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- Birth nameFernando Calleiro Bujones
- Fernando Bujones was born on March 9, 1955 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), El Cisne Blanco (1987) and Great Performances: Dance in America (1976). He was married to Maria Kubitschek and Maria Arnillas. He died on November 9, 2005 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- SpousesMaria Kubitschek(? - 1980) (divorced, 1 child)Maria Arnillas(? - November 9, 2005) (his death)
- Was of Cuban-American ancestry
- Former son-in-law of Juscelino Kubitschek, who was a former president of Brazil.
- He began studying ballet at 6 in Havana, Cuba but his later training continuing at age 9 was in the USA.
- One of the first American born male dancers to become an international ballet super star and the first American to win the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. He was also especially cited for "highest technical achievement".
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 56-57.Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal body or total mastery of all aspects of the art form, but on the stage they possessed magnetism-true artistry, by which I mean a charismatic quality. You can work with a coach to try and develop it, but a true artist has the ability to express his inner feelings naturally.
- Baryshnikov has the publicity, I have the talent.
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