Nationality Mexican Occupation Ballerina, Architect | Years active 1988-present Name Brenda Velez | |
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Full Name Brenda Minerva Velez Gonzales Born March 23, 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-03-23 ) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Spouse(s) Oscar Rodrigo (m. 2003) Children Erick, Sophia, Sara and Dante Education Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | ||
Brenda Vélez (born March 23, 1979) is a Mexican Ballerina and Architect. She is best known for performing in Swan Lake and in Giselle in Guadalajara's Teatro Degollado and owning VIA DANZA a dance academy in Guadalajara.
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Early Life and Career Beginnings
Brenda Velez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. At age 6 her parents brought her to an orthopedic doctor because of their daughter's feet. Brenda was flat footed having no arches on her feet. The doctor recommended her to take ballet classes. At age 8 Brenda began ballet in a local school in Guadalajara called Victoria Ballet Guadalajara. She commented that "At first it was for medical reasons then I learned to love it." At age 12 Brenda left for Mexico City to take a few ballet classes. She commented that "When I attended my first class at the school the teacher commented how late I started ballet and told me I should just have become a model." Brenda was taught by many teachers that were recognized in the state of Jalisco such as Carmen Sandoval, Carmen Pardon, Segui, Vicencio, Guillermo Hernandez, Ricardo Costo and Alejandro Zybin. During her dancing career she studied Architecture in ITESO. In 1998 she worked in 2 dance academies Escuela de Danza Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Escuela de Danza Club LAS Fuentes. a In 2001 she competed in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon during the American Dance Competition she won first place as a soloist. At age 21 in 2004, also pregnant with her first child, she had her debut and was offered a scholarship form the Secretary of Culture in Jalisco. She was Myrthe in Giselle in a state production at the Teatro Degollado and was in the production of Swan Lake months later.
Personal life
In 2003 she married Oscar Rodrigo. She has 4 children: Erick, Sophia, Sara and Dante. She continues to dance while recently opening a dance academy alongside with Xochilt Ayala and Paloma Ramirez In January 2015 they opened their dance academy VIA DANZA.