Ana María Mérida Gálvez (born

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, 1922''Carlos Mérida''
(Spanish) – died 12 August 1991) was a

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

ballet dancer A ballet dancer is a person who practices the Art (skill), art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. B ...

and

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

. She also appeared in several

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Biography

In 1947 the director of El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Carlos Chávez, invited her to co-found (with

Guillermina Bravo Guillermina Nicolasa Bravo Canales (November 13, 1920 – November 6, 2013 ) was a Mexican Modern dance, modern dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Ballet Nacional de Mexico. She was co-founder of the academy of Mexican dance () in 19 ...

) La Academia de la Danza Mexicana. In 1948 she was named the full director of the Academy, continuing in that post through 1949. She taught at the drama school ''Escuela de Arte Teatral'', led the national ballet (with whom she toured Central and South America), and was head of the department of dance of the

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, ), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural activities (both at the political and the educati ...

. Mérida took the role of Francisca in the 1973 Mexican movie '' El Santo Oficio'', winning a national award for her performance. She also authored and produced a ballet, ''Ausencia de flores'', an homage to the Mexican muralist

José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siquei ...

.''Ana Mérida, bailarina y coreógrafa''
(Spanish), 15 August 1991

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merida, Ana Mexican people of Maya descent Mexican ballerinas Entertainers from Mexico City Mexican choreographers Mexican women choreographers Ballet choreographers 1922 births 1991 deaths