Mercedes Quintana was an Argentine choreographer, born in 1910 in Buenos Aires, who died in 1996.
Biography
Quintana Saravia Haydée Mercedes, known as Mercedes Quintana (1910 – 1996 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine classical dancer, choreographer, director and actress of stage, screen and television. She had a prominent stage career in Argentina in the 1930s. She appeared in films such as Yo quiero ser bataclana (1941), Ven... mi corazón te llama (1942) and Mujeres que bailan (1949).
Quintana was a director and choreographer of Teatro Colon's Ballet Estable. She also ran her own dance studio, which produced performers such as Susana Zimmermann.
Contemporaries
María Ruanova
Argentine prima ballerina (1912–1976)
Lida Martinoli
Argentine dancer (1914–1991)
María Fux
Argentine dancer (1922–2023)
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