Author: BEAUMONT, CYRIL
Title: ANTONIO - Impressions of the Spanish dancer.
Description: London, Adam & Charles Black, 1952. 1st edition. Maroon cloth/silver lettering, 24cmx16cm, Good condition. Upper board lettered in blind. Contents: 1). Overture. 2). Danza no. 10. 3). Zorongo. 4). Los Lagarteranos. 5). Serranas. 6). Baile Flamengo. 7). Goyescas. 8). Jarana Yucateca. 9). Zapateado. 10). Caña. 11). Bulerias. 12). Bolero and other dances. With 20 b/w photographs by Roger Wood and Gyenas. Antonio Ruiz Soler (1921 - 1996), was a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and dance director. He was professionally known as Antonio or Antonio el bailarin (Antonio the dancer). With his cousin Rosario (Florence Pérez Padilla) he had a partnership which was world-famous for 25 years (1928-1953. They were billed as Antonio and Rosario. In 1952 he formed his own Spanish ballet company, Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid, and Rosario also formed a company, partnered by Iglesias. Antonio choreographed many works in Spanish and classical style; several were taken up by other companies. 40 pag.

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