Tag: European exiles in South America

Vaclav Veltchek was a Czech dancer and ballet choreographer who emigrated to Brazil in 1939. He there founded and directed the modern ballet troupe Conjunto Coreográfico Brasileño, with which he visited Montevideo in 1948, and was guest choreographer for several ballet companies, such as the troupe of Montevideo’s Sodre Theatre. He was a precursor of…