Guillermina Bravo
Guillermina Nicolasa Bravo Canales was a Mexican ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She was cofounder of the academy of Mexican dance in 1947 and established together with Josefina Lavalle the national ballet company in Mexico City in 1948, which has been located in Quertaro since 1991 where she also established the national center of contemporary dance. Bravo is considered as main figure of modern Mexican dance. Her sister Lola was a notable stage actress.
Guillermina Bravo, daughter of Guillermo Nicols Bravo and Mara de los Dolores Canales y Mondragn, was born in Chacaltianguis, Veracruz. She studied folk dance at the national dance school and music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Msica. In 1938 she was taught by Estrella Morales, and taught choreography autodidactically from 1940 to 1945, while she danced as ballerina of Waldeens ballet of fine arts in Mexico City. Afterwards she was involved in the establishment of the Academia de la Danza Mexicana and the national ballet. After 1960 she retired from the stage, but kept the direction of the national ballet.
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