Constanza Hool (6 December 1925 – 20 July 2008) was a dancer, actress and
choreographer
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. She is credited as co-founder of the famous
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico (with
Amalia Hernández
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).
She was the first woman to dance in the
Taj Mahal (for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi), the
Parthenon and the
basilica of Santa Prisca.
She had a television show in Mexico for 17 years and is reported to have been awarded the Silver Goddess (Diosa de Plata), a Mexican film and television award, 14 years in a row for best choreographer.
Hool served as Artist in Residence and Director of Arts and Dance for seven years at the
Universidad de las Americas, near the capital city of
Puebla
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in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Her performance locations in Mexico included
Chapultepec Castle. She also taught at the University of Illinois, the University of New Mexico and the University of California (Los Angeles, CA). She received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois, the Silver Horse award in India, the Gold Aztec award for arts in Argentina and other honors.
"Constanza Hool" is the registered Artistic Name of Constanza Kamffer Garrido de Hool. Her father was Domingo Kamffer Spada, and her mother
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was an actress ("Madres del Mundo," 1936, released as "Mothers of the World" in the USA) and founder of
Pecime, Mexico's union of cinematographic writers. Constanza was a granddaughter of soprano Maura Garrido Alfaro of Opera Mexicana, the niece of muralist
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and a cousin of composer Vicente Garrido. She was married to diplomat Alan Hool from 1945 until he died in 1988.
Actress filmography
Caras Nuevas
The Evil That Men Do (1984, playing Isabel, Dr. Lomelin's Wife)
Los Años Verdes (1967) pg. 98
Buenas noches, Buenos Aires (1964)
* ''
Pablo and Carolina'' (1957)
Choreographer filmography
El señor doctor (1965)
La edad de la violencia (1964)
... aka The Age of Violence (USA)
Cri Cri el grillito cantor (1963)
[Emilio García Riera. "Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1961-1963" pg. 303, 384]
Ojos tapatios (1961)
... aka Mexican Eyes (International: English title)
El violetero (1960)
References
External links
*
Ballantines PR's press release regarding Hool's death and her career
of the Ballantine's PR press release
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1925 births
2008 deaths
Mexican choreographers
Mexican women choreographers
Mexican female dancers
20th-century Mexican actresses
Mexican film actresses
Place of birth missing