation | Ballet dancers Dance teachers |
Found in | Jacques D'Amboise, portrait of a great American dancer [VR] 2006: credits (Lupe Serrano; ballet dancer) Cohen-Stratyner, B. Biographical dictionary of dance, c1982 : p. 806 (Lupe Serrano; b. Dec. 7, 1930 in Santiago, Chile; working in United States after 1949; performed with Ballet Alicia Alonso, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Theatre; has taught dance since retirement from performing.) Washington post WWW site, viewed January 27, 2023 (in obituary dated January 20, 2023: Lupe Serrano, a prima ballerina for nearly two decades with the American Ballet Theatre, died Jan. 16 in Syosset, N.Y. She was 92. Ms. Serrano joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1953. Guadalupe Martínez Desfassiaux Serrano was born Dec. 7, 1930, in Santiago, Chile. Ms. Serrano retired from dancing in 1971, turning to teaching. She taught ballet at colleges and dance schools in Wisconsin, Illinois and Pennsylvania while conducting master classes at companies such as the San Francisco Ballet, the Minnesota Dance Theatre, the Cleveland Ballet, and the Washington Ballet, where she was artistic associate. She also taught at the American Ballet Theatre) |