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  Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Antonio Gades
Gades was a child of war and hunger.
Gades was a man of high principles, great stubbornness and exceptional discipline and rigour in his work.
Antonio Gades was not just a dance revolutionary, but a political revolutionary.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1266187,00.html   (772 words)

  
 Antonio Gades - Moviefone
Antonio Gades was the director of the Ballet Nacional de España (1979-1980) and, furthermore,...
Antonio Gades died of cancer in Madrid on 20 July 2004.
Antonio Gades was the first director of Ballet Nacional de España and was distinguished...
movies.aol.com /celebrity/antonio-gades/90820/main   (85 words)

  
 Antonio Gades | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Antonio Gades, whose pure style as a flamenco dancer and creative collaborations with the film director Carlos Saura made him an international star, died July 20 in a Madrid hospital.
Gades was born Antonio Esteve Rodenas in Elda, part of Spain's southeastern province of Alicante.
Gades made a surprise appearance as a highly tormented Hilarion opposite Alonso's Giselle at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1978.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040801/news_1m1gades.html   (526 words)

  
 gades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Antonio Esteve Rodenas was born in Elda, near Valencia in eastern Spain, neither Andalusian nor Gypsy, and was a citizen of the world, maintaining residences in New York and Madrid.
The Spanish dancer Antonio Gades, who died in Madrid on Tuesday after a long battle against cancer, is to make one more journey, as he had stated that his ashes should be taken to Cuba, an island which he loved, EFE reports.
Antonio Gades retired from dancing and directing his company some years ago and lived between Spain and Cuba, always by the sea, whose waters allowed him to exercise his great passion for sailing.
www.planetflamenco.com /custom3.html   (1848 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | People | Flamenco flame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
August and magnetic in purpose and demeanour, Gades was the high priest of flamenco in Spain's temple of dance.
Gades!" None could equal his power and lucidity and his extraordinary flare at telling a story, applying theatrical narrative techniques to his explosive choreography.
Gades revised and re-wrote 65 separate song types, preserving this ephemeral tradition, while still maintaining the soulful cry of the oppressed Gypsy.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/701/pe2.htm   (1398 words)

  
 Gades Antonio - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Gades, Antonio (1936-2004), Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer, who established his own ballet company.
Sadler’s Wells Theatre was rebuilt again with the aid of a grant of £30 million from the Arts Council of England; the total cost of the two-year...
Antonio was born Antonio Ruiz Soler in Seville.
au.encarta.msn.com /Gades_Antonio.html   (98 words)

  
 Antonio Gades Dance Magazine - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In a nightclub in the 1950s, Gades was discovered by Pilaf Lopez and Vicente Escudero, from whom he learned the masculine ecole de danse, and began to earn acclaim for his performances.
Critic Pierre Lartigue claimed that Gades' flamenco was "duende-less," in line with a new, postfascist Spain and rid of the (sometimes forced) mysterious romanticism of southern Spanish flamenco.
"Gades brought flamenco to a new level with his movies with Saura and that was a great contribution--maybe his greatest as an artist," says master flamenco teacher and performer Teodoro Morca.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_12_78/ai_n7577402   (420 words)

  
 Antonio Gades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonio Gades (November 14, 1936 - July 20, 2004) was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer (born Antonio Esteve Ródenas in Elda, Land of Valencia).
Gades has also co-founded and became the artistic director of the Spanish National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de España) in 1978.
Antonio Gades biography and films or products in which he has taken part
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antonio_Gades   (287 words)

  
 Famous Flameno Dancer, Antonio Gades, Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Antonio Gades was one of flamenco's best-known interpreters and choreographers.
Gades was born in Elda, a village on the Meditteranen, but moved to Spain when he was young, to be with his father who had joined the Republican Forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
Gades is survived by his fourth wife and his three daughters.
arts.monstersandcritics.com /news/printer_476.php   (176 words)

  
 People's Weekly World - Antonio Gades dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Recognized as the greatest Spanish male dancer of his generation and an even greater choreographer, Antonio Gades died of cancer in Madrid on July 20.
Gades’ father, a building worker and communist, left home when Antonio was a baby to fight fascism on the Madrid front in the Spanish Civil War.
Within a year, at 16, Gades was the lead dancer in her company.
www.pww.org /index.php/article/articleprint/5591   (178 words)

  
 SR.com: Celebrated dancer Gades dies in Spain
Antonio Gades, the soulful, hawk-faced flamenco dancer-choreographer considered by many to be the greatest Spanish dancer of his time, died Tuesday in Madrid, Spain.
Gades died in Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital after a long battle with cancer, according to Spain's EFE news agency.
Gades became the company's first artistic director when the Spanish Ministry of Culture launched the troupe in 1978.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=17415   (594 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Flamenco's Gades to be buried with Cuba guerrillas
HAVANA –; The ashes of famed Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer Antonio Gades will be buried next to guerrilla fighters in Cuba's Sierra Maestra mountains, birthplace of a revolution he loyally supported, Granma newspaper said Friday.
Gades, a giant of modern flamenco and son of a communist building laborer, died of cancer Tuesday in Madrid, aged 67.
A member of Spain's Communist Party, Gades visited Cuba first in 1975 when his country was still under the rule of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco and he established close ties with the Cuban leadership.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040723-0957-people-gades-cuba.html   (416 words)

  
 Antonio Gades, flamenco dancer and choreographer - The Boston Globe (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer Antonio Gades died yesterday in Madrid after a long illness, a hospital spokesman said.
Gades was born Antonio Esteve Rodenas on Nov. 14, 1936, in Elda, near the Mediterranean city of Valencia.
Gades had asked his wife, Eugenia Eiriz, to convey ''his most sincere thanks to all those who admired and supported his work and especially to those who accompanied him during the final stage of his life."
www.boston.com.cob-web.org:8888 /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/07/21/antonio_gades_flamenco_dancer_and_choreographer   (200 words)

  
 Antonio Gades dies at the age of 67
Antonio Gades dies at the age of 67.
Antonio Gades was the first director of Ballet Nacional de España and was distinguished in 1983 with the Premio Nacional de las Bellas Artes.
Gades became an artist of international recognition that revolutionized theatrical flamenco.
www.flamenco-world.com /noticias/fotonoticia/gades21072004.htm   (216 words)

  
 Criticisms by René Sirvin - Company Antonio Marquez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Since Antonio Gadès, the true dancer of flamenco - noble dancer - makes rare, and one began to despair, especially since under the deceptive plead to make look younger genre, too many Andalusian groups dance in modern suits and introduce instruments as the violin, the flute and percussions which distort more and more authentic flamenco.
Antonio Marquez brings us the deafening proof that tradition did not die, and the spectacle which he presents to the Amphitheatre of the Opéra Bastille returns us in the time of a pure, brilliant and thoroughbred flamenco, as one had not it seen any more for many years.
By the nobility of the interpretation, Antonio Marquez is necessary today at 37 years as the biggest Spanish dancer, because besides the mastery, he possesses the charisma of a star.
www.imagidanse.com /english/press/28-Sept-00/AntonioMarquez.html   (637 words)

  
 DVD Times - Carmen
Gades is the living embodiment of duende, the complex and multifaceted Spanish term about which much has been written, but which could be said, in an extremely simplified form, to mean ‘energetic instinct’.
Gades dancing the ferruca is such a strong, positive, beautiful expression of masculine physicality, it’s no wonder that he turns to it when he’s confused.
Gades has assembled the entire company to rehearse a key scene: the face-off between Carmen and a rival, played by Christina, in the tobacco factory, and Carmen’s subsequent arrest for her murder.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=56616   (2770 words)

  
 Flamenco bailor Antonio Gades dies in Madrid after long illness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gades, who was was a personal friend of Cuban Army Chief Raul Castro, died in Madrid after a long illness Tuesday, July 20, 2004.
Gades was born Antonio Esteve Rodenas on Nov. 14, 1936, in Elda, near Valencia on the Mediterranean Sea.
Gades will be cremated, his widow and daughters told the news agency in a statement.
www.freenewmexican.com /news/2084.html   (547 words)

  
 Special feature: 'Antonio Gades. 50 years of spanish dance' Gala
Antonio Gades, 50 años de danza española (Antonio Gades, 50 Years of Spanish Dance).
The foundation watching over his legacy organized a tribute on the night of September 2nd at Madrid's Zarzuela Theater which included the official presentation of the Antonio Gades Company, performances by several of his colleagues and the touching words of his maestra Pilar López.
Although said structure broke up the atmosphere of the revived choreographies, the splendor of shows was brought back diminished neither by time nor the absence of their creator.
www.flamenco-world.com /magazine/about/gala_gades/gades06092005.htm   (465 words)

  
 CUBA SOCIALISTA - Anotnio Gades. Artist, revolutionary, communist and unforgettable friend
Fidel Castro decorated Antonio Gades with the Order of José Martí, conceded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.
The most important stages of dance were the setting for the virtuosity of Gades and his famed company, which he forged with unparalleled talent and mastery, which contributed so much to the spreading of Spanish dance, of which he was a dignified representative and promoter.
His worthiness of this honor was won by his refreshing art, his recognized exceptional talents as a dancer and choreographer, his love for those who struggle, and his proven friendship and loyalty to the Revolution.
www.cubasocialista.cu /texto/news/gades040721.htm   (438 words)

  
 elmundo.es - Gades, la métrica del flamenco (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Antonio Gades revestía su talento natural para el flamenco con su férrea formación de bailarín de ballet clásico.
Gades llegó a Madrid con cinco años siguiendo a su padre, que había partido como voluntario para la defensa de la II República.
La familia Esteve -Gades nació como Antonio Esteve Ródenas- se traslada a un barrio de la periferia de la capital, donde Antonio tuvo que abandonar sus estudios para trabajar en distintos oficios, que alternaba con su afición a los toros.
www.elmundo.es.cob-web.org:8888 /elmundo/2004/07/20/obituarios/1090348871.html   (944 words)

  
 Antonio Gades dies after lengthy cancer battle
Mr Gades, who was born to Republican parents in the village of Elda in Alicante but grew up in Madrid during the post-Civil War era, valued humility above all other virtues, and never stopped affirming his communist beliefs throughout his life.
Following Franco´s death, Mr Gades was offered and accepted the job of director of the Spanish National Ballet and collaborated with fellow anti-Franco activist, film-maker Carlos Saura, on several projects.
Mr Gades loved sailing, had a boat moored in Altea, and made several trips to Cuba, where he was held in very high regard and always felt at home.
www.thinkspain.com /news-spain/5882   (399 words)

  
 Gades - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
(bailarín español Antonio Gades vuelve a presentarse en Madrid)(TT: The return of the master) (TA: Spanish dancer Antonio Gades to perform in Madrid again)
Arts: Ethical dance policy; DANCE Antonio Gades, the Spanish flamenco master, is in London with his company.
Noted Spanish flamenco dancer Antonio Gades dies in Madrid after long illness
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-g1ades.html   (208 words)

  
 granma.cu - Antonio Gades’ ashes in Cuba
Fulfilling his last wish, the precious ashes of Antonio Gades, the exceptional dancer and choreographer, revolutionary, communist and friend of our country arrived in Havana from Madrid on July 22, brought, as he asked, by his widow Eugenia and daughters María, Tamara and Celia, accompanied by a small group of close collaborators and friends.
When his remains arrived at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces they were temporarily deposited there in a simple ceremony in the presence of his closest family and comrades Raúl and Vilma, Colomé and López Miera, pending their transfer to a definite resting place.
They will remain there under the close custody of his faithful friend Raúl, whom he elected to call compadre, under the Martí concept superlatively expressing an intimate friendship forged over 30 years.
www.granma.cu /INGLES/2004/julio/vier23/gades23.html   (403 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - IN BRIEF: Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith dies, more
Dancer and choreographer Antonio Gades, who helped increase the profile of the passionate Spanish dance known as flamenco, died Tuesday.
Born Antonio Esteve Rodenas in November 1936, the teenage Gades held a variety of jobs – including bullfighter and boxer – before he became a dancer in a cabaret.
It was Lopez who renamed Gades and taught him not only flamenco but classical ballet and folk dance.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2004/07/22/quickhits040722.html   (1491 words)

  
 Spain's National Ballet shows 'Fuenteovejuna' by Antonio Gades to the London audience (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The show narrates, by means of clear, expressive composition work based on dancing, music and light, the classic drama by Lope de Vega, a key figure in the literature of Spain's Golden Age.
And, to do so, Antonio Gades, who takes care of the choreography, directing and lighting, has surrounded himself with a seedbed of top-notch collaborators.
Joining them is the usual dance corps of this ballet founded in 1978 under Antonio Gades' direction.
www.flamenco-world.com.cob-web.org:8888 /noticias/fuenteovejuna.htm   (423 words)

  
 Carlos Saura/Antonio Gades, Bodas de sangre
It is a combination of theatre, cinema and dancing in which Antonio Gades and his group dance the poetic tragedy by Federico García Lorca.
Hasta para quien no conoce el flamenco esta obra hace que se le enchine a uno el cuero a la manera en que sucede cuando un torero le da pases a un toro desplazando tan solo un pie en cada pase.
El flamenco a la manera de Gades es lo más gallardo que pudiera existir y, hace sentir la masculinidad en toda su expresión, es decir, como que le reitera a uno toda la gallardía que implica ser hombre (no macho).
www.esflamenco.com /product/en49960941.html   (480 words)

  
 Carmen - Antonio Gades, Laura Del Sol - 1983
Based on the French novel and Bizet's most popular opera which it inspired, Carlos Saura's exhilarating flamenco Carmen became an instant classic on its release and was rewarded with many international accolades including Academy Award nominations and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story.
The producer and star dancer is Antonio (played by Spanish star Antonio Gades).
www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/689   (229 words)

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