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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
AUGIE and MARGO |
Augie Rodriguez |
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? Margo (Rodriguez)
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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. |
