The American Journey of «Antonio» (1937-1949). Decisive Stage for the Development of an integral Artist

Abstract

The American stage of Antonio Ruiz Soler (1937-1949), Antonio, constitutes, without a doubt, the moment of the birth of his creativity and of permanent evolution in an environment characterized by artistic diversity and the capacity of absorption of different currents and trends.

For twelve years, Antonio carries out his activity in the heart of New York, in Hollywood, as well as in Chicago, and this will encourage both artistic relations and immersion in the musical, choreutical, and later cinematographic environment in which the «Big Apple». It brings together Native American figures, as well as artists who came through emigration and even exile. This amalgam will mark a whole generation, opening the absorption and integration of elements whose settlement and subsequent development will take place back to Spanish lands.

At this stage it has been possible to confirm the configuration of a choreutic repertoire whose consolidation will come with the creation and maintenance of his own dance company (1953-1978).