Sara Lezana

Sara Lezana
Sara Lezana in 2007
Born
Sara Lezana Mínguez

(1948-03-05) 5 March 1948 (age 76)
Madrid
Occupation(s)Flamenco dancer and actress

Sara Lezana Mínguez (born 5 March 1948) is a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress.

In 1960, she made her debut on Teatro Valle Inclán in Madrid with Historia de los Tarantos, by Alfredo Mañas.[1] Then she made her film debut on Los Tarantos with Carmen Amaya,[2] and then she appeared in En el extraño viaje by Fernando Fernán Gómez, La búsqueda by Angelino Fons, La Carmen along Julián Mateos,[3] Casa Manchada along Stephen Boyd, Donde hay patrón... along Manolo Escobar,[4] and Historia de S.[1] She appeared in Spaghetti Western films like Gunfight in the Red Sands (1963),[5] Fall of the Mohicans (1965),[6] and Murieta (1963).[7] She worked with the actor Daniel Martín and the torero Palomo Linares.[1]

In 1968 she started her own dance business, Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, and between 1970 and 1980 she worked in Japan, United States, Canada, South America and Europe.[8] She worked with the guitarist Pepín Salazar.[9] In 1980 she opened a property, Casa Sara,[8] for which she worked with the guitarists Paco Izquierdo and Rafael Andújar, and the singers Antonio "Cuquito" de Barbate and Pepe el Malagueño.[10] With the business she released Carmen at teatro Rialto,[11] España baila flamenco at Teatro Muñoz Seca and Flamenco Feeling. El sentimiento at Teatro de las Esquinas.[12][13]

Partial filmography

  • Gunfight in the Red Sands (1963) as Elisa Martinez
  • Los Tarantos (1963) as Juana
  • El extraño viaje (1964) as Angelines
  • Murieta (1965) as Rosita Murrieta
  • Fall of the Mohicans (1965) as Cora Munro
  • La busca (1966) as Justa
  • El filo del miedo (1967) as Elena
  • La familia Colón (1967, TV Series) as María
  • Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella (1974) as María
  • ¡Señoras y señores! (1974)
  • Cuentos y leyendas (1974, TV Series)
  • La Carmen (1976) as Carmen
  • Impossible Love (1977) as Laura
  • Uno del millón de muertos (1977)
  • Curro Jiménez (1977, TV Series)
  • Pecado mortal (1977) as Madeleine
  • Avisa a Curro Jiménez (1978) as Araceli
  • Donde hay patrón... (1978) as Andrea
  • El violador y sus mujeres a la sombra de un recuerdo (1978) as Lola
  • Historia de 'S' (1979) as Antonia
  • El caminante (1979) as Doña Aurora
  • La máscara negra (1982, TV Series) (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ a b c Román, Manuel (6 April 2019). "La bailaora del destape Sara Lezana y la relación que ocultó el franquismo". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ Blum, Daniel (1966). Daniel Blum's Screen World 1965. Vol. 16. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9780819603067.
  3. ^ Davies, Ann; Powrie, Phil (2006). Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Tamesis Books. p. 37. ISBN 9781855661295.
  4. ^ Rojo, Gonzalo (15 March 2019). "Antonio Losada". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ Weisser 2005, p. 144.
  6. ^ Weisser 2005, p. 187.
  7. ^ Weisser 2005, p. 221.
  8. ^ a b "Sara Lezana". INAEM (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. ^ Cuervo, Javier (4 June 2012). "A los 20 años triunfaba en Italia, pero con pena, porque quería estar con mi familia". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ Goldberg, K. Meira; Bennahum, Ninotchka Devorah; Hayes, Michelle Heffner (5 October 2015). Flamenco on the Global Stage: Historical, Critical and Theoretical Perspectives. McFarland Publishing. p. 174. ISBN 9781476621029.
  11. ^ "Sara Lezana presenta 'Carmen' de Bizet". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ^ Bravo, Julio (16 April 2013). "El Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, en escena por partida doble". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ^ "El sentimiento flamenco llega al Teatro de las Esquinas de la mano de Sara Lezana". Heraldo de Aragon (in Spanish). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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