Amadéo
| Amadéo | |
|---|---|
| File:Wikipedia amadeo profile.jpg Amadeo at a photo shoot in 2017 | |
| Born | Amadéo Barrios December 10, 1941 Philipines |
| 💼 Occupation | Theater producer, director, dancer, and choreographer |
| 📆 Years active | 1959-present |
Amadéo Barrios (Known as Amadéo) was born in Philipines, in 1941. Amadéo is a choreographer, a singer and a producer.
Biography[edit]
When he was 16 years old he moved to United States of America. His career began in New York in 1959 under the supervision of Jerome Robbins during Amadeo's participation as member of the cast (1959 - 1963) of the musical West Side Story.[1]. In 1965 he moved permanently in Paris, France and he starts his new step at his career as choreographer and artistic director for the musical Hair in Europe[2]. Since 1970 Amadéo is passing all his summers in Greece where in 1972, he collaborated with Stavros Xarhakos and created a show called "Children of the Universe"[3]. His next project was the rock Opera Black Mikado[4] (1975) as its choreographer. In the same year he participates as a choreographer in the Musical Mayflower which is played in Paris at the Theater de la porte Saint-Martin [5][6]. In 1976 he collaborates with Dany Saval in her musical comedy Penelope [7][8]
Over the years, he participated in numerous Television Shows as a choreographer and/or coach of several big stars such as Elvis Presley[1], France Gall[9], Arielle Dombasle[10]
In 1984 he was honored with the Medal of city of Paris for his contribution in culture
Amadeo as a Singer[edit]
In 1978 Amadéo published his first single entitled "Moving like a Superstar" by Elver & iBach[11][12]. The album contains songs with the classic tune of the Disco Era[13]. In 1978 he published the single "Real Magic"[14], in 1979 the single "Sex-Appeal"[15] and finally, in 1984 the single "C'est la vie"[16]
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Amadeo performing as a dancer
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Amadeo with the cast of the Musical Penelope
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The Medal of the city of Paris
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Amadeo in a show performing as a singer
External Links[edit]
- Amadeo's Official Page
- Amadeo's Discography on Discogs.com
- Amadeo's Discography on encyclopedisque.fr
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Touchard, Arnaud (1986-08-20). "Qui Connait Amadéo". Flash Magazine. Vacance 86.
- ↑ "The story of the Musical Hair (in German)".
- ↑ "MYKONOS CONFIDENTIAL LUXURY MAGAZINE". Summer 2017: 337.
- ↑ Shorter, Eric (1975-04-25). "Exotic Verve of rock opera Mikado". The Daily Telegraph: 13.
- ↑ Cartier, J (1975-12-18). "Mayflower: un tonus irresistable". FranceSoir.
- ↑ "Mayflower im Theater an der Wien". Kultur. 1977-12-04.
- ↑ "Penelope, The Musical Official Site".
- ↑ "Musical Penelope in Ina.fr".
- ↑ "France Gall Lance le premier show". Paris Match. 1978-04-21.
- ↑ "Interview d'Amadéo Barrios avec Arielle Dombasle".
- ↑ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Moving like a superstar".
- ↑ "Amadeo - Moving Like A Superstar at Discogs".
- ↑ La Libre Belgique 2003. "«Chauffe, Marcel!» ou De Keukeleire «Moving like a superstar»".
- ↑ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Real magic".
- ↑ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Sex-appeal".
- ↑ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : C'est ça la vie".
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