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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 academic.   
  
Born [[Sadie Rigal]], she never finished high school in South Africa, and left for France in 1938, to become a dancer left for 
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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.  
 
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.  

Revision as of 07:24, 2 December 2015

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 .

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.


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