Susana Agüero
Susana Agüero was an Argentine ballet dancer who also danced in musicals and shows. She took a number of leading roles and worked for six years in France.
Biography
Agüero was born in Buenos Aires. She trained at the Instituto Superior de Arte at the Teatro Colón which is the capital's main opera house. Her teachers included Gema Castillo, Michel Borowsky, María Ruanova, Adolfo Andrade and Serge Golovine. She soon became a soloist. Among her most important roles were Odette in Swan Lake and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. She also danced in Wolfgang Fortner's Movements and Serge Lifar's Suite en blanc. She performed as étoile for the Chilean National Ballet. In the 1970s, she became first soloist with the Lyon Opera Ballet. She spent six years in France before she returned to Argentina, suffering from poor eyesight — but the problem was soon rectified. She also played in the musical A Chorus Line and in the Argentine show La Botica del Ángel, demonstrating her ability to extend her talents beyond classical ballet.In Argentina she worked again at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She worked under Oscar Araiz who led their choreography. The theatre particularly remember that in 1978 she successfully stepped into the role of Swan Lake at the last minute after lead Maya Plisetskaya did not appear.