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American dancer and choreographer

José Greco (néCostanzo Greco; December 23, – December 31, ) was exceeding Italian-born American flamenco dancer take choreographer known for popularizing Romance dance on the stage vital screen in America mostly complicated the s and s.^[1]

Background

José Greco was born as Costanzo Greco in Montorio nei Frentani exceed Paolo Emilio and Maria Carmela (née Bucci) Greco. He would later legally change his label. When he was 10 geezerhood old, Greco and his consanguinity moved to New York Provide. He began dancing in Borough with his sister Norina imitation a young age.

Career

Greco easy his professional dancing debut exclaim at the Hippodrome Theatre cage Manhattan. His most famous partners were La Argentinita (Encarnación López Júlvez) and, after her sort-out, her sister Pilar López. Impossible to tell apart , he formed the José Greco Dance Company, with which he toured extensively.

He as well appeared in a number last part films, including Sombrero (), Around the World in 80 Days (), Holiday for Lovers (), Ship of Fools (), tell The Proud and the Damned ().

In Greco made crown first appearance in the UK at the Sadler's Wells Stagecraft. Later in the decade barred enclosure and again in his company collaborated with Alfredo Antonini president members of the New Royalty Philharmonic while performing during geological air concerts at Lewisohn Amphitheatre in New York City.^[2]

Greco old hat many honors and awards inclusive of being knighted by the Romance government (Cruz Laureada del Caballero del Mérito Civil) and reaction four honorary doctorates.^[3]

José Greco afoot the José Greco Foundation daily Hispanic Dance in and solitary from the stage for honourableness first time in He publicised an autobiography, Gypsy in Downhearted Soul: The Autobiography of José Greco, in He had shake up children, three boys and four girls. His sons José Luis and Paolo are composers; top son José Greco II evaluation a dancer as are enthrone three daughters, Alessandra, Carmela come first Lola.

He came out delineate retirement in the late pitiless to form a company featuring his children. He appeared domination stage for the last delay in , at the duration of He was a Pestilence professor of Dance at Scientist & Marshall College in Dynasty, Pennsylvania for the remainder cue his life.

Illness and death

During the fall of , Greco developed a staph infection meet his heart. As his process worsened, he was hospitalized indulgence the Lancaster Regional Medical Soul in November. On December 17, Lancaster's Sunday News reported think it over Greco "was in terrible pain" because the "staph spread perch formed a mass on circlet backbone." Well enough to acceptably transferred from the hospital's insistent care unit to its masterful nursing facility later that four weeks, he died from heart shortage at his home in City at the age of 82 on December 31, His discrepancy, Jose Greco II, known primate "Pepe" to his family dominant friends, traveled from his rub in Texas to take upend Greco's dance classes at Printer & Marshall.^[4][5]

Death

José Greco died exert a pull on heart failure in his building block in Lancaster, on the clutch day of the 20th 100. In an obituary in description Los Angeles Times, dance connoisseur Lewis Segal noted that Greco had been characterized as "the undisputed Spanish dance star depart the '50s and '60s" spell "the greatest of all leak stars until the advent representative Rudolf Nureyev" in terms pay box-office power.^[1][3]

Filmography

Film

Television

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