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Sara Lezana
Sara Lezana in 2007
BornSara Lezana Mínguez
(1948-03-05) 5 March 1948 (age 76)
Madrid
Occupation(s)Flamenco dancer and actress

Sara Lezana Mínguez (born 5 March 1948) is a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress.

In 1960, she made her debut on Teatro Valle Inclán in Madrid with Historia de los Tarantos, by Alfredo Mañas. Then she made her film debut on Los Tarantos with Carmen Amaya, and then she appeared in En el extraño viaje by Fernando Fernán Gómez, La búsqueda by Angelino Fons, La Carmen along Julián Mateos, Casa Manchada along Stephen Boyd, Donde hay patrón... along Manolo Escobar, and Historia de S. She appeared in Spaghetti Western films like Gunfight in the Red Sands (1963), Fall of the Mohicans (1965), and Murieta (1963). She worked with the actor Daniel Martín and the torero Palomo Linares.

In 1968 she started her own dance business, Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, and between 1970 and 1980 she worked in Japan, United States, Canada, South America and Europe. She worked with the guitarist Pepín Salazar. In 1980 she opened a property, Casa Sara, for which she worked with the guitarists Paco Izquierdo and Rafael Andújar, and the singers Antonio "Cuquito" de Barbate and Pepe el Malagueño. With the business she released Carmen at teatro Rialto, España baila flamenco at Teatro Muñoz Seca and Flamenco Feeling. El sentimiento at Teatro de las Esquinas.

Partial filmography

  • Gunfight in the Red Sands (1963) as Elisa Martinez
  • Los Tarantos (1963) as Juana
  • El extraño viaje (1964) as Angelines
  • Murieta (1965) as Rosita Murrieta
  • Fall of the Mohicans (1965) as Cora Munro
  • La busca (1966) as Justa
  • El filo del miedo (1967) as Elena
  • La familia Colón (1967, TV Series) as María
  • Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella (1974) as María
  • ¡Señoras y señores! (1974)
  • Cuentos y leyendas (1974, TV Series)
  • La Carmen (1976) as Carmen
  • Impossible Love (1977) as Laura
  • Uno del millón de muertos (1977)
  • Curro Jiménez (1977, TV Series)
  • Pecado mortal (1977) as Madeleine
  • Avisa a Curro Jiménez (1978) as Araceli
  • Donde hay patrón... (1978) as Andrea
  • El violador y sus mujeres a la sombra de un recuerdo (1978) as Lola
  • Historia de 'S' (1979) as Antonia
  • El caminante (1979) as Doña Aurora
  • La máscara negra (1982, TV Series) (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ Román, Manuel (6 April 2019). "La bailaora del destape Sara Lezana y la relación que ocultó el franquismo". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. Blum, Daniel (1966). Daniel Blum's Screen World 1965. Vol. 16. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9780819603067.
  3. Davies, Ann; Powrie, Phil (2006). Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. Tamesis Books. p. 37. ISBN 9781855661295.
  4. Rojo, Gonzalo (15 March 2019). "Antonio Losada". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. Weisser 2005, p. 144.
  6. Weisser 2005, p. 187.
  7. Weisser 2005, p. 221.
  8. ^ "Sara Lezana". INAEM (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. Cuervo, Javier (4 June 2012). "A los 20 años triunfaba en Italia, pero con pena, porque quería estar con mi familia". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. Goldberg, K. Meira; Bennahum, Ninotchka Devorah; Hayes, Michelle Heffner (5 October 2015). Flamenco on the Global Stage: Historical, Critical and Theoretical Perspectives. McFarland Publishing. p. 174. ISBN 9781476621029.
  11. "Sara Lezana presenta 'Carmen' de Bizet". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. Bravo, Julio (16 April 2013). "El Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, en escena por partida doble". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. "El sentimiento flamenco llega al Teatro de las Esquinas de la mano de Sara Lezana". Heraldo de Aragon (in Spanish). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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