José Luis de Udaeta París (27 May 1919 in Barcelona, Spain – 14 September 2009 in

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) was a Spanish dancer,

castanet Castanets, also known as ''clackers'' or ''palillos'', are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Kalo, Moorish, Ottoman, Italian, Sephardic, Swiss, and Portuguese music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar ...

player and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. His first performances in classical and modern ballet were made under a pseudonym, being the root for his development as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and castanet virtuoso and author for more than 50 years.

Awards

* 1987 Deutscher Tanzpreis *1989 ''Medalla de Bellas Artes'' *1995 ''Premi Nacional de Dansa de Catalunya'' *2000 ''Medalla de oro del mérit de les arts'' , Barcelona *2001 '' la Creu de Saint Jordi''

Notable published works

* ''La castañuela española. Orígenes y evolución'' (1989).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Udaeta, Jose Spanish male ballet dancers Castanets players 1919 births 2009 deaths Male dancers from Catalonia People from Barcelona Spanish choreographers