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	In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]). Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.		In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]). Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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		+	She choreographed ''[[Gigi]]'' for [[CAPAB]] in 1966 and ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] in 1967. Her husband directed both productions.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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−	[[Florence Waren]] (1917-2011) is a South African born dancer, actress and university teacher.	+	[[Florence Waren]] (1917-2011) is a South African born dancer, choreographer, actress and university teacher.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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−	[[Florence Waren]] (1917-2011)is a South African born dancer, actress and ~~academic~~.	+	[[Florence Waren]] (1917-2011) is a South African born dancer, actress and university teacher.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 Born [[Sadie Rigal]] in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 28, 1917, to David Rigal and Gertrude Woolf Rigal.
-She never finished high school in South Africa, and left for France in 1938, to become a dancer, later assuming the name [[Florence Rigal]].
+She never finished high school in South Africa, and left for France in 1938, to become a dancer, later assuming the stage name of [[Florence Rigal]].
 In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]).   Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.
 == Sources ==

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 [[Florence Waren]] (1917-2011)is a South African born dancer, actress and academic.
-Born [[Sadie Rigal]], she never finished high school in South Africa, and left for France in 1938, to become a dancer .
+== Biography ==
 In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]).   Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.
 == Sources ==

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 Born [[Sadie Rigal]], she never finished high school in South Africa, and left for France in 1938, to become a dancer .
 In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]).   Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.
 "Two French dancers hug on a train platform while on a performance tour in Germany." United States Memorial Holocaust Museum – Photo Archives[http://digitalassets.ushmm.org/photoarchives/detail.aspx?id=1161743]
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Waren
 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/europe/florence-waren-dancer-who-resisted-nazis-dies-at-95.html

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	In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]). Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.		In 1949 she married the academic and director [[Stanley Waren]], whom she had met when performing in the Copacabana, New York. (She was thenceforth professionally known as [[Florence Waren]]). Besides her own career as performer and academic in the USA, she also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.
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		+	"Two French dancers hug on a train platform while on a performance tour in Germany." United States Memorial Holocaust Museum – Photo Archives[http://digitalassets.ushmm.org/photoarchives/detail.aspx?id=1161743]
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