Biography
Born in Havana Cuba .
Trained in clasical 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.
Visite 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
personaknown as Adora.(A name that involved with Danilo de la Torre and hos fellow peformance
artis 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 cuality of her lip-sync skill no less than
the polished dance and specialy ballet based movements which she exploits to great and often
paradoxical dramatic and comic effect. Adora 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
audience.