Argentinian dancer and company director. In he won the gold medal at Moscow's International Ballet Competition in Moscow, leading to invitations to guest with the Bolshoi and Novosibirsk Ballets in the same year.
In he joined American Ballet Theatre as a principal where, despite his short stature, he danced most of the leading male roles in the classical repertoire. In , with Eleonora Cassano, he founded Ballet Argentino and its associate school to showcase and encourage young Argentinian dancers, becoming director in He was also noted for his performances of tango, dancing in the film Tango in He gave his farewell performance with ABT in and retired from the stage in View all related items in Oxford Reference Β».
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