Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Roberto
and Aida |
Roberto
Iglesias |
| |
Aida
Ramirez |
-Roberto's father was a well known
artist and his grandfather was the President of Guatemala and
Roberto himself of Spanish ancestry. During a political upheaval,
the family moved to Mexico when he was a child. As a child Roberto
wanted to be a bullfighter and during an injury, it was suggested
he take up dancing to improve his Bull fighting. Moving to San
Francisco, he studied Ballet and 'Character Dance'.
-Roberto became a member of the San
Francisco "Corps de Ballet" and from 1947-1949 danced
with the "Rosario
and Antonio Troupe". Started his own small touring company
and toured the country. Many of his
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