BIOGRAPHY
Raymondo Polanco was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He moved to New York City at the age of nine and “Americanized” his name to Raymond. His first steps as an artist began at age seven in his native land. He proved himself as a dancer at the Fine Arts Theater in Santo Domingo, studying modern, Afro-Cuban dance, and Jazz. At Academia Cassandra La Miró is where Raymond took his first intensive training in Dominican Folkloric Dance.
Credits & Performances
The experience of working with groups such as the Latin American Theater Ensemble, the Dominican Cultural Center (with the renowned actor Mateo Gomez), and Ofelia Da’Costa Acting Academy helped to mold Raymondo in which are established and joined all the creative capacities of an artistic and cultural work: acting, dancing
See The Films
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HAIR
(1979)Raymond’s transition from Dancer to Film, where he danced Twyla Tharp’s choreography in Milos Forman’s version of the Broadway musical.
