Susana Agüero (1944– March 26, 2012) was an Argentine ballet dancer who also danced in musicals and shows. She took a number of leading roles and worked for six years in France.
Biography
Agüero 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 ...
. She trained at the ''Instituto Superior de Arte'' at the
Teatro Colón
The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ''Columbus Theatre'') is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acousti ...
(Columbus Theatre) which is the capital's main opera house. Her teachers included
Gema Castillo,
Michel Borowsky,
María Ruanova,
Adolfo Andrade and
Serge Golovine. She soon became a soloist. Among her most important roles were Odette in ''
Swan Lake'' and the Lilac Fairy in ''
The Sleeping Beauty''. She also danced in
Wolfgang Fortner
Wolfgang Fortner (12 October 1907 – 5 September 1987) was a German composer, composition teacher and conductor.
Life
Fortner was born in Leipzig. From his parents, who were both singers, Fortner very early on had intense contact with music.
...
's ''Movements'' and
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...
's ''Suite en blanc''. She performed as ''étoile'' for the
Chilean National Ballet
The Chilean National Ballet, founded in 1945, is Chile's oldest professional contemporary dance company. It is based at the University of Chile in Santiago, Chile.
History
Germany's Kurt Jooss Ballet company toured South America in 1941, includ ...
. In the 1970s, she became first soloist with the
Lyon Opera Ballet
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
.
She spent six years in France before she returned to Argentina, suffering from poor eyesight — but the problem was soon rectified.
She also played in the musical ''
A Chorus Line
''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers ...
'' and in the Argentine show ''La Botica del Ángel'', demonstrating her ability to extend her talents beyond classical ballet.
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In Argentina she worked again at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She worked under ]Oscar Araiz
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People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology) ...
who led their choreography. The theatre particularly remember that in 1978 she successfully stepped into the role of Swan Lake at the last minute after lead Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...
did not appear.[Obituary]
Teatro Colón, 28 March 2012, retrieved 20 February 2014
Assessment
Susana Agüero died in Buenos Aires on 26 March 2012.[ "She was the first Odette I ever experienced," commented choreographer Alejandro Cervera. "I remember her as a very beautiful and tremendously charming and entertaining ballerina."][ She defined herself as a lifelong dancer.][ At the time of her death, Teatro Colón's Clarín mentioned her fine, personalized dancing, her flexibility and her willingness to breach the bounds of academic ballet.][
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References
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1944 births
2012 deaths
Argentine ballerinas
Dancers from Buenos Aires