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Alicia Cruzado has spent her life as a professional in the field of dance. Alicia worked for 32 years with the “Ballet Estable de Tucumán”, Argentina fulfilling roles as Soloist, Principal Dancer, Choreographer, Ballet Mistress and Director.
Alicia’s teaching career began at age 18 at the Official School of Dance and ran concurrently with her dance career. She served as Associate Professor at the National University of Tucumán. Alicia founded and served as Principal at ESEA The High School of Performing Arts in Music and Dance of Tucumán, Argentina. Alicia has toured the Americas, Europe and Asia with various Ballet, Flamenco and Argentine Tango dance companies, serving variously as Dance Captain, Ballet Mistress, Choreographer and Artistic Director. Alicia is the proud recipient of various achievement awards – including in 1986; Medalho de Merito Artistico de Danca from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Brazil, in 1991; the Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance from the City of Tucumán and in 1998; the Lola Mora Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance, Argentina. Alicia is the Resident Tango Teacher at the Argentine Consulate for the Argentine Tango Society, where she also serves as Vice President. For this Society Alicia has produced and directed Benefit Tango Galas; at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for the Argentine Tango Society, the Rainbow Room of Rockefeller Center for the Argentine - American Society of New York and at Studio 54 for The Mount Sinai Medical Center – plus many other events. Since 1992 Alicia has lived and worked in New York City where she teaches ballet and tango, coaches professional dancers and choreographs and produces shows. |
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Administrator/Educator
Argentine Tango Classes
Argentine Tango, Vals & Milonga Classes
Ripley-Greer Studios, NY
2001-Present
Taller Latino Americano, NY
2005
Tertulias de Tango at Saint Baptiste Church
2005
Resident Teacher
Argentine Tango Society - Argentine Consulate, NY
2001-Present
Sandra Cameron Dance Center, NY
1999-2001
Argentine Tango: Special Classes & Workshops
Braateboro, VT
2005
Maywood, for Fairhoyse, NJ
2004-2005
Westbury, Long Island, NY
2004
Midsummer Nights Swing: Lincoln Center, NY (400 students 6 assistants)
2004
New York Tango Festival
2002-Present
La Boca, La National, Spice, NY…
2000-Present Palais de Glace, Stowe, VT
2003-Present
Philadelphia, PA
2002
Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand
2001
Tucumán, Argentina
2000-2001
Ballet Teacher
Dance Center - D’Valda/SiricoFairfield, CT
1999-2004
Janet’s Dance Studio - New York City
1994-1997
Dance School - Tucumán, Argentina
1963-1992
Escola da Danca - Porto Allegre, Brazil
1974
Incolballet - Cali, Colombia
1971-1972
Associate Professor of Classical Dance – Modern Dance carrier
University of Tucumán, Argentina
1987-1992
Organizing Director
High School of Perform Art - Tucumán, Argentina
1990-1992
Principal
School of Dance - Tucumán, Argentina
1976-1992
An intensive, professional, non-academic training program based on the Royal Academy of Ballet and the Voganova systems. Beginning in 1987, implemented a program designed to expand School of Dance, Tucumán into a well-rounded school of the performing arts integrating artistic training with academic studies. The first phase, adding a music program and academic studies to the existing dance school, took effect in 1990. The name of the school was officially changed at that time to High School for Artistic Education (Escuela Superior de Educación Artística).
Artistic Director
“Tango Night” - Miami, FL., New York, NY.
1995-1998
Ballet of Tucumán - Argentina
1983-1989
Ballet of Cámara (Founder) - Argentina
1971-1992
Ballet Mistress
American Bolero Dance Company - New York, NY
1997-2002
Ballet of Tucumán - Argentina
1983-1989
Choreographer
Athens, Greece
Ole Ole (Tango) - American Bolero Dance Company (Tour)
1999-2000
New York City
Tango Fusion - Repertorio Español, NY & NJ
2001
Student Dance Concerts - Sandra Cameron Dance Center
1999-2001
Dances Around the World ABDC - Carnegie Hall
1998
Tango & Tango - Thalia Spanish Theater
1998
Tango & Tango - Alice Tulley Hall, Lincoln Center
1998
Concierto de Señoritas - Repertorio Español
1996
Rags to Riches - Young Light City Center
1995
Fairfield, CT USA
D’Valda & Sirico Dance Co. - Quick Center, Fairfield University
2000-2004
Japan
Tango Puro - Strictly Tango Productions (Tour)
1997-1998
Palm Beach, FL USA
Tango, The Show - Kravis Center
1994
Argentina
Expedition - Chaco Ballet Competition
1992
Romeo & Juliet - Opera Ballet
1991
El Mundo del Ballet - Educational TV Channel 10 (Weekly TV Program)
1989
La Cajita Musical - Children’s Dance Theater
1989
Habrá Una Vez - Children’s Dance Theater
1988
Rigoletto - Opera w/ Ballet of Tucumán
1987
Petite Suite Debussy - Ballet of Tucumán
1985
Coppelia - Ballet of Tucumán
1984
El Martirio de San Sebastion - University Theater/Ballet of Tucumán
1981
Sainetes de Ayer y Siempre - Ballet de Cámara – Theatre/Tango (Tour)
1978
Assistant Choreographer
New York, NY
Tango Pasión - Héctor Zaráspe
Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
1993
Miami, FL
Héctor Zaráspe - Coconut Grove Playhouse
1992
Argentina
Tango Pasión - Héctor Zaráspe
Buenos Aires
1992
Capricho Español - Angel Pericet
Tucumán
1970
Assistant to European and Argentine choreographers: Ester Gnavi, Alfredo Caruso & César Yurekoff
Worked with Dancers: Maia Plisetskaia, Nadiezhda Pavlova, Vlacheslav Gordiev, Raúl Candal & Eduardo Caamaño.
Dance Captain
New York, NY
Tango Pasión - Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
1993
Dance Coaching/Staging
New York, NY
Private Tango Coach - New York & New Jersey
1998-Present
Spanish Fiesta – Spanish Gems - Hostos Center for Arts & Culture
1998-2005
Munich, Germany
Tango Mundo - Arts Center
1996
Productions
Stowe TangoFest - Von Trapp Meadows
2005
Tango Argentino 2004 Benefit - Metropolitan Club, NY
2004
Argentine/American Society of New York Benefit - Rainbow Room of Rockefeller Center, NY
2003
The Mount Sinai Medical Center Benefit - Studio 54, NY
2003
Argentine Tango Society Benefit - Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NY
2002
Dancer
Principal Character Dancer - Ballet of Tucumán
1981-1983
Principal Dancer - Ballet of Tucumán
1964-1980
Soloist - Ballet Lyra Buenos Aires
1963-1964
Corps de Ballet - Ballet of Tucumán
1959-1963
Principal roles danced include Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Silphides, Firebird, Suite en Blanc, Gaite Parisienne, Apollo Musaguette, Minkus Pas de Trois and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.
Partners include Daryl Gray, Daniel Escobar, Rubén Etcheverría and Leandro Regueiro.
Dance Studies
Ballet – Héctor Zaráspe, Dariusz Hochman, Ester Gnavi, Olga Ferri, Josefina Mendez and many others
Modern Dance – Lia Labarone, Oscar Araiz
Jazz – Noemi Cohelo
Tap – Janet dance center
Flamenco – Angel Pericet
Mime – Marcel Marceau
Biomechanics of Movement – Physics, Math and Physiology, University of Tucumán
Music and Dalcroze method
Rhythmic Gymnastic: Germans teachers
Barre a terre: Boris Kniaseff
Memberships & Affiliations
Argentine Tango Society - Vice President & Member
2002-Present
Dance Educators of America, Inc. - Authorized in Performing Arts
1999-Present
Awards
Lola Mora Award for Lifetime achievement in Dance - Argentina
1998
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance - City of Tucumán
1992
Medalho do Merito Artistico de Danca International Council on Dance,
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization – Brazil
1986
Gold Medal for 15 years of distinguished performances as a principal dancer / Ballerina
Ballet of Tucumán
1975
Argentine Tango Classes
Argentine Tango, Vals & Milonga Classes
Ripley-Greer Studios, NY
2001-Present
Taller Latino Americano, NY
2005
Tertulias de Tango at Saint Baptiste Church
2005
Resident Teacher
Argentine Tango Society - Argentine Consulate, NY
2001-Present
Sandra Cameron Dance Center, NY
1999-2001
Argentine Tango: Special Classes & Workshops
Braateboro, VT
2005
Maywood, for Fairhoyse, NJ
2004-2005
Westbury, Long Island, NY
2004
Midsummer Nights Swing: Lincoln Center, NY (400 students 6 assistants)
2004
New York Tango Festival
2002-Present
La Boca, La National, Spice, NY…
2000-Present Palais de Glace, Stowe, VT
2003-Present
Philadelphia, PA
2002
Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand
2001
Tucumán, Argentina
2000-2001
Ballet Teacher
Dance Center - D’Valda/SiricoFairfield, CT
1999-2004
Janet’s Dance Studio - New York City
1994-1997
Dance School - Tucumán, Argentina
1963-1992
Escola da Danca - Porto Allegre, Brazil
1974
Incolballet - Cali, Colombia
1971-1972
Associate Professor of Classical Dance – Modern Dance carrier
University of Tucumán, Argentina
1987-1992
Organizing Director
High School of Perform Art - Tucumán, Argentina
1990-1992
Principal
School of Dance - Tucumán, Argentina
1976-1992
An intensive, professional, non-academic training program based on the Royal Academy of Ballet and the Voganova systems. Beginning in 1987, implemented a program designed to expand School of Dance, Tucumán into a well-rounded school of the performing arts integrating artistic training with academic studies. The first phase, adding a music program and academic studies to the existing dance school, took effect in 1990. The name of the school was officially changed at that time to High School for Artistic Education (Escuela Superior de Educación Artística).
Artistic Director
“Tango Night” - Miami, FL., New York, NY.
1995-1998
Ballet of Tucumán - Argentina
1983-1989
Ballet of Cámara (Founder) - Argentina
1971-1992
Ballet Mistress
American Bolero Dance Company - New York, NY
1997-2002
Ballet of Tucumán - Argentina
1983-1989
Choreographer
Athens, Greece
Ole Ole (Tango) - American Bolero Dance Company (Tour)
1999-2000
New York City
Tango Fusion - Repertorio Español, NY & NJ
2001
Student Dance Concerts - Sandra Cameron Dance Center
1999-2001
Dances Around the World ABDC - Carnegie Hall
1998
Tango & Tango - Thalia Spanish Theater
1998
Tango & Tango - Alice Tulley Hall, Lincoln Center
1998
Concierto de Señoritas - Repertorio Español
1996
Rags to Riches - Young Light City Center
1995
Fairfield, CT USA
D’Valda & Sirico Dance Co. - Quick Center, Fairfield University
2000-2004
Japan
Tango Puro - Strictly Tango Productions (Tour)
1997-1998
Palm Beach, FL USA
Tango, The Show - Kravis Center
1994
Argentina
Expedition - Chaco Ballet Competition
1992
Romeo & Juliet - Opera Ballet
1991
El Mundo del Ballet - Educational TV Channel 10 (Weekly TV Program)
1989
La Cajita Musical - Children’s Dance Theater
1989
Habrá Una Vez - Children’s Dance Theater
1988
Rigoletto - Opera w/ Ballet of Tucumán
1987
Petite Suite Debussy - Ballet of Tucumán
1985
Coppelia - Ballet of Tucumán
1984
El Martirio de San Sebastion - University Theater/Ballet of Tucumán
1981
Sainetes de Ayer y Siempre - Ballet de Cámara – Theatre/Tango (Tour)
1978
Assistant Choreographer
New York, NY
Tango Pasión - Héctor Zaráspe
Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
1993
Miami, FL
Héctor Zaráspe - Coconut Grove Playhouse
1992
Argentina
Tango Pasión - Héctor Zaráspe
Buenos Aires
1992
Capricho Español - Angel Pericet
Tucumán
1970
Assistant to European and Argentine choreographers: Ester Gnavi, Alfredo Caruso & César Yurekoff
Worked with Dancers: Maia Plisetskaia, Nadiezhda Pavlova, Vlacheslav Gordiev, Raúl Candal & Eduardo Caamaño.
Dance Captain
New York, NY
Tango Pasión - Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
1993
Dance Coaching/Staging
New York, NY
Private Tango Coach - New York & New Jersey
1998-Present
Spanish Fiesta – Spanish Gems - Hostos Center for Arts & Culture
1998-2005
Munich, Germany
Tango Mundo - Arts Center
1996
Productions
Stowe TangoFest - Von Trapp Meadows
2005
Tango Argentino 2004 Benefit - Metropolitan Club, NY
2004
Argentine/American Society of New York Benefit - Rainbow Room of Rockefeller Center, NY
2003
The Mount Sinai Medical Center Benefit - Studio 54, NY
2003
Argentine Tango Society Benefit - Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NY
2002
Dancer
Principal Character Dancer - Ballet of Tucumán
1981-1983
Principal Dancer - Ballet of Tucumán
1964-1980
Soloist - Ballet Lyra Buenos Aires
1963-1964
Corps de Ballet - Ballet of Tucumán
1959-1963
Principal roles danced include Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Silphides, Firebird, Suite en Blanc, Gaite Parisienne, Apollo Musaguette, Minkus Pas de Trois and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.
Partners include Daryl Gray, Daniel Escobar, Rubén Etcheverría and Leandro Regueiro.
Dance Studies
Ballet – Héctor Zaráspe, Dariusz Hochman, Ester Gnavi, Olga Ferri, Josefina Mendez and many others
Modern Dance – Lia Labarone, Oscar Araiz
Jazz – Noemi Cohelo
Tap – Janet dance center
Flamenco – Angel Pericet
Mime – Marcel Marceau
Biomechanics of Movement – Physics, Math and Physiology, University of Tucumán
Music and Dalcroze method
Rhythmic Gymnastic: Germans teachers
Barre a terre: Boris Kniaseff
Memberships & Affiliations
Argentine Tango Society - Vice President & Member
2002-Present
Dance Educators of America, Inc. - Authorized in Performing Arts
1999-Present
Awards
Lola Mora Award for Lifetime achievement in Dance - Argentina
1998
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance - City of Tucumán
1992
Medalho do Merito Artistico de Danca International Council on Dance,
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization – Brazil
1986
Gold Medal for 15 years of distinguished performances as a principal dancer / Ballerina
Ballet of Tucumán
1975
