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Chita Rivera

(1933–2024) Dancer United States

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Chita Rivera was a dancer from the United States, best known for Chita.

Quick Facts About Chita Rivera

Born: January 23, 1933
Died: January 30, 2024
Nationality: United States
Profession: Dancer
Notable works: Chita
Spouse: Tony Mordente

About Chita Rivera

Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, known professionally as Chita Rivera, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Rivera received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award. She was the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. She won the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Kennedy Center Honors Drama League Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement

Quotes by Chita Rivera · Page 2

I've always had a crazy sense of humor. So the ballet probably wouldn't have been enough for me. I had to clown…

Ballet

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I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe…

Believe

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I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread.

Get

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I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.

Inspirational

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Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh

Enough

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Absolutely, I'll always be a dancer.

Absolutely

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My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking…

Community

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Why not travel, why not see the rest of the world, why not experience life? It's beautiful! Phenomenal!

Beautiful

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My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.

Found

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You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak,…

Light

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You have to be passionate about things in your life.

About

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I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.

Lucky

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We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

Close

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When you're in a big theater, you want to reach the very top of the place. Up to the highest seat, so…

Big

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You really never know what the next day brings you.

Day

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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

America

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Looking back doesn't have to be painful.

Looking back

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Outside of my own home, England is my second home.

England

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Theatre is immediate gratification

Gratification

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I don't think you know how much you can do until you try.

How

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The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

Came

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Mother never said to me, 'Stay out of trouble.' She didn't have to!

Mother

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Jerome Robbins, to me, is the genius of a lifetime.

Genius

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You really have to be in touch with your soul and spirit and your imagination - it keeps you in shape, and…

Imagination

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A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending.

Doe

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Chita Rivera by topic

Inspirational (10) Theatre (9) Life (8) Dance (8)