University of Wyoming
Gabriela Maria Adalid was a Mexican ballet dancer and actress. She was the daughter of Mexican diplomats and became famous in Mexico when she founded the dance group Ballet Maya around 1964 at the age of 17. Adalid, who performed as Gabriela Zac-Bé and Gabriela Farah, traveled the country performing ancient Mayan dances, spoke 10 languages (including ancient Mayan), and appeared on television shows and movies in Mexico and Australia during the 1960s and 1970s.
Collection contains publicity photos and a scrapbook regarding Gabriela Maria Adalid’s career as a performer in Mexico and Australia in the 1960s and 1970s.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Gabriela Maria Adalid at the date of processing.
This material was purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc. in July 2017.
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in November 2017.
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