Atlas, Consuelo (1944–1979)
Atlas, Consuelo (1944–1979)
American dancer. Name variations: Consuelo Baraka. Born Consuelo Baraka, 1944, in West Medford, Massachusetts; died Nov 23, 1979, age 35, in Boston; m. Henry Atlas (dancer and teacher).
Performed with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in New York City (1966–72) where she created roles in Ailey's Quintet (1968) and Myth (1971), Miguel Godreau's Circle of the Sunconscious (1969), and Kelvin Rotardier's Child of the Earth (1971); retired from performance (early 1970s) to teach classes in and around Boston; taught and directed at Impulse Dance Company with husband.
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