Guillermo Keys-Arenas

Guillermo Keys-Arenas (born 1928, El Ebano, Mexico — d. 31 January 2006, Sydney, Australia) — was a dancer and choreographer. He is remembered for his eight-year association with Ballet Folklorico de Mexico for which he was artistic coordinator and ballet master, as well as his contribution to dance in Australia.

Guillermo Keys-Arenas was born in El Ebano in the state of San Luis Potosí, northern Mexico. From his earliest days he was obsessed with theatre, and when the family moved to Mexico City, his mother enrolled the seven-year-old with the National Dance School.

His professional debut was made with the Mexico City Ballet in 1945. His dancing abilities were rewarded by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the British Council and the French government, enabling him to study ballet and modern dance in the US, Britain, France and Sweden.

Keys-Arenas danced and choreographed for ballet, film, musical comedy, television and opera in Mexico, working for the Opera de Bellas Artes, Teatro de los Insurgentes, Ballet Concierto de Mexico, Ballet Nacional de Mexico and many others. Internationally, he had engagements with the Antonio and Rosario Spanish Ballet, the Spanish Ballet of Roberto Iglesias, the Bat-Dor Dance Company of Israel and Ballet Clasico de Guatemala.

He was assistant director and also choreographer of the Broadway productions of Ballet Español (7–12 October 1958; September 1959) In 1963 he was the Assistant to the Director of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, while in 1969 he was its Artistic Coordinator.

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