Claudia Marjorie Miranda Rojas (born 7 June 1968) is a Chilean professional dancer.

Claudia Miranda
Born
Claudia Marjorie Miranda Rojas

(1968-06-07) 7 June 1968 (age 56)
Santiago, Chile
OccupationDancer

Career

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Claudia Miranda began her television career in Hugo Urrutia's ballet Huganzas, where she shared the stage, among others, with fellow dancer and actor Claudio Moreno [es], on programs such as Festival de la una [es], broadcast on the state channel Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). A year later, she was hired for the Viña del Mar Song Festival.[1] She participated in commercials for products such as Cheldiz jeans, and appeared on the program Bailando con Claudia, also on the state network.[2]

She experienced a difficult situation while she was on Martes 13 [es], an iconic show on Chilean television in the 1980s and 1990s, broadcast on Canal 13. While dancing for the program's guest, Spanish singer Raphael, he touched her buttock, a moment that was captured by photojournalists and appeared in newspapers the next day.[3]

In the mid-1990s, Miranda joined the TVN morning magazine Buenos Días a Todos.[4]

In 2006, she won the first season of El Baile en TVN.[1] In 2007, she returned to the Viña Festival as an official choreographer.[2] She continued as a juror and dancer of El baile on TVN until 2008.

In the 2010s, she was a choreographer and juror of various talent shows on Chilean television: Mi nombre es… [es] (Canal 13, 2011-2014),[5] Baila Fanta (Canal 13, 2013–2015),[6] The Voice Chile (Canal 13, 2015–2016),[2] Bailando [es] (Canal 13, 2016 ),[7] Rojo (TVN, 2019),[8] and Sigamos de largo [es] (Canal 13, 2019).[9] She also participated, along with her daughter Amanda, in a commercial for the "Yo Tomo, Yo Como" campaign to promote the consumption of dairy products, and had a brief appearance on the telenovela Veinteañero a los 40 (Canal 13, 2016).[2]

In 2019, in addition to her work on Rojo and Sigamos de largo, Miranda participated as a juror on the pilot episode of the dance program El duelo.[10]

Personal life

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Claudia Miranda is the daughter of Baltazar Miranda Pérez and Flor Eulogia Rojas Grez. She has been married to Argentine producer Alejandro Omar Costella since 25 February 1999. They met in a nightclub when she was 25.[1] They were together for only three weeks because he accepted a job in Spain, and they maintained a long-distance relationship for eight months. Later, they married and had two children.[11]

Filmography

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Year Program Role Notes Channel Ref.
1987–1988 Festival de la una [es] Dancer TVN
1989 30th Viña del Mar International Song Festival
1989 Bailando con Claudia
1992 Martes 13 [es] Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión
1996 Buenos Días a Todos TVN
2006-2008 El Baile en TVN
2007 48th Viña del Mar International Song Festival Choreographer Canal 13/TVN
2011–2014 Mi nombre es… [es] Dance teacher Canal 13
2015–2016 The Voice Chile Choreographer
2015–2016 Baila Fanta Juror
2016 Bailando [es] Choreographer
Juror
Veinteañero a los 40 Herself
2019 No culpes a la noche [es] Guest TVN
2019 Rojo, el color del talento Interviewee
Juror
2019 Juego contra fuego Juror Canal 13
Había una vez Dancer Archive footage from Festival de la una [es] TVN
Sigamos de largo [es] Juror Only on Fridays Canal 13

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Tarán, Daniela (26 October 2012). "Claudia Miranda: 'Ya no estoy para batallas con jovencitas'" [Claudia Miranda: 'I'm No Longer Up for Battles With Young Women']. Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). p. 18. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Andrade, Felipe (10 August 2016). "¿Qué fue de Claudia Miranda: la recordada y bella bailarina de los 80?" [What Became of Claudia Miranda: The Remembered and Beautiful Dancer of the 80s?]. Guioteca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Claudia Miranda: 'Raphael me agarró el poto con todo'" [Claudia Miranda: 'Raphael Grabbed My Butt and Everything']. The Clinic (in Spanish). 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Macari, Guido (29 April 2021). "'Se lo debo todo': Rodrigo Díaz y Claudia Miranda abren su corazón en el Día de la Danza" ['I Owe it All': Rodrigo Díaz and Claudia Miranda Open Their Hearts on Dance Day]. La Cuarta (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2021 – via Litoralpress.
  5. ^ a b "Claudia Miranda: Bailarina". Portal de Artistas (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Zenteno Varas, Andrea (19 October 2013). "Escolares competirán en el concurso Baila Fanta" [Schoolchildren Will Compete in the Baila Fanta Contest]. El Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Ellos son los bailarines que se la juegan por los famosos" [They are the Dancers Who Will Play for the Famous] (in Spanish). Canal 13. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b Cortés, Andrés (2 August 2019). "Claudia Miranda y sus deseos de continuar en 'Gran Rojo': 'Me gustaría ser jurado estable del programa'" [Claudia Miranda and Her Wishes to Continue on 'Gran Rojo': 'I Would Like to be a Stable Juror of the Program'] (in Spanish). Radio Agricultura. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Sigamos de Largo / Capítulo 187" (in Spanish). Canal 13. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ Soto, Juan (15 August 2019). "Neilas Katinas prepara nuevo programa de baile en TV: dos reconocidas figuras lo acompañarán" [Neilas Katinas Prepares a New Dance Program on TV: Two Renowned Figures Will Accompany Him] (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Claudia Miranda y Omar Costella cuentan su historia de amor" [Claudia Miranda and Omar Costella Tell Their Love Story] (in Spanish). Canal 13. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  12. ^ "¡Claudia Miranda eligió a la ganadora!" [Claudia Miranda Chose the Winner!] (in Spanish). Canal 13. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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