Gloria Campobello
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Gloria Campobello Luna was a Mexican
ballet dancer and choreographer. Her older half-sister Francisca was a well-known writer and dancer, known as Nellie Campobello
.
, who felt in love with her sister Nellie, mentioned Gloria as her half-sister.
After the widowed mother Rafaela married the physician Stephen Campbell from Boston, her children assumed his last name, which was altered to Campobello by Nellie, who cared vor her little sister after the death of their mother in 1921. Together with her sister Nellie, she moved to Mexico City, where she danced as primaballerina
of the Mexico City ballet and taught at the Escuela Nacional de Danza, today also known as Escuela Nacional de Danza Nellie y Gloria Campobello. After 1943 she had an affair with José Clemente Orozco
, who left his family in 1946, and moved with her to New York City
, where Gloria abandoned him.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
ballet dancer and choreographer. Her older half-sister Francisca was a well-known writer and dancer, known as Nellie Campobello
Nellie Campobello
Nellie Francisca Ernestina Campobello Luna, born María Francisca Moya Luna , was a Mexican writer...
.
Biography
Campobello was born as one of six children of Rafaela Luna. Her name at birth was probably Soledad instead of Gloria, and probably her year of birth was 1911. Some sources mention, that Nellie and Gloria had the same father, but Nellie's father died in 1914. Also Germán List ArzubideGermán List Arzubide
Germán List Arzubide was a Mexican poet and revolutionary.Born in Puebla, he was an active participant in the Revolution, fighting alongside Emiliano Zapata as well as extolling him and other revolutionary leaders in his poetry...
, who felt in love with her sister Nellie, mentioned Gloria as her half-sister.
After the widowed mother Rafaela married the physician Stephen Campbell from Boston, her children assumed his last name, which was altered to Campobello by Nellie, who cared vor her little sister after the death of their mother in 1921. Together with her sister Nellie, she moved to Mexico City, where she danced as primaballerina
Primaballerina
"Primaballerina" is a 1969 song performed by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum. It was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969...
of the Mexico City ballet and taught at the Escuela Nacional de Danza, today also known as Escuela Nacional de Danza Nellie y Gloria Campobello. After 1943 she had an affair with José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others...
, who left his family in 1946, and moved with her to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where Gloria abandoned him.
Literature
- Felipe Segura: Gloria Campobello - la primera ballerina de México (Spanish), 1991, ISBN 9682933579
External links
- Gloria Campobello in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue