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Victoria Santa Cruz
Peruvian composer
Victoria Santa Cruz | |
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Portrait of Victoria Santa Cruz | |
| Born | (1922-10-27)October 27, 1922 Lima, Peru |
| Died | August 30, 2014(2014-08-30) (aged 91) Lima, Peru |
| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, composer, activist |
Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (27 October 1922 – August 30, 2014)[1] was an Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer and activist.
Victoria Santa Cruz would go on to be called "the mother of Afro Peruvian dance and theatre."[2] Along with her brother, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, she is credited as significant in a revival of Afro-Peruvian culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
They both came from a long-line of artists and intellectuals. For her part she is said to have had "Afrocentrism" influences in her view of dance trying to discover "ancestral memory" of African forms. She helped to found the Cumanana company.[3]
Early life
Santa Cruz was born eighth of ten children in Lima, P