Biography
Born in Havana Cuba.
Trained in classical ballet . Worked in musical theater and cabaret from age of seventeen.
Went to Paris France in 1985 to join Le Ballet Theatre de la Seine, where he continued to
work in contemporary and modern dance.
Visit Miami Beach in 1986 (later to be know as South Beach) Relocated there, soon to become an integral part of the emerging international Scene as Drag persona known as Adora.(A name that involved with Danilo de la Torre and his fellow peformance
artist Carlos Rodriguez -then know as the Adora Sisters).
When Carlos Rodriguez died of AIDS in
1991 Danilo de la Torre survived him to become Adora, an icon whose outrageous bouffant wigs, extraordinary make up and captiveting stage presence made him/her the undisputed "Queen of South Beach" ,a title that survives even in that somewhat changed Scene.
Adora's repertoir of lip-sinc'ed interpretations include a variety of muscal styles languages and culture including the Cuban singer Celia Cruz, La Lupe Yma Sumac, Maria Callas, Shirley Bassy, Janis Joplin, Mina, Peggy Lee,
Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Dalida, Carmen Flores, Violeta Rivas, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and many other.
.
Her performances are highly regarded for the quality of her lip-sync skill no less than
the polished dance and specialty ballet -based movements which she exploits to great and often
paradoxical dramatic and comic effectAdora is also much sought as a hostess and MC because
ofher comdics skill and the sense of warmth and intimacy she effortlessly generates with a live
In 2008 Adora teamed up with Miami performance Artist david Rohn to form ‘Homo-Sapiens’ (Art for evolution) in collaboration on ‘Silencio’ –a theatrical performance Piece about a Prisoner and Guard in a US Detention Center who fall in love.
It was performed at the Miami beach Cinematheque and The Wolfsonian, also on Miami Beach.