Candy Dubois
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Candy Dubois (also known as Candy Santiago and born Candelaria Manso Seguel, August 24, 1942 – May 21, 1995) was a Chilean dancer. She performed with the gender non-conforming group Blue Ballet, and worked with choreographer Paco Mairena.
Biography
Dubois was born as Candelaria Manso Seguel in Santiago on August 24, 1942.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpzjAAAAMAAJ |title=El secreto de Candy Dubois |date=1995 |accessdate=11 January 2022 |work=Qué Pasa |language=Spanish }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.universogay.com/lacuentaporfavor/candy-dubois-reina-de-la-noche__26072012.html|title=Candy Dubois, reina de la noche|last=Garcia|first=Eduardo|date=26 July 2012|website=Universo Gay|language=es|access-date=2019-06-05}} She was later raised by her paternal grandparents in Cartagena until she ran away at age ten. She eventually began to work as a dancer and was later discovered by choreographer, Paco Mairena. Mairena convinced Dubois to move to Santiago where she later joined the Blue Ballet, a group of performers who were gender non-conforming. Dubois performed with Blue Ballet for around twenty years, appearing in Chile and in Europe. In Europe, she used the stage name of Candy Santiago.{{Cite web|url=http://lulotorrejon.blogspot.com/2014/02/recuerdos-de-mi-barrio-independencia.html|title=Recuerdos de mi barrio (Indepencia)|last=Gallardo|first=Manuel Eduardo Torrejon|date=2014-02-14|website=A Pie por Santiago (Cronicas de la ciudad)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020034403/http://lulotorrejon.blogspot.com/2014/02/recuerdos-de-mi-barrio-independencia.html|archive-date=20 October 2015|url-status=|access-date=2019-06-05}} She also performed at the Bim Bam Bum theater in Santiago.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pikaramagazine.com/2015/11/decolonizando-la-ciencia-historias-del-feminismo-trans-en-el-cono-sur/|title=Decolonizando la ciencia: historias del feminismo trans en el cono sur|last=Giménez|first=Inés|date=18 November 2015|website=Pikara Magazine|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-06-05}} In Europe, Dubois underwent sex reassignment surgery. She later married a French man and took the name of Dubois. After touring Europe, Dubois returned to Chile in 1984 and opened a club called Le Trianon.
In 1994, Dubois was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinetecavirtual.cl/ficharealizador.php?cod_re=814|title=Candy Dubois|website=CinetecaVirtual.UChile.cl|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611193119/http://www.cinetecavirtual.cl/ficharealizador.php?cod_re=814|archive-date=11 June 2018|url-status=|access-date=2019-06-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.r7a.cl/2010/11/moizefala-la-desdichada-o-el-verdadero-cine-chileno-2/|title=Moizéfala the unhappy, or the real Chilean cinema|date=10 September 2010|website=Revista Séptimo Arte|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524184707/http://www.r7a.cl/2010/11/moizefala-la-desdichada-o-el-verdadero-cine-chileno-2/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=|access-date=2019-06-05}} Her last performance took place in February 1995 at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar. Dubois died on May 21, 1995.
References
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External links
{{Portal|Chile}}
- [http://candydubois.blogspot.com/ A blog about Candy Dubois, including photos]
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Category:Chilean LGBTQ dancers
Category:People from Santiago, Chile
Category:Transgender drag performers
Category:20th-century Chilean LGBTQ people