Choreographer

José Greco

American dancer and choreographer (1918–2000)

Born 1918 · Montorio nei FrentaniDied 2000Spain
José Greco
Image: Larry Bessel, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

José Greco was a Spanish choreographer, born in 1918 in Montorio nei Frentani, who died in 2000.

Biography

José Greco (né Costanzo Greco; December 23, 1918 – December 31, 2000) was an Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer known for popularizing Spanish dance on the stage and screen in America mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.

From the Wikipedia article “José Greco”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

Mariemma

Mariemma

Spanish dancer

1917–2008
José de Udaeta

José de Udaeta

Castanet player

1919–2009
María de Ávila

María de Ávila

Spanish ballet master

1920–2014
Antonio Ruiz Soler

Antonio Ruiz Soler

Spanish dancer and choreographer (1921–1996)

1921–1996
P

Pilar López Júlvez

Spanish choreographer and dancer (1912-2008)

1912–2008
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)

1925–2015

Facts from Wikidata (Q9013904), CC0.