Sara Lezana Mínguez (born 5 March 1948) is a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress.
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 Sara Lezana in 2007 | |
| Born | Sara Lezana Mínguez 5 March 1948 |
| Occupation(s) | Flamenco dancer 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1966). Daniel Blum's Screen World 1965. Vol. 16. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9780819603067.
- ^ Davies, Ann; Powrie, Phil (2006). Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Tamesis Books. p. 37. ISBN 9781855661295.
- ^ Rojo, Gonzalo (15 March 2019). "Antonio Losada". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Weisser 2005, p. 144.
- ^ Weisser 2005, p. 187.
- ^ Weisser 2005, p. 221.
- ^ a b "Sara Lezana". INAEM (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sara Lezana presenta 'Carmen' de Bizet". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Bravo, Julio (16 April 2013). "El Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, en escena por partida doble". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "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.
Bibliography
edit- Weisser, Thomas (22 August 2005). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland Publishing. p. 498. ISBN 9780786424429.
External links
edit- Sara Lezana at IMDb