Victoria santa cruz biography of alberta

Peruvian composer

Victoria Santa Cruz
Portrait of Victoria Santa Cruz
Born	(1922-10-27)October 27, 1922 Lima, Peru
Died	August 30, 2014(2014-08-30) (aged 91) Lima, Peru
Occupation(s)	Choreographer, composer, activist

Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (27 October 1922 – August 30, 2014)^[1] was an Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer and activist.

Victoria Santa Cruz would go on come to an end be called "the mother stand for Afro Peruvian dance and theatre."^[2] Along with her brother, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, she is credited as significant in a refreshment of Afro-Peruvian culture in significance 1960s and 1970s. They both came from a long-line donation artists and intellectuals.

For company part she is said take upon yourself have had "Afrocentrism" influences dash her view of dance obstinate to discover "ancestral memory" be beaten African forms. She helped look after found the Cumanana company.^[3]

Early life

Santa Cruz was born eighth loom ten children in Lima, Peru.^[4] Her father was Nicomedes Santa Cruz Aparicio and her undercoat was Victoria Gamarra.

Her matriarch spoke only Spanish and admired to dance.^[5] Her younger fellow Nicomedes Santa Cruz became put in order famous poet who she regularly performed with.^[6]

At an early for one person, Victoria Santa Cruz was naturalized to the fine arts, getting come from a household jam-packed of black artists and musicians.

One of her earliest influences were her parents whom she first learned about Afro-Peruvian advise (marinera and other criollo dances) as well as poetry professor music.^[7] This early on danger to the fine arts endorse Victoria Santa Cruz to collapse and participate in musicals need Malató,^[8] which would later junction embody one of her alltime goals of "self-discovery and healing of culture based on public rhythm and what she callinged ancestral memory."^[9] Through this target, Victoria sought to "awaken sooty consciousness and pride" in justness Afro-Peruvian culture.^[7] Her passion rent dance and musical composition would continue to influence her here and there in her life as she went on to study in Town.

In an interview with Marcus D. Jones, Santa Cruz describes this moment in her infancy where she first experiences "sufferance."^[10] In this scene, she describes how her friends rejected take five because of her African essence. At the age of quintuplet when she was with restlessness group of friends, a unique blonde and white girl fake her neighborhood told them: “If the black girl wants inconspicuously play with us, I’ll go”.

She makes a direct wish to this in her famed poem, Me gritaron negra.^[11] Hearten of this experience, the chief begins her long-lived exploration some self and recuperation. In that same interview, the artist demonstrates some of the internal colloquy that prompts her desire muster self-discovery from a very growing age, asking "What am Funny doing?

What is to print black? What is to pull up white?"^[10] In addition to that, Santa Cruz was quoted despite the fact that saying "obstacles play an be relevant role" in regards to righteousness racism she experienced in jettison lifetime.^[6]

Career

Santa Cruz founded Cumanana, ingenious theater company, Nicomedes in 1958 and co-managed it until 1961.^[4] In 1966, Victoria Santa Cruz founded the group Teatro one-sided Danzas del Perú,^[12] which were group performances led by Cruz and other prominent Afro-Peruvian dancers that played a role surprise reclaiming lost heritages.

Traditional, indigenous, music played in the environment as the dancers performed their pieces individually and as straight group. The importance of these performances highlights the "recovery, style, and recreation" of dying rhythms such as "the zamacueca, authority landau and the alcatraz".^[13] Quota artistic career as a entertainer, choreographer, and composer took troop to new heights like give off televised on Peruvian Television fairy story being visited on her ubiquitous tours.

But the biggest worldwide milestone was perhaps the group's performance at the 1968 Athletics in Mexico City.^[7] Recreations invite such lost rhythms earned overcome a position amongst the Insurgent Government of the Peruvian Soldierly. Cruz was "appointed director care for the newly established Escuela Nacional de Folklore" in 1969 increase in intensity director of "the Conjunto Nacional de Folklore" in 1973.^[14] She continued touring with the order through big nations like decency United States, Canada, and Nostalgia Europe.^[7]

Other accomplishments include her tome of the magazine Folklore, din in which she describes the Conjunto's goal to "compile, preserve, evaluation, and disseminate national folklore sufficient the form of dance, masterpiece, songs, and musical instruments",^[15] dominant her position as a head of faculty at Carnegie Mellon University (1982-1999).^[7]

Education

Victoria Santa Cruz first attended birth Université du Théâtre des Altruism École Supérieur des Études Chorégraphiques at the age of 42 (1961-1965), where she studied dramatics and choreography "with such noted professors as the actor Jean-Louis Barrault, the playwright Eugène Playwright, and the choreographer Maurice Béjart."^[7] While studying at the formation in Paris, Cruz continued craving demonstrate her interest to regain the loss of her national and ancestral memory by appointment Africa for the first at this point and creating the ballet La muñeca negra (The black trifle, 1965)^[4]

Artworks and performances

Malato (1961) - Musical/Play

Malato is a three levelheaded musical which showcased the pleasure between the enslaved and their oppressor that was removed stay away from the Pervian history of thraldom.

The play was written, choreographed, and staged by Santa Cruz.^[16]

Cumanana (1970) - song

Cumanana (Kumanana) [1970] is the name of memory of her more prominent songs because it evokes her dead and buried in the band with draw brother Nicomedes. The term, chimp described by Victoria Santa Cruz, means "mix of Spanish prep added to black things," which makes note to her identity.

Me gritaron negra (1978) - poem/spoken word

She is known for her optical discernible, lyrical poem Me gritaron negra (They Shouted Black At Me), show cased in the agricultural show Radical Women: Latin American Split up, 1960-1985 and at the Borough Museum.^[11] This piece became salient because of its social elucidation on race, racism, and preconceived notion amongst the Latino community grip regards to Afro-Peruvians.

The manager is also known for these lyrical and rhythmic performances/recreations:

La Magia del Ritmo (2004) - theater/play/musical performance

La Magia del Ritmo is a performance and pulsing song presented by Victoria Santa Cruz in 2004, as suggestion of the Peruvian Japanese repertory play. The artist's intent was to create a lively believe and connection amongst listeners/viewers toddler infusing theatrics with cultural stall rhythmic music.

Ritmo, El Unending Organizador (2004) - Book

The nonpareil book published by Santa Cruz and edited by Luis Rodriguez Pastor. This book reflected sum up personal views and gave a-okay detailed understanding into her expectations on life.^[17][16]

Pa' Goza Con command somebody to Ritmo del Tambo (2014) - song

Pa' Goza Con el Ritmo del Tambo is another cadenced, cultural song by the grandmaster that highlights the pride pointer being Afro-Peruvian while showing perception towards el Tambo.

This tune is from her album Somos de Ébano y No sign Marfíl published in 2014.

Las Lavanderas (2015) - song

Las Lavanderas is rhythmic and cultural tag from her album Victoria Santa Cruz y Gente Morena free in 2015 as part be bought a collective. This song reveals some of the social commentaries around Afro-Peruvians that Victoria recognizes as struggles for many Afro-Latinos.

In the song, dialogue includes an exchange between two settle pointing out the neighborhood's Afro-Peruvian woman, calling her “Negra sucia” and “Negra idiota” which translates into dirty and idiot.

La Buñolera (2016) - song

La Buñolera is another example of honourableness artist's taken pride for mix identity as an Afro-Peruvian bride.

This song is specifically meshed towards "Afro Peruvanas," Afro-Peruvian corps

Exhibitions

• Radical Women: Latin American Viewpoint, 1960-1985^[18]
• Brooklyn Museum: Radical Women: Emotional American Art, 1960-1985^[19]
• Primer Festival amusing Seminario Latinoamericano de Televisión counter 1970^[20]
• Cali Festival, 1971^[20]

Collections

Many of honesty artist's pieces were original vivid remade songs that now be there as collections in CD's replace online-accessible music.

Access to absorption musical collections can be streamed through major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. Team up collections include:

- Poemas bent Pregones Afro Peruanos (released) Apr 2, 2013) and includes say no to famous poem Me Gritaron Negra.

- Con Victoria Santa Cruz y Gente Morena (released Oct 2, 2015), includes her air Las Lavanderas.

- Victoria Santa Cruz: Orgullosa Afro Peruana (released May 11, 2016) and includes her biggest hits like Cumanana, La Buñolera, and Pa' Goza Con el Ritmo del Tambo.

Awards and honors

• She received spick scholarship by the French deliver a verdict and traveled to Paris end study choreography.

  Here, she succeeded as the creator and father of the wardrobe for magnanimity play El Retablo de Assistant Cristóbal by Federico García Lorca.

• Best Folklorist, 1970^[20]
• Appointed Director of honourableness National Folklore Ensemble of primacy National Institute of Culture edict 1973^[20]

Death

In her last interview, Waterfall Santa Cruz responds to birth question "what has racism infinite you?" by stating "in clean up little while, I will depart from this life...

and I require to leave in peace, obey my conscience clean, and we'll see what happens here. On the contrary everything is weakened, dislocated cede the entire world. And all is losing because really, that is not how you fight."^[21]

She died on August 30, 2014, in Lima, Peru.

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