Joana Sainz Garcia (1989 – September 1, 2019) was a Spanish singer, dancer, and songwriter from
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
, Spain. She was killed in
a stage explosion on September 1, 2019.
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Biography
Garcia was raised in Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
, a port city on Spain's north coast in the Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
region. She later moved to Suances, also in Cantabria. "The first time I saw her, when she came, I realized her virtues. She was a girl with a lot of energy, with a lot of desire. From the beginning, I saw her a dancer,” Garcia's teacher, Marta Rojo, told ''El Español''. Rojo remembered that Garcia started formal dance training in 2010.
Sainz was the principal dancer and chief choreographer of Spain's Super Hollywood Orchestra. The group were known for their exciting performances which used many special effects, including fireworks
Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large number of devices ...
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Joana Sainz died on September 1, 2019 while performing in front of an audience of 1000 people, at a four-day music festival at Las Berlanas. A pyrotechnic
Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating such things as fireworks, safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and other fasteners, parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition. ...
device used during the performance exploded next to her.[2019, 'Joana Sainz Dead at 30', https://www.haberler.com/genc-sarkici-joana-sainz-havai-fisek-12383579-haberi/] She was struck in the stomach by a faulty cartridge used in the pyrotechnic device.[
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References
1989 births
2019 deaths
Spanish female dancers
Spanish women singer-songwriters
Spanish singer-songwriters
Deaths by explosive device
Spanish women choreographers
Spanish choreographers
Accidental deaths in Spain
21st-century Spanish dancers
People from Santander, Spain
Musicians who died on stage
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