Madeleine Rosay

Madeleine Rosay born Magdalena Rosenzveig (12 October 1924 – 28 July 1996) was a Brazilian ballet dancer and TV presenter.

Rosay was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1923 to Polish Jewish parents, David Rosenzveig and Jeannette Kohn.

Within four years she was a member of the Theatro Municipal's Academy of Ballet's as a salaried dancer.

[1] Her parents were not keen that when she became a professional ballet dancer but they agreed to her arguments of how artistic it was.

[2] She went on to teach at the Theatro Municipal where her students included the singer Sylvia Telles.

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