Who is Liza Macuja, the famous ballet dancer?

Answer 1

Lisa Macuja's unique contribution to Philippine culture and the arts over the past 15 years was further enhanced when she was recently elected as vice -chairperson of the Philippine UNESCO National Commission.

As an artist and a Filipino, Macuja has received numerous citations attesting to her world-class achievements. These include: The Order of International Friendship awarded by Russian President Vladmir Putin (2001); The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP U.S.A.) IN 1997; The Outstanding Young Filipino Nation's Service (TOWNS) in 1989; the Special Prize for Artistry by the House of Diaghilev (Moscow) in 1992; Quezon City's Outstanding Citizen Award in 1989; and Manila's Patnubay ng Kalinangan at Sining in 1988.

Macuja remains to be the only Filipino ballerina to bring home a laureate prize - a silver medal from the 1987 Asia-Pacific Ballet Competition in Tokyo. She also completed the semi-finals (senior division) at the 1990 USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, and won the fifth place at the 1992 International Diaghilev Ballet Competition in Moscow, Russia.

As a scholar of the USSR Ministry of Culture, Lisa Macuja entered the Vaganova Choreographic Institute (now the Academy of Russian Ballet) in Saint Petersburg in 1982, where she trained under former Kirov ballerina Tatiana A. Udalenkova. Graduating at the top of her class in 1984, she became the first foreigner to be invited to join the Kirov Ballet - a 260-year old institution in Dance. At the Kirov, Macuja came under the tutelage of the formidable mistress Galina P. Kekisheba. It was in the historical Maryinsky Theatre that Macuja first premiered as principal ballerina in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Giselle.

Wishing to share her love for dance with fellow Filipino, Macuja returned to Manila in 1986 and became the first artist-in-residence of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She has since remained Philippine-based, performing as principal ballerina in major local productions and as international guest artist in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, the United States, Cuba, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand.

To date, Macuja has performed the principal roles in over 160 full-length and contemporary ballets in some 81 cities, spanning five continents. Her repertoire as principal includes: Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Giselle, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Fille Mal Gardee, Coppelia, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Les Sylphides, Carmen Pineapple Poll, El Amor Brujo, Serenade, and the role of Cio-Cio San in the world premiere of Thomas Pazik's Madame Butterfly. Several contemporary Filipino ballets have also featured her in the lead role, or have been created especially for her.

Hailed as the "ballerina of the people" , Macuja is committed to bringing ballet closer to the hearts of the Filipino masses-the same inspiration that continues to spur Ballet Manila, which she helped create in 1995.

In January 2001, Macuja scored another first when she brought hey very own company, Ballet Manila, to perform in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) to the very same audience that watched her during her performances with the Kirov Ballet 15 years ago. Ballet Manila performed original Filipino choreographies in the cities of Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Ioshkar-Ol, Cheboksary, Nizny Novgorod, Novgorod and St. Petersburg.

Virtually unerring in technique and style, yet unassailable in musicality and artistry, Lisa Macuja has aptly been called "The Filipino ballerina at her best".

Macuja is married to Fred J. Elizalde, with whom she has two children, Michelle Elizabeth and Manuel Cesar.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Vaslav Nijinsky, a Russian dancer from the Imperial Maryinsky Ballet of St. Petersberg, Russia, replaced into the final male dancer of his technology. Pavlova appeared in the previous extra audiences because of the fact she toured around the international, yet scholars of the time have been extra inspired with Nijinsky.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

all i can say...she is a great ballet dancer and a Filipino!!!!!