YOUR TALENT

Delia Zapata began her career as an artist in the field of sculpture and drawing that alternated taking classes in ballet. As a sculptor she won her first prize in 1954 in the city of Barranquilla. That same year she had her first performance as a dancer at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá and others in the cities of Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Medellín. The natural leadership she had in her region led her to perform in Chocó, in the Carnival of Cartagena with bullerengue dances, and in Buenaventura in a joint work on the Legends of the Farotos de San Jacinto.