| 词条 | María Benítez |
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Early careerAfter initial ballet training in the U.S., Benítez traveled to Spain to study and perform.[4] Her basic training was with Mercedes and Albano and Victoria Eugenia in Madrid.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} During her tenure abroad she performed in Spain, North Africa, Portugal and South America. She also performed on Spanish television. After returning to the U.S., Maria and her husband Cecilio established homes in New York and Santa Fe. In 1972, she and Cecilio founded their own Flamenco group.[2] Choreography for operaBenítez has regularly performed in and choreographed for opera.[4] Her first opera experience was performing and choreographing The Santa Fe Opera production of La Vida Breve. With the Metropolitan Opera of New York, she choreographed their production of Carmen in 1987; La Forza del Destino (directed by Giancarlo del Monaco) in 1996; in 1996 the Met's new production of Carmen (directed by Franco Zeffirelli) and in 1998 the Met's new production of La Traviata also directed by Franco Zeffirelli.[3] The Met's Carmen was televised by PBS's Great Performances in the spring of 1997 and Benítez performed in this production in 1997 and 1998 in New York.[3] She has also choreographed and/or performed with other opera companies, such as the Boston Lyric, Virginia, St. Louis and Austin opera companies and in 1997 choreographed and performed in the Santa Fe Opera production of La Traviata. As a solo artist, Benítez has performed with the Orchestra of Santa Fe, the New Mexico and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras. Additional appearancesBenítez was featured nationally in her choreography of El amor brujo on PBS's "Evening at POPS" with the Boston POPS, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. Benítez reunited with Graves at the Dallas Opera, choreographing and performing in El amor brujo and La vida breve by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.[4] Benitez has also performed at numerous dance festivals, such as the American Dance Festival[5] and Jacob's Pillow.[6] Institute for Spanish ArtsMaria Benítez is Director of the Institute for Spanish Arts which she founded in 1970[7] along with husband, Cecilio Benítez. The Institute, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a not-for-profit, educational and cultural organization established to present programs of the artistic heritage of Spain. The institute's mission is to preserve, strengthen and disseminate the rich and artistic Spanish heritage as expressed through music, dance, visual arts and other art forms.[4] Projects include adult and children's Spanish arts workshops and Flamenco's Next Generation Estampa Española performances.[7] Awards and recognitions
References1. ^{{cite news |author=Tobi Tobias |coauthors= |title=Lady of Spain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22Mar%C3%ADa+Ben%C3%ADtez%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gqvaU97iFoHisASGioKoDQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22Mar%C3%ADa%20Ben%C3%ADtez%22&f=false |quote= |pages=74–76 |work=New York Magazine |location= |date=Dec 17, 1984 |accessdate=2014-07-31 }} 2. ^1 {{cite news |author=staff |coauthors= |title=Maria Benitez Leads Company in Dance Tonight |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19770701&id=iBIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HnMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2514,1375564 |quote= |pages=22 |work=The Day |location=New London, CT |date=July 1, 1977 |accessdate=2014-07-31 }} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch31.r?Term=Choreographer%20%5BBenitez,%20Maria%5D&limit=500&xBranch=ALL |title=Choreographer Benitez, Maria |author= |format= |pages= |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05 |quote= |publisher=Metropolitan Opera }} 4. ^1 Mary Benitez Institute for Spanish Arts website: http://www.mariabenitez.com/index.asp?ID=3{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 5. ^{{cite news |author=Deborah Jowitt |coauthors= |title=Two Women Shape the Rhythms of the Past |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19770801&id=5vZNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5623,1940161 |quote= |pages=58 |work=Village Voice |location= |date=August 1, 1977 |accessdate=2014-07-31 }} 6. ^{{cite news |author=Staff |coauthors= |title=Jacob's Pillow dance Festival Plans 50th Anniversary Season |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19820526&id=AREhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2780,3346080 |quote= |pages=37 |work=Schenectady Gazette |location= |date=May 26, 1982 |accessdate=2014-07-31 }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://arts.gov/article/institute-spanish-arts-santa-fe-nm |title=Institute for Spanish Arts (Santa Fe, NM) |author= |format= |pages= |date=September 1, 2007 |accessdate=2014-08-06 |quote= |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts }} 8. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author=Staff |coauthors= |title=Dance Art Guild Schedules Performance by Maria Benitez |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19850303&id=O-9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VIAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7089,693151 |quote= |pages=11D |work=Victoria Advocate |location= |date=March 3, 1985 |accessdate=2014-07-31 }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/96%20Special/memorials/senate/SJM013.html |title= Senate Joint Memorial 13 |author= |pages= |date=1996 |accessdate=2014-08-05 |quote= |publisher=State of New Mexico }} External links
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