Héctor Zaraspe
Manuel Héctor Zaraspe (born June 8, 1930 in Aguilares ) is an Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet teacher.
Zaraspe was trained at the Teatro Colón by Esmée Bulnes , Gema Castillo and Otto Weber . He worked in Spain for eleven years and toured the United States for the first time in 1964 with the Antonio Ballet de Madrid . In 1965 he became the ballet master of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev . He then worked as ballet master for Nureyev, Fonteyn and Carla Fracci on the film I am a Dancer and created choreographies for John Paul Jones (with Bette Davis and Robert Stack ), Spartacus (with Kirk Douglas ) and 55 Days in Beijing (with Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner ).
As a ballet teacher, Zaraspe has worked for Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens , the Dutch National Ballet, the international ballet competitions in Cologne and Cape Town and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Since 1970 he has been teaching at the Juilliard School , which now awards the Zaraspe Prize for the school's best choreographer. He himself has received prizes from the Fulbright Commission , UNESCO , the Medal of Honor of the Consejo Brasileño de la Danza , the Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas and a Premio Conex . He toured North America and Europe with the group Tango Passion as a choreographer and director.
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- La Nacion, November 7, 2004: Manuel Héctor Zaraspe: el maestro
- La Phil - Hector Zaraspe
- Fundacio Konex- Héctor Zaraspe
- Héctor Zaraspe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Zaraspe, Héctor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zaraspe, Manuel Héctor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aguilares |