CHRONOLOGY
 
1938-1946
Pilar Rioja dances in charity events in the Theater of the “Perpetuo Socorro” Church, Nicolas Bravo College, Covadonga Romerías (where she wins the award of “Jota”). She realizes her own choreographies like "Farruca Torera", “Jotas“, “Pasos dobles”, etc.
  
Pilar Rioja, 13 years old. Isauro Martínez Theatre,
Rosa Velia Vargas Festival
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1947-1950
Realizes her first presentation in the Theater of Torreon, Coah. Mexico, accompanied by the spanish pianist Alejandro Vilalta and the spanish poet Pedro Garfias. She realizes presentations in different Theaters of the Mexican Republic with Vilalta, in Aguascalientes with the Symphonic of this City, and again with Pedro Garfias in the “Isauro Martínez” Theater in Torreon, Mexico. She acts in several Night Centers of Mexico, in “El Patio”, “El Rincón de Goya”, “Centro Vasco”, and “El Capri”. In Monterrey N.L., she acts in the “México Theater” and in “Zazarak”, a Night Center. In Spain she performs in the “Nájera” Theater in Logroño, and in the “Pasapoga” Night Center in Madrid.
Pilar Rioja, 17 years old
Cabaret Capri, México, D.F.
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1951-1957
She continues with her tours along the Mexican Republic alternating Theaters and Night Centers. In these performances her programs include the different styles of the Spanish dance, realizing also Mexican Folkore and South American Dances. She performs in Texas and Chicago.
With Pepe Muñóz' guitar
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1958-1964
She keeps on realizing her tours in Night Centers and Theaters of the Mexican Republic, and makes her debut in the “El Tablao de Gitanerías“ of the Mexico City, until 1964, doing simultaneously Concerts in Theaters. In 1960 she realizes a period of three months in the “El Chico” Night Center in New York. The same year, she meets the musicologist Domingo José Samperio, creating jointly “The New Art of the Spanish Danced with Castañuelas in Concert”, at which they were devoted for four years.
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1964-1967
In the middle of 1964, at the Republican Embassy of Spain, in honor to the eighty years of the spanish poet León Felipe, the program “ The New Art of the Spanish Danced with Castañuelas in Concert ” releases; the spectacle titles “Retablo del Mirlo Blanco”. From this moment Pilar Rioja leaves the Tablaos and Night Centers to devote herself exclusively to the Concert; with this program she realizes constant tours along the Mexican Republic and Central America in company of Samperio. Along with her sister, Milagros Rioja, she realizes performances in several Theaters: “Degollado” Theater in Guadalajara, StateTheater in Jalapa, “Los Heroes” Theatre in Chihuahua, “Isauro Martínez” Theatre in Torreon, “Manuel M. Ponce, Casa de la Paz” Theatre, “Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre, and “Los Compositores” Theater in D.F., “National” Theater in Costa Rica, “Conservatory” Theatre in Guatemala, “Auditorium” Theatre in Panama and “Rubén Darío” Theatre in Nicaragua. In television, she acts in “La Hora de las Bellas Artes”, “Domec” and “Herdez”
Sonata de Soler
Pilar and Mila Rioja
Photographer: Jerónimo Gómez Robleda
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1968-1971
She performs for the Cultural Olympics of 1968 in “Jiménez Rueda” Theatre, “Peón Contreras” in Yucatan, “Technological” Theatre and in the SAT of Monterrey, “Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre in D.F. She leaves to Spain where she appears in the “Auditorio de Información y Turismo de la Escuela de Nuestra Señora Santa Maria” (here she is presented by the intellectuals and friends: Manuel Andujar, José Luis Cano, Daniel Sueiro, and Cristóbal Halffter). She performs in the “Opereta” Theater, with the spectacle “Retablo del Mirlo Blanco” in Madrid. In Mexico she takes part in the Opera “La Vida Breve”. She inaugurates the “Ángela Peralta” Theatre in San Miguel Allende. The “Daniel “Association presents her in “El Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre, and she continues her tours inside the Mexican Republic and Central America.
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1972-2002
Premiere of the spectacle “Teoría y Juego del Duende”, directed by Rafael López Miarnau, with drawings scenography by Héctor Xavier, and with the Soprano Guillermina Higareda, the cantaor Antonio de Cordova, the guitars of Lorenzo and Sergio Fernández and the poetry by Aurora Molina and Luis Rius. This one program appears several times in “El Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre, the Cervantine Festival, with Fonapas they covered all the principal Theaters of the Mexican Republic, and with the SEP all the States and the smallest communities, including the Common lands, Houses of Culture, Hospitals, Conaleps and Schools realizing sessions of questions and responses with the spectators. In “Repertorio Español” Theater, in New York, they combining texts in English and in Spanish. In the ex-Soviet Union Pilar’s spectacle translated into Russian and covers several Republics.

She releases the spectacle “Danzas de Cuenta y Cascabel”, presenting with a special participation in the Cervantine Festival in homage to Cervantes in “El Palacio de Bellas Artes” and the “Auditorio Nacional de Mexico”.

Pilar acts in the “Alcazar de Chapultepec”, “Palacio de Bellas Artes”, “ Musical Cruise Renaissence”, Radio City and in the Carnegie Hall of New York, and with the Classical orquest of Mexico to side of the Soprano Zara Dolujanova in the Metropolitan Theater.

She releases the spectacle “Mística y Erótica del Barroco” in the “Virreinato de Tepotzotlán” Museum in Mexico; later she performs in the “Polyforum Siqueiros” Theatre, where she appears for four months. Takes part in the “La Traviata” opera in Ottawa Canada, in the “Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre and in Cervantine festival.

Takes part in the “La Traviata” opera in Ottawa Canada, in the “Palacio de Bellas Artes” Theatre and in Cervantine festival.

She covers thirteen times the ex-Soviet Union acting in all the Republics of this country, in the Theaters: “Kremlin”, “Rossia”, “Tchaikovsky”, “Moscow University” in Moscow, “The Comedy”, “Cultural Palace”, “Opera” in Leningrado, with the Philharmonic orchestras of Erevan, Odessa, Caucasus, Kiev, Riga, Vilnuis, Tallin, Sochi, Minsk, etc. Pilar takes part in television programs and a tour along Bulgary acting in Sofia and in other cities.

She realizes tour along Argentina, in the “Avenida de Buenos Aires” Theatre, covering Mar de la Plata, Rosario, La Plata, San Nicolás, finishing the tour in Central America in the “Rubén Darío” Theater in Nicaragua, “Nacional de Costa Rica” in Costa Rica, and in the “Mexico” Theater in Mexico.

She appears in two occasions in Cuba, acting in Havana, Camaguey, Olguín, Ciego de Ávila, Baracoa, and others; in Havana she acts in the National Theater in two functions.

In the “Repertorio Español” Theater she acts from 1973 until now, realizing two periods every year of two and three months, alternating performances with Symphonic bands of the United States.

Pilar gave intensive courses of Spanish Dance in: The Choreographic School of the Bolshoi, and in the Guitis Academy of Moscow, in Erevan, Armenia and in some Cities of the United States. Other spectacles of her repertoire during these years were: “Canciones a Pilar Rioja”, “Aires y Don Aires”, and recitals with title to her name.

She appeared two times with the Symphonic BBC of London, realized tours along several cities of the north of the Mexican Republic accompanied of “Camerata de Coahuila”. She recorded a program for the “Lincon Center “Library, “Jerome Robbins” Archive, and The Dance Collection ” of New York.
"Bailando por alegrías", Soviet Union
Guitar: J. Negrete, Photographer: Sacha
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Seguiriya in Tchaikovsky Room, Moscú
Photographer: Sacha
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Pilar Rioja in the Choreographic
School of the Bolshoi
Moscú 1985
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Rosita la soltera, 1991
Fotógrafo: Frank Gimpaya
Archivo Pilar Rioja
2003-2008
Pilar keeps on presenting two periods every year in the “Repertorio Español” Theatre in New York. She acts in “Fernando Soler” Theater in Saltillo, in the Latin-American Festival of the Arts in Puerto Rico, she presents the spectacle: “Oh Blanco Muro de España! ” in the “Covarrbias” Theater, she makes a CD and DVD on the spectacle “El Retablo del Mirlo Blanco”, a manuscript and DVD called “Mi vida en la Danza”, and realizes a program for the 22 Channel.
Pilar combines her performances with the Conferences “Spanish Dance in General ” illustrated with examples in alive and video, in the Culture Seminars on the Mexican Republic.
During this period, the Cultural center "Pilar Rioja" is inaugurate in Torreon, Mexico.
El Garrotín
Photographer: Jack Mitchell
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SCHOOL
 
Ballet
Rosa Velia Vargas -

Torreón, Coah.
José Villanueva -

México, D.F.
Ricardo Ibarra -
Madrid, España
Carnegie Hall -

Nueva York, E. U. A.
 

Spanish Folklo
Luis Snoala -
México, D.F.
Juanjo Linares -
Madrid, España
Elvira Real -
Madrid, España
  
  

Spanish Classical
Oscar Tarriba -

México, D.F.
Miguel Peña -

México, D.F.
  
  

"Bolera" School
Angel Pericet -
Madrid, España
  
  

Flamenco

Juan Sánchez “El Estampio" -
Madrid, España
Regla Ortega -
Madrid, España
Paco Ruiz -
Madrid, España
Manolo Vargas -

México, D.F.
  
  

Castañuela as Instrument, Soloist
Domingo José Samperio (Musicólogo) -

México, D.F.
  
  

Contemporary Dance
Manolo Rosado -

México, D.F.
  
  

Piano
Lucia Galíndez -
Torreón, Coah.
 
 

PILAR RIOJA'S CHOREOGRAPHIES
 

“RETABLO DEL MIRLO BLANCO”
Before the Spanish Civil war, in one occasion, in house of the Teacher Falla, where there were meeting all the intellectuals and artists of his time, the Teacher played a sonata of the Soler Father, when … the architect and musicologist Domingo José Samperio said to him, it would be good to find someone capable of touching the classical music with “castañuelas”, not as a simple accompaniment, but doing music with the “castañuelas” like soloist instrument. The Teacher, smiling, said that this was to find a “Mirlo Blanco”, hence the name of the spectacle. This Samperio idea was realized in Mexico with Pilar Rioja, who said that she would like doing it if she danced and not only touching the 2castañuelas” in a podium. Samperio choose the compositions and directed the “castañuelas”, mean while Pillar realized the choreographies by means of the “Bolera” School of the XVIIIth century. With the collaboration of the two it was created in Mexico and with a Mexican ballerina “ The Art of the Spanish Danced with Castañuelas in Concert ”. Choreographies and musicians of Sacarlatti, Casanovas Fhater, Mateo Albeniz, Soler Father, Cimarosa, Corellí, Albinoni, Marcello, Boccherini, Sarasate, Debussy, Beethoven, Halffter, Minkus, Paganini, Galles, Bach, etc.

 

“TEORÍA Y JUEGO DEL DUENDE”
Texts selection of Luis Rius as part of the conference with the same name and poems of the Romances Collection and some stage plays of Federico García Lorca, and a last fragment poem of Machado to the death of Lorca. This work consists of the passing from the Angel to the Muse up to coming to the “Duende”, inserting the texts and the dances. Intervene in the spectacle: Two actors, a Chamber orquest for the first part, Piano and Classical Singer for the second, Flamenco Guitars and Cantaores, two Actors and the Ballerina in the third one. Music of Bach, Corelli, Paganini, Vito de Nin, “Café de Chinitas” and Boleras Sevillian of García Lorca, “Anda Jaleo” of Federeico García Lorca, Tangos del Piyayo, Farruca and Siguiriya (Flamenco).

 

“DANZAS DE CUENTA Y CASCABE”
There are diverse testimonies of the big number of “Danzas de cuenta” and “Danzas de cascabel” that excited equally the nobility and the common people in XVI century. The moralists condemned them repeatedly and the authorities prohibited them so that they were offered in the “Corrales de comedia”. One of the most illustrious testimonies of this, was left to us by Miguel de Cervantes, who alludes to them and it even insert them in his “ Entremeses y Novelas” scenes of such dances, like “El Canario y el Rugero”. In the comedy “La Dama Boba” of Lope de Vega, already in the XVII century, Pilar presents a sung dance, dancing only to the compass of his poems, relying rhythmically on the refrain “Viene dePanama”. The sevillian andalusian variant in their origins of the castilian seguidilla, represent the continuity that the “Danzas de Cascabel” had throughout the XVII century, while the execution of Classical Fandangos as Bocherini, Soler and Granados, represents the dancing slope of those of “Cuenta”. Dancing both styles, there are exchanged Folk stylized Dances of popular origin of Nin-Culmell and Flamenco.

Program
Canario- Españoleta-Rugero-Paradetas -Folias-de Gaspar Sanz.
Viene de Panamá – de Lope de Vega. Folclóricas – de Nin-Culmell.
Jota Aragonesa – Falla.
Variaciones “El Vito” – Infante.
Taranto –Alegrías-Farruca- (Flamencos).
Choreography – Pilar Rioja.
 

“MÍSTICA Y ERÓTICA DEL BARROCO”
From its conception it was thought for three figures at scene: The First Ballerina, the First Actress and the First Actor. It was created to presenting it in the Tepozotlán church, had later a triumphal period in the Capital of the Republic and took part with equal success in the Fifth Cervantine Festival of Guanajuato. Also it covered different forums of province. Of twelve dances that Pilar Rioja interprets, someone are popular (El Villano y las Sevillanas), the majority of inspiration “cortesana” with music of spanish and italians composers of the Baroque, such as VIvaldi, Corelli, Marcello, Bocherini, Soler, and Mateo Albeniz.
The scenes that integratethe spectacle, seven in whole, are exchanged by the dances and have varied tones that cover a scale that goes from the burlesque to the serious thing, with texts of Santa Teresa, San Juan de la Cruz, El Conde de Villamediana, and other authors of the Renaissance epoch and the Baroque period. The poems were selected by Luis Rius, Wardrobe of Guillermo Barclay, Direction of Rafael López Miarnau, Choreography of Pilar Rioja.
This program also appeared in New York, directed by René Bush.
 

“LA MONJA”
The history of a woman who inside the convent longs for the life of love and freedom. Here Pilar Rioja uses a dressed design by Guillermo Barclay which allows to realize a modern and esthetic dance of clean figures of dramatic content.

 

“QUE PENA NEGRA LA MÍA”
Stylized flamenco where Pilar Rioja expresses the whole pain, the suffering and the fear of the death, and at the same time the courage to the ingratitude of the life.

 

“RITMOS"
Flamenco stylized dance by means of rhythms and palms.
 

“TENER LA ESPERANZA MUERTA”
Based on the work of García Lorca “Rosita la Soltera“, Pilar Rioja expresses by means of her body, the diverse frames of mind for which a woman passes when she lost the hope on love, her desperation, sadness, pain and the huge loneliness in which she remains.
Composition created by José Luis Negrete, at the end he uses a “martinete” with singing and rhythm.

 

“TRES DANZAS- Carlos Surinach”
For these Pilar Rioja combines the Andalusian, Flamenco and Modern dance.

 

“CANCIONES A PILAR RIOJA”
Poems of Luis Rius to the dances of Pilar Rioja.

 

“OH, BLANCO MURO DE ESPAÑA”
A lovely spectacle to Spain, where the word of Federico García Lorca enjoys for his love to the “fiesta brava”, to the sensuality, to the authors of the golden century. Direction of Juan Morán, Ballerinas Pilar Rioja and Itziar Muguerza, Actors Aarón Hernán, Aurora Molina, Alejandra Jurado and Julio Escarpín, Cantaores Alfonso Bravo and David Castellano, Classical Guitar by Alberto Peregrino and Hugo Peñalosa, Cello by Ubaldo Politrón, Flamenco Guitars by José Luis Negrete, Antonio Muñoz, Arturo Martínez and Marco Núñez, Wardrobe by Guillermo Barclay, Lighting by Arturo Nava.

 

"YERMA"
Based on the work of Federico García Lorca. Pilar Rioja uses for this one choreography of several flamenco rhythms where she expresses the pain of Yerma for her freedom.

 
 
OTHER CHOREORAPHYS BY PILAR RIOJA
 
Jácara - Gaspar Sanz
Rulero - Gaspar Sanz
Canarios - Gaspar Sanz
Chacona - Gaspar Sanz
Villano - Popular
Españoleta - Joaquín Rodrigo
Folias - Gaspar Sanz
Canarios - Joaquín Rodrigo
Sonata 23 - D. Scarlatti
Sonata 12 - Padre A. Soler
Sonata - Padre Casanovas
Sonata - Padre Galles
Allegro - Corelli Ângelo
Allegro Assai - J. S. Bach
Arabesco 2º - C. Debussy
Movimiento Perpetuo - N. Paganini
Aires Gitanos - P. Sarasate
Vivace - B. Marcello
Danza Bohemia - P. Sarasate
Viva Navarra - J. Larregla
La Dolores - T. Bretón
Allegro - T. Albinoni
Bolero Clásico - L. Minkus
La Maja de Goya - E. Granados
El Pelele - E. Granados
Grave Assai y Fandango - L. Boccherini
Bagaleta - B. Halffter
Los Pájaros - O. Respighy
Las dos Danzas de la Vida Breve - M. de Falla
Sevillanas Boleras - F. García Lorca
Café de Chinitas - F. García Lorca
El Vito - J. Nin
Anda Jaleo - F. García Lorca
Variaciones “El Vito” - M. Infante
Viene de Panamá - Lope de Vega
Sonata - Mateo Albeniz
La Noche - A. Vivaldi
2 Sonatas - A. Soler
Tonadas - Nin Culmell
Jota Aragonesa - M. de Falla
Círculos Rítmicos - J. Turina
Siguiriya y Fandango - J. Turina
Zapateado - San Lucar
Zapateado - J. Turina
Zapateado - J. Rodrigo
Cantiga - A. El Sabio
Bolero la Cachucha - Zeuner
Tres Danzas - C. Surinach
Ritmo Hondo - C. Surinach
El Albaicin - I. Albeniz
El Polo - M. de Falla
Siguiriyas - M. de Falla
Paño Moruno - M. de Falla
Pantomima - M. de Falla
Danza del Fuego - M. de Falla
Danza # 9 - E. Granados
Danza # 6 - Monpou
Tango - I. Albeniz
Oriental - E. Granados
Oración del Torero - J. Turina
Orgía - J. Turina
Danza del Terror - M. de Falla
Danza V - E. Granados
Variaciones sobre las Follias - M. M. Ponce
Goyescas - E. Granados
Sacromonte - J. Turina
Danza del Molinero - M. de Falla
Danza de la Molinera - M. de Falla
Serenata - Malats
Sevilla - I. Albeniz
Seguidilla - I. Albeniz
Moresca Andaluza - Chavarri
El Puerto - I. Albeniz
Bagatela - Beethoven
Danza de la Gitana - E. Halffter
Farruca - Font de Anta
Romance y Saeta - C. Surinach
Habanera - E. Halffter
 
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TRADITIONAL FLAMENCO
 
Soleá
Alegrías
Seguiriya
Farruca
Tangos del Piyayo
Tientos
Taranto
Tanguillo
Romeras
La Caña
Guajira
El Garrotín
Bulerías
Rumba Flamenca
Bamberas
Martinete
Saeta
Zapateado
Habanera
 
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FESTIVALS
 
  • VIENA FESTIVAL TANZ 86
  • JACOB’S PILLOW 86
  • FESTIVAL OTOÑO MATAMOROS, TAM.
  • SPOLETO FESTIVAL
  • DENVER FESTIVAL
  • LINCON CENTER
  • HUSTON FESTIVAL
  • RENAISSANCE – FESTIVAL DEL MAR
  • FESTIVAL CERVANTINO (VARIAS OCASIONES)
  • FESTIVAL DE MÉXICO D.F.
  • FESTIVAL DE YUCATÁN
  • XXII FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA DE CÁMARA 2000 (SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE)
  • XI FESTIVAL DE INVIERNO (SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE)
  • SAN ANTONIO FESTIVAL
  • COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL
  • GRAND PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL
  • CASCADA FESTIVAL  OREGON
  • FESTIVAL BEETHOVEN 1970
  • PROGRAMA CULTURAL DE LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS
Table
 
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ORCHESTRAS
 
Orquestas
  • BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Dir. E. Diemecke
  • BROOKLIN PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA “BAM” – Dir. Spano
  • OREGON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PORTLAND OREGON – Dir. Mmurrey Sidlin
  • SAN ANTONIO ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY
  • CASCADA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA – Dir. Mmurrey Sidlin
  • BUFFALO PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA – Dir. Michael Christie
  • PARK ORCHESTRA, CHICAGO – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • MINESOTA ORCHESTRA – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • ORCHESTRA SIMON BOLIVAR – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • PITTSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Dir. Eduardo Mata
  • SINFÓNICA NACIONAL DE MÉXICO – Dir. E. Diemecke
  • ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE CHIHUAHUA – Dir. Carlos García
  • CAMERATA DE COAHUILA – Dir. Carlos Esteva
  • LA VIDA BREVE DE MANUEL DE FALLA, ORQUESTA SIMÓN BOLÍVAR, VENEZUELA CON DISCO GRABADO Y ACTUACIÓN EN EL TEATRO TERESA CARREÑO - Dir. Eduardo Mata
 
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OPERAS
 
  • “LA VIDA BREVE” - M. de Falla
  • “LA TRAVIATA” - Verdi
  • “CARMEN” - Bizet
 
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DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
 
  • HÉCTOR XAVIER - MÉXICO
  • ANTONIO PEYRI - ESPAÑA
  • INOCENCIO BURGOS - MÉXICO
  • ARNOLD TAYLOR - TORREÓN
  • ALFREDO ALONSO - MÉXICO
  • GUILLERMO CENICEROS - MÉXICO
  • ANTONIO SUÁREZ - MÉXICO
  • HELA - MÉXICO
  • SASHA DOROFEEVE - RUSIA
  • RIVERO GIL - MÉXICO
  • ADRIANA SOKOLOVA - YASOSLAV – RUSIA
  • CANDASA EPSTEIN - NUEVA YORK
Pinturas
 
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SCULPTURES
 
Esculturas
  • Sculpture entire body realized by Joaquín Arias, put in Torreon Coah., Mexico, ordered for the Town hall of Torreon, Coah.
  • Sculpture entire body realized by José Luis Padilla, called “Monument to the Art ”, put in the City of Morelia, Mexico, in The Palace of the Art. Every year replies of this have been realized to reward the best novice bullfighters.
  • Sculpture entire body for José Luis Padilla, putting in the Restaurant of Morelia “La Comida de San José” along with that of the toreador “Armillita“.
  • Bust prepared by David Natovdsky in Moscow. This one sculptor realized other busts, that of Alicia Alonso and Mayan Plisétskaya.
  • Bust prepared by Arnold Taylor in Torreon Coahuila, Mexico.
  • Two statues entire body realized by Silverio Cruz, in Federal District, Mexico.
 
 
BOOKS
 
BOOKS DONE TO PILAR RIOJA
  • “Canciones a Pilar Rioja”  Luis Rius
  • “Frío y Fuego” Pilar   Juan Duch Colell
  • “A Pilar Rioja”  Alfonso Simón Pelegri
  • “Pilar Rioja”  Alberto Dallal
  • Poemas de Pita Amor
  • Poemas de Luis Bruno Ruiz
  • Poemas de Inocencio Burgos

BOOKS THAT SPEAK ABOUT PILAR RIOJA

  • “Cómo acercarse a la Danza” – Alberto Dallal
  • “Fémina-Danza” – Alberto Dallal
  • “La Danza contra la Muerte” – Alberto Dallal
  • “I was There” – Walter Ferry
  • “La Opera en México” – (1924–1984) Carlos Díaz Du-Pond
  • “Diccionario Enciclopédico del Flamenco”  España
  • “Enciclopedia de México”
  • “Danzaria 92” (Calendario Fotográfico Internacional a la Danza) México – Quito – Barcelona
  • “Flamenco de Dos Mundos" - Roberto Aguilar
  • “Calendário Dance Magazine” 1993 Fotos Jack Mitchell
  • “Somos” - Las Estrellas del Siglo XX
Libros
 
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AWARDS AND REKNOWLEDGE
 
  • El Consejo de Mujeres de México, otorgó el Diploma de Honor a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. 30 de Enero de 1965.
  • Honor al Mérito, la Ciudad de Torreón concede este Diploma a Pilar Rioja. Torreón Coah., 17 de Febrero de 1965.
  • Unión Mexicana de Cronistas de Teatro, otorga el diploma a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. Mayo 1965.
  • Club España A.C. – México, otorgó el trofeo 1977-1978 a Pilar Rioja, Año Hernán Cortés. México, D.F.
  • Festival Internacional Cervantino, Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Guanajuato, Gto. Abril – Mayo 1978.
  • El Gobierno del estado de Tabasco y el Comité organizador de la XXXVI Feria Regional, otorgó el Presente Testimonio a Pilar Rioja. Villahermosa, Tab. Mayo – 1981.
  • La Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rioja. Hidalgo del Parral Chihuahua. Enero 1982.
  • Diploma Estrella de Oro. Reconocimiento por sus méritos a Pilar Rioja. México D.F. 1982.
  • En el 75 Aniversario de la ciudad de Torreón, destacamos la labor Artística y Cultural de Pilar Rioja. Torreón Coah. Septiembre de 1982.
  • Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York, otorgó a Pilar Rioja el premio ACE, Premio Extraordinario. Nueva York, 19 de Mayo de 1983.  Town – Hall.
  • La S.E.P. por conducto de la Dirección General de Promoción Cultural, otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rija. México, D.F. 14 de Noviembre de 1983.
  • El Gobierno del Estado a través del Instituto de Cultura de Yucatán, otorgó el diploma en Honor a Pilar Rioja. Otoño Cultural’ 84 . Mérida, Yucatán. Noviembre 1984.
  • El Instituto Cultural de Yucatán, otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rioja. Mérida, Yuc., Noviembre 1984.
  • Unión Mexicana de Cronistas de Teatro y Música fundada en 1937, otorgó el presente Diploma a Pilar Rioja. México D.F. 23 de Mayo de 1985.
  • Escuela Nacional de Maestros otorga el Diploma a Pilar Rioja. Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. 25 de Septiembre de 1986.
  • Secretaría de Educación Pública, Subsecretaria de Cultura, Dirección General de Promoción Cultural, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. 25 de Septiembre de 1986.
  • Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de N.Y., otorgó el premio ACE a Pilar Rioja. Premio Especial ACE 1987. Nueva York 21 de Mayo de 1987, Waldorf – Astoria.
  • El Gobierno del Estado por conducto del Instituto de Cultura de Baja California otorgó el presente reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Ensenada, B.C. 20 de Mayo de 1989.
  • El Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. México. D.F. 31 de Marzo de 1990.
  • The Desis, Honors Pilar Rioja with the Vanguard Award. May 16 1990, USA.
  • Sociedad Cultural Federico Chopín de México, A.C., otorgó la Constancia a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. Agosto 1990.
  • El I.N.B.A. otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rioja, por “Una Vida en la Danza”. México, D.F. 27 de Abril de 1991.
  • El H. Ayuntamiento de Tampico a través de la Dirección de Asuntos Culturales y Sociales, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Tampico, Tam. 28 de Abril de 1992.
  • El Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza, otorgó el Reconocimiento a la Artista Coahuilense, Pilar Rioja. Allende Coah., México 26 de febrero de 1993.
  • El H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Xalapa, Ver. , otorgó el Testimonio de Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Xalapa, Ver. Octubre 1994.
  • El Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, se honra en rendir Homenaje a la Embajadora Mexicana del Arte Dancístico Español, Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. 7 de Octubre de 1995.
  • Unión Mexicana de Cronistas de Teatro y Música, otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rioja, por el mejoramiento del Teatro y de la Música en México. México, D.F. 4 de Mayo de 1996.
  • El Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, a través del Instituto Coahuilense de Cultura otorgó Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja, Saltillo, Coah., 5 de Octubre de 1996.
  • El Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, “La Casa Coahuila A.C.” y la ANDA, otorgaron el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. 25 de Octubre de 1997.
  • El R. Ayuntamiento 96-98 del H. Matamoros, Tam., la nombra Huésped de honor, rindiéndole así un Homenaje a la Sacerdotisa de la Danza Española a Pilar Rioja. Otoño’ 97.
  • El Honorable Ayuntamiento Municipal Constitucional de Taxco, otorgó el Diploma a Pilar Rioja. Taxco de Alarcón, Gro., 5 de Diciembre de 1998.
  • El Patronato y los Niños del Centro Educativo de la Niñez Torreonense A.C. CENTAC, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Torreón, Coah., 10 de Noviembre de 1999.
  • Instituto Cultural Mexicano de Nueva York, Noviembre 1999.
  • Medalla y Diploma “Mi Vida en el Teatro”otorgado por el Instituto Internacional de Teatro de la UNESCO, 27 de Mayo de 2001.
  • CONACULTA – I.N.B.A. CENART en el Día Internacional de la Danza, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. México, D.F. 29 ede Abril de 2002.
  • El Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, otorgó el Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Saltillo, Coah., 11 de Junio de 2002.
  • OMMEE – Organización Mundial de Modelaje entrega el mayor Reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja. Torreón, Coah. 12 de Junio de 2002.
  • Inauguran el Centro de Iniciación Artística CINART  llevando su nombre “Pilar Rioja“ 19 de Julio de 2003. Torreón, Coah.
  • Recibe Reconocimiento del Consejo Cultural Mundial en Noviembre del 2005.
  • Universidad Anáhuac A.C., Difusión Cultural, otorgó el reconocimiento a Pilar Rioja.
  • Homenaje del Museo del Calzado “El Borceguí”.
  • Diploma Cultural de las  Fronteras del Instituto de Bellas Artes y Festival Cervantino.
  • Placa Pilar Rioja al salón del Instituto de Cultura  de Yucatán.
  • Medalla otorgada a Pilar Rioja de la Sra. Amalia Hernández, Directora del Ballet Folclórico de México.
  • Homenaje y presentación a Pilar Rioja con el libro Alberto Dallal en Saltillo, Coah., Torreón y Sala Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.
  • Recibe con motivo del Aniversario del Teatro Fernando Soler en Saltillo, Coah., un Sarape, dedicado por el Gobierno y Pueblo de Coahuila.
  • El Club Rotario de Torreón le otorga el reconocimiento de Lagunera Distinguida.
 
 
PROGRAMS DONE FOR CONACULTA - FONCA
 

I.- “OH BLANCO MURO DE ESPAÑA! ” 2003
Spectacle of Dance, Theater and Musician Spanish based fundamentally on the poetry of Federico García Lorca, and other poets, with music of Falla, Boccherini, Gaspar Sanz and Flamenco, the direction of Juan Morán, wardrobe by Guillermo Barclay and lighting of Arturo Nava.

II. - “RETABLO DEL MIRLO BLANCO” (DISC AND VIDEO OF THE SPECTACLE) 2004
This work has the intention of don’t let fall into oblivion a branch of the Spanish Dance that was born in Mexico; giving the credit that deserves to the musicologist who designed to do music with the “castañuelas”, the disc materialize only the music and “castañuelas”, the video explain the whole history and birth of this spectacle recording the dances for the same with choreography of Pilar Rioja and danced by herself.

III. - “MI VIDA EN LA DANZA (MANUSCRPIT and DVD) 2005 The intention is helping the ballet dancers through Pilar’s experience. She dedicates to the Spanish Dance and to finding the way to make a proper style enjoying the dance without a sacrifice. The manuscript contains photos and thoughts where she refers to the Dance.