Born in Buenos Aires Argentina, the product of creative ancestry, including his father a Theater renowned mural painter, Gaston O. Monart, and his mother, Nancy P. Mantero, a theatrical costume designer, the father of French-Swiss heritage, and his mother a Ukrainian immigrant. He began a performing career as a dancer at the age of eight, at the National Dance Academy…
Founder President Nancy P. Mantero
President: Nancy Prokopiy Mantero – Home 818-982-1346 Nancy (Nadia) E. Prokopiy Ukrainian Immigrant in the 1934 began as an expert seamstress for high quality mink coats, and became a costume designer for top theatres through Argentina including the famed Teatro Colon. Moving to the United States, she designed costumes for Metropolitan Opera in Los Angeles, with notable designs for “Rigoletto”…