Rafael Camino
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Rafael Trajano Camino Collantes (born October 25, 1948 in Pilligsillí, Ecuador
) is an Ecuadorian dancer. He is the producer, general director, choreographer, and founder of the Jacchigua Foundation. Inspired by communities like his native Pilligsillí, Maca Chico, La Compañía y Poaló, he decided to show the reality of the wisdom of the village with its fiestas, people, dance, music, costume, and rituals.
He was born in on October 25, 1948 in Pilligsillí, Cotopaxi Province
. His parents are Neptalí Isaías Camino Herrera and Mercedes Collantes Muñoz. He graduated from Vicente León High School in Latacunga and then went to Quito to begin his college education. After a very brief stay at the Patricia Aulestia Ballet, he met Paco Coello and Oswaldo Guayasamín
, directors of the Artistic Promotion Center "Magic of Ecuadorian Folklore". Shortly thereafter, he was named sub-director of the group by Oswaldo Guayasamín because of his talent. In 1974 be became the first man to graduate from the National Institute of Dance. He immediately became a professor at that school. In 1988, he founded the Ecuadorian National Folkloric Ballet "Jacchigua". In April 2009, the Ecuadorian government named him a "living cultural patrimony". He is currently based in Quito.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
) is an Ecuadorian dancer. He is the producer, general director, choreographer, and founder of the Jacchigua Foundation. Inspired by communities like his native Pilligsillí, Maca Chico, La Compañía y Poaló, he decided to show the reality of the wisdom of the village with its fiestas, people, dance, music, costume, and rituals.
He was born in on October 25, 1948 in Pilligsillí, Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi Volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of 19,388 feet.- Cantons :The province is divided into 7 cantons...
. His parents are Neptalí Isaías Camino Herrera and Mercedes Collantes Muñoz. He graduated from Vicente León High School in Latacunga and then went to Quito to begin his college education. After a very brief stay at the Patricia Aulestia Ballet, he met Paco Coello and Oswaldo Guayasamín
Oswaldo Guayasamín
Oswaldo Guayasamín was a Quechua native and Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor.-Early life:...
, directors of the Artistic Promotion Center "Magic of Ecuadorian Folklore". Shortly thereafter, he was named sub-director of the group by Oswaldo Guayasamín because of his talent. In 1974 be became the first man to graduate from the National Institute of Dance. He immediately became a professor at that school. In 1988, he founded the Ecuadorian National Folkloric Ballet "Jacchigua". In April 2009, the Ecuadorian government named him a "living cultural patrimony". He is currently based in Quito.