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Marcia Moretto
Marcia Moretto, born in 1949 in Argentina and died in 1981 in Paris, was an Argentinian dancer, choreographer and director.
She worked with Armando Llamas and also taught dance in Sartrouville in the 1970s. Her students included Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin, the duo of Rita Mitsouko. Their song "Marcia Baila" is a tribute to Marcia Moretto.
She was the sister of the remarkable musician and composer Gustavo Moretto, a legend in Argentinean Rock.
She died at the age of 32,
the release of the second single from their first album: "Marcia baila" rose to number 2 on the French record charts that summer. Philippe Gautier directed a vibrant and widely viewed music video to accompany the record. "Marcia Baila" is an homage to the Argentine choreographer and dancer Marcia Moretto, with whom Catherine Ringer had studied and performed in the 1970s. Moretto died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.
"Rita Mitsouko" was a creative and eccentric first album, combining elements of punk,