Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera
Chita Riverais an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth23 January 1933
southern totally
Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.
gonna puerto
We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.
looking
I wasn't looking for work: I was a ballerina,
dance energy gonna knew level start
You knew the dance numbers, and you knew that Fosse was gonna put it together, so you had to start at that level of energy again.
grateful losing people sick
I'm very grateful that so many people are not sick any longer... I'm so grateful not to be going to so many funerals, and losing my friends.
sum total trained
is the sum total of all the choreographers who have trained me.
bad good gypsy liked truth
For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever, ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're a lot of fun. The truth is, I liked being a Gypsy. It's who I was. And it's still a lot of who I am. Gypsy, it's a good word.