We almost did not get to know Eugenio Derbez as the great comedian, actor and film producer, since his interests were oriented towards dance, but fortunately, he reconsidered things
We all place Eugenio Derbez as a great actor, director and producer of Mexican cinema, but what few know is that this path could only have been an illusion, because first his taste for dance was born, so that Eugenio got involved He went to an academy to take tap classes, but things did not turn out as he expected, because the teacher put a condition on him that he could not deny.
This condition consisted of taking ballet classes first, since this is the basis of all dances, and from there he could already take tap classes and everything he wanted, which he accepted, but later he had to deal with his father, since he did not agree to see his son in leggings and slippers.
Finding himself between a rock and a hard place, Eugenio did not fight with his father, on the contrary, he followed the flow, but his dreams did not abandon them, so he put on his leggings and slippers secretly from his father; She also danced ballet for 3 years, and then she took tap, jazz and musical comedy classes.
For his part, Eugenio took 8 hours of ballet a day from Monday to Saturday for three years, however, he confesses that he was about to quit, but he did not. Today Eugenio is a highly known and recognized film and television star, but in his history, dance was part of his past.
It was not until 1973 when Eugenio began to have his appearances in some soap operas as an extra, but in addition to that, his preparation is even broader, since he took piano, organ, guitar, drums, accordion, singing and ballet lessons, until finally established as an actor. Without a doubt a very complete artist.
And it is that to be able to succeed in this career, Eugenio had to develop several skills, it was that or abandon his dreams, so he gave his arm to twist to be able to have the status he was looking for and become very competitive in the middle, and to it had to stand out at the dance.
"I came to take classes in Fine Arts, and I was nowhere near being a ballet professional, and then my teacher died, and I left him … That’s where I was left helpless, and I go back a bit to my beginnings … and work In which I asked for a job, I stayed, because it was very good, commented the comedian, too.