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Augie and Margo

Stage Name

Birth Name

AUGIE and MARGO

Augie Rodriguez

 

? Margo (Rodriguez)

   Augie and Margo were very unique Mambo dancers. They developed a stylized flamenco and mambo fusion of the dance. They would integrate flamenco moves into their mambo so that the Mambo had a completely different look.

   Originally they danced at the Palladium in New York. They figured out that they could not do anything with their careers just hanging out at clubs so they decided to leave the club scene, prepare an act and sell it to bigger audiences, their acts became very successful (They also developed a blues act) and eventually became internationally known.

   They are said to have accomplished much more than any other dance team in their area.   -

Whenever they could, they would perform with live music because they had their own charts (sheet music) and once was a warm up act for performers like Sammy Davis Jr. They danced in front of the Tito Puente Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom, got an opportunity to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show, performed at the 1956 Harvest Moon Ball, and on May 26, 1965 performed at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas (along with Dean Martin) in the 1960s, with Marlene Dietrich at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto on October 29, 1960 and even performed for different Presidents. They now reside in Miami, Florida.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

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Dance Types

Dance Partners

Publications

Ballroom

Augie and Margo & their Dancers

6/27/1935 - Hmoond Time (Margo)

Flamenco

      2/1937 - Silver Screen Magazine

Mambo/ Salsa

           

Snake Dance (Carson)

           
 

Night Clubs

Theaters etc

Stage

Copa Room (Vegas)

O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (10/29/1960)

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Corsa Club (NY)

       

Palladium (NY)

           
 

Films

Television

Other

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Ed Sullivan Show

$ Salsa: The Rhythm of Latin Music (pb)

     

Johnny Carson Show (Snake)

$ The Great Salsa Book (pb)

           

$ Music in Cuba (HC)

           

$ Roots of Salsa (pb)

           

$ 1988 - Salsa Video

           

$ Latin Music in the Cities (Tito Puente)

           

$ Dance Hot Salsa Level I & II (Neglia)

           

$ The Best of Tito Puente Vol I (cd)

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August 1, 2006

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