Mercedes Quintana
Portrait of the artist belonging to the photographer Annemarie Heinrich .


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).[1]

Quintana was a director and choreographer of Teatro Colon's Ballet Estable.[2] She also ran her own dance studio, which produced performers such as Susana Zimmermann.[2][3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Recondo, Gregorio (1997). Identidad, Integración y Creación Cultural en América Latina: El Desafío Del Mercosur (in Spanish). Ediciones UNESCO. p. 344. ISBN 978-950-577-199-8.
  2. 1 2 Zimmermann, Susana (2007). Cantos y Exploraciones: Caminos de Teatro-Danza (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Balletin Dance. p. 29. ISBN 978-987-22748-5-6.
  3. ↑ "Falleció la coreógrafa y bailarina Susana Zimmermann | Argentores". argentores.org.ar. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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