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Lombard Twins
Martin and Facundo Lombard (born July 7, 1977),Bruno Larocc Clarín, August 19, 2012 professionally known as the Lombard Twins, are Argentinian dancers, choreographers, actors, directors, composers and producers widely known for their role in the ''Step Up series''. As identical twin brothers, they developed a dance form that focuses on individual emotion and expression, which they call "Free Expression."Bryan LlenasOur American Dream: The Lombard Twins Let Emotion Rule the Dance Fox News, June 11, 2012 Early life and career The twins were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the neighborhood of Mataderos, raised by a single mother. They began dancing together at age seven, inspired by Michael Jackson,Leigh SchanfeinFreedom Of Expression: Lombard Twins Dance Informa, July 07, 2012Estefanía LisiGemelos Lombard: La danza volvió para quedarse Revol Girar Las Danzas, July 09, 2015 subsequently dropping out of school at thirteen; and that same year debuting on the Argentinian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Up 3D
''Step Up 3D'' (also known as ''Step Up 3'') is a 2010 American 3D dance film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer. It serves as a sequel to 2008's '' Step Up 2: The Streets'' and the third installment in the ''Step Up'' film series. The film sees the return of Adam G. Sevani and Alyson Stoner, who portrayed Moose from ''Step Up 2: The Streets'' and Camille Gage from '' Step Up'', respectively. It also stars Rick Malambri and Sharni Vinson. The film follows Moose and Camille Gage as they head to New York University, the former dancer of whom is majoring in electrical engineering after promising his father that he would not dance anymore. However, he soon stumbles upon a dance battle, meeting Luke Katcher and his House of Pirates dance crew and later teaming up with them to compete in the World Jam dance contest against their rival, the House of Samurai dance crew. ''Step Up 3D'' premiered in Hollywood at the El Capitan Theater on August 2, 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for '' Wolfen'' (1981), '' The Cotton Club'' (1984), ''White Nights'' (1985), '' Running Scared'' (1986), ''The Gregory Hines Show'' (1997–1998), playing Ben on ''Will & Grace'' (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. animated children's television program ''Little Bill'' (1999–2004). Hines starred in more than 40 films and also appeared on Broadway. He received many accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Hines was born in New York City on February 14, 1946 to Alma Iola (Lawless) and Maurice Robert Hines, a dancer, musician, and actor, and grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. He began tap dancing when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Donn
Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's ''Ballet of the 20th Century''. He died of AIDS on 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Repertoire ; Maurice Béjart * 1964: '' Ninth Symphony'' by Beethoven (1967?) * 1966: ''Webern Opus V'', ''Roméo et Juliette'' * 1967: ''la Messe pour le temps présent'' * 1968: ''Bhakti'' * 1970: ''Serait-ce la mort?'', ''Firebird'', ''Sonate N°5'' * 1971: ''The Rite of Spring'', ''Songs of a Wayfarer'', ''Nijinsky, Clown of God'' * 1972: '' Symphony for a Lonely Man'' * 1973: ''Sonate à trois'', ''Golestan ou le jardin des roses'' * 1974: ''The Triumphs of Petrarch'', ''Ce que l'amour me dit'' * 1975: ''Notre Faust'' * 1976: ''Le Molière imaginaire'' * 1977: ''Héliogabale'', ''Petrouchka'' * 1978: ''Gaîte parisienne'', ''Ce que la mort me dit'', ''Leda'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie O'Donnell
Roseann O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality. She began her comedy career as a teenager and received her breakthrough on the television series ''Star Search'' in 1984. After a series of television and film roles that introduced her to a larger national audience, O'Donnell hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'', between 1996 and 2002, which won several Daytime Emmy Awards. During this period, she developed the nickname "Queen of Nice", as well as a reputation for philanthropic efforts. From 2006 to 2007, O'Donnell endured a controversial run as the moderator on the daytime talk show '' The View'', which included a public feud with Donald Trump and on-air disputes regarding the Bush administration's policies with the Iraq War. She hosted ''Rosie Radio'' on Sirius XM Radio between 2009 and 2011, and from 2011 to 2012 hosted a second, short-lived talk show on OWN, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Center
New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a 2,257-seat Moorish Revival theater at 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, one block south of Carnegie Hall. City Center is a performing home for several major dance companies as well as the Encores! musical theater series and the Fall for Dance Festival. The center is currently headed by Arlene Shuler, a former ballet dancer who has been president since 2003. The facility houses the 2,257 seat main stage, two smaller theaters, four studios and a 12-story office tower.New York Times, March 17, 2010, pg C1, "City Center Is to Start Renovations", by Robin Pogrebin Architecture The building's design is Neo-Moorish and features elaborate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor Piazzolla
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed ''nuevo tango'', incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music". Biography Childhood Piazzolla was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1921, the only child of Italian immigrant parents, Vicente "Nonino" Piazzolla and Assunta Manetti. His paternal grandfather, a sailor and fisherman named Pantaleo (later Pantaleón) Piazzolla, had immigrated to Mar del Plata from Trani, a seaport in the southeastern Italian region of Apulia, at the end of the 19th century. His mother was the daughter of two Italian immigrants from Lucca in the central region of Tuscany. In 1925 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Puig
Arturo Puig (born 17 November 1944) is an Argentine theatre, television and motion picture actor. He has worked in the 1990s success ''Grande, pá!!!'' Biography Arturo Puig became famous as the lead actor of 1970s telenovelas, such as "''Me llaman gorrión''" (1972) and "''Pablo en nuestra piel''" (1977). He was the lead actor of '' Grande, pá!'', a big success in Argentine television during the 1990s. The TV channel Telefe proposed him to make a remake, but he refused, as the channel did not want to hire the full cast of the original series as Puig proposed. In the 2000s he has worked sporadically in TV, becoming instead a notable theater actor. He worked in plays such as "''El Precio''", "''Cristales rotos''" and "''Panorama desde el puente''", by Arthur Miller, "''¿Quién le teme a Virginia Woolf?''" by Edward Albee, and "''La vuelta al hogar''" by Harold Pinter. In "''Rompiendo códigos''" he played the British mathematician Alan Turing. As of 2013, he plays the gay pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Morán
Mercedes Beatriz Morán is an Argentine actress, known for her role in the television miniseries ''Culpables''. Career Morán has worked in several TV programs, such as ''Donde pueda quererte'', ''Rosa de lejos'', ''Por siempre amigos'', ''Gasoleros'', ''Culpables'', ''Tiempo final'', ''Mujeres asesinas'', '' Amas de casa desesperadas'', ''El hombre de tu vida'', ''En terapia'' and ''La celebración''. She worked on stage in plays such as '' El efecto de los rayos gamma'', ''Locos de contentos'', ''Humores que matan'', '' Monólogos de la vagina'', ''Pequeños crímenes conyugales'', ''Agosto'', ''Buena gente'' and ''La brisa de la vida''. She worked in films such as ''Mirha de Liniers a Estambul'', ''El Sur'', '' La Ciénaga'', ''Whisky Romeo Zulu'', ''Luna de Avellaneda'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', ''Cordero de Dios'', ''La ronda'', ''Los Marziano'' and ''Betibú''. She was the lead actress of ''Culpables'' in 2001, which was awarded the Golden Martín Fierro Award. That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Francella
Guillermo Héctor Francella (born February 14, 1955) is an Argentine actor and comedian. Besides a long history of working as a television leading man, he also has a varied theatrical and film career. Francella is widely regarded by experts and critics of performance as one of the most influential and popular actors of his country. Biography Guillermo Francella is the second of two brothers children of Ricardo Héctor Francella, a bank employee, gym teacher and weightlifting coach at Racing Club and Adelina Redondo. He spent his first two years of life in Villa del Parque, Buenos Aires, Argentina and later the family moved to Beccar, a northern neighborhood of Greater Buenos Aires where Francella lived the rest of his childhood. The house was located next to that of his paternal grandparents, Domenico and Zaída; his grandfather was an Italian immigrant in Argentina who had arrived in Argentina from Falconara Albanese, Calabria and whose original last name was Frangella. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Katz
Ana Katz (born November 2, 1975) is an Argentine writer, director and actress. Her writing and directing credits include '' My Friend from the Park'', ''Los Marziano'', ''Musical Chairs'', '' A Stray Girlfriend'' and '' Florianópolis Dream''. Her acting-only credits include '' The Candidate'', ''Loco por vos'', ''Kiki, Love to Love'' and The Dog who wouldn't be quiet . Katz was born in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South .... References External links * 1975 births Living people Argentine actresses Argentine screenwriters Jewish Argentine actresses Jewish Argentine writers Writers from Buenos Aires Argentine film directors {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All In
All In may refer to: Books * ''All In'' (Levs book), a 2015 book by Josh Levs * ''All In: An E-Guide to No Limit Texas Hold'em'', a book by Amarillo Slim and Brent Riley * '' All In: The Education of General David Petraeus'', a 2012 biography of General David Petraeus written by Paula Broadwell Film and television Films * ''All In'' (film), a 1936 British sports comedy * '' All In: The Fight for Democracy'', a 2020 American documentary Television episodes * "All In" (''CSI'') * "All In" (''CSI: Miami'') * "All In" (''Homeland'') * "All In" (''House'') * "All In" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'') * "All In" (''Major Crimes'') * "All In" (''Ozark'') * "All In" (''Person of Interest'') * "All In" (''The Shield'') * "All In" (''Suits'') * "All In" (''White Collar'') Television series * ''All In'' (TV series), a 2003 South Korean drama * '' All In with Chris Hayes'', a news and opinion television program Music Albums * ''All-In'', by Arling & Cameron, 1999 * ''All In' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
