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Rosario and Antonio

Stage Name

Birth Name

Rosario and Antonio, Antonio Lopez

Florencia Perez Padilla (-Montoya)
Rosario and Antonio 

Antonio Ruiz

   Antonio and Rosario were first cousins, and both studied dancing under Realito. They were so successful as children that they soon were performing at recitals with their first paring being Academia de Realito. Their Spanish dancing created a sensation at the Liege Exposition in Belgium in 1928, this was their first public performance, they dissolved the teaming many years later in December of 1952, reportedly due to a dispute or misunderstanding and pretty much lasted until 1962 when Rosario returned to Spain to work with Antonio in the Teatro de La Zarzuela. They both struggled somewhat at first but both successfully went on without each other but with the reunions

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with Antonio in later years Rosario would be billed as an invited guest artist, rather than the previous "Antonio and Rosario." They reunited once again in a 1964-65 to tour all of Europe, Russia and North & South America.

   They had performed internationally and were dubbed 'Los Chavalillos Sevillanos' by Latin America and "the Kids from Seville" by Americans. They made their first U.S. appearance in October, 1940. Columbia Concerts managed them and their small troupe in international concerts and plays. They have performed in many movies over the years together and apart. Antonio has movie credits as Antonio Lopez.

Rosario died in Madrid on January 21, 2000, at the age of 82.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Seville, Spain (R) b.1918-1/21/2000 Silverio Masciarelli (1947) Montoya n/a
Seville, Spain (A) 1922-1996            
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Debajo de la hoja (own work) Carmen Amaya Troupe 1942 - Songs & Dances of Andalucia (Decca)
En el Cafe de Chinitas (own work) Pilar      
El Puerto (suite by Albeniz) Roberto Iglesias      
Flamenco Their Own Troupe      
Gypsy Dance        
Jota        
Spanish Dance        
Zorongo (Rosarios own work)        
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Hollywood Canteen Adlephi Theater* 1928 - Belgium Liege Exposition
1940 - Sert Room (Waldorf) Academia de Realito 1928 - Brussels International Exposition
1/25/1947 - Orchestra Hall Teatro Calderon (1952 Madrid) last perf. 1953 - Recitales de Danzas de Espana
  Teatro Calderon (1953 Barcelona, Antonia) 1955 - International Festival (Granada)
  Teatro de La Zarzuela (Spain 1962) 1958 - Brussels Worlds Fair
  Teatro Español (Madrid 1952) Son's Of Fun
  Teatro Fontalba (1949 Spain)  
  Teatro Maravillas (Buenos Aires)  
  Teatro Español  
 

Films

Contests

Publications

1934 - Rambling Round Radio Row       2/8/1945 - Life Magazine "Gypsy Dance"
$ 1935 - Gold Diggers            
1936 - I'm Much Obliged            
$ 1941 - Ziegfeld Girl            
1944 - Hollywood Canteen            
1949 - El Rey de Sierra Morena            
1949 - Make Mine Laughs            
1950 - Nuestras Vidas            
1951 - Niebla y sol            
1952 - Duende y misterio del Flamenco            
1952 - Jose Maria, El Tempranillo            
1953 - Notches Andaluzas            
1954 - Carosello Napolean            
1954 - All Is Possible In Granada            
1959 - Pan Amor y Andalucía            
1959 - Lovers Of Terul            
1962 - Malaga y la Costa del Dol            
1964 - Nueva Cenicienta, La            
1964 - Sinfonía española            
1966 - Rio, Verão & Amor            
1974 - La Taberna del toro            
Panamerican            
Sing Another Song            
NOTE:
January 19, 2010
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