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Josefina Lavalle
Josefina Lavalle (born Mexico City, January 29, 1924 – died Mexico City, May 25, 2009 El Universal, May 25, 2009.) was a Mexican ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She established together with Guillermina Bravo the national ballet company in Mexico City in 1948 Biography Lavalle was born in Mexico City. She studied at the Escuela Nacional de Danza under Nellie Campobello, Nellie and Gloria Campobello, and became a member of Waldeen Falkenstein, Waldeen's ballet of fine arts ( es, Ballet de Bellas Artes). Together with Anna Sokolow she discovered her talent for contemporary dance and got her first contact to José Limón, when she took part in a course of choreography for young dancers. In 1955 Carlos Chávez made ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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