In Conversation with LOIPA ARAÚJO … (via Zoom)
Loipa Araújo is a Cuban ballet dancer, ballet master and expert teacher of ballet. She is currently Associate Artistic Director at ENB
DATE : Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 7pm 🇬🇧
INTERVIEWER : Sarah Crompton
Biography from ENB website https://www.ballet.org.uk/people/loipa-araujo/
Birthplace : Havana, Cuba
Training : Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical with Alberto Alonso and Leon Fokine, and the Alicia Alonso Ballet School with Alicia and Fernando Alonso, Raymond Franchetti, José Parés and Asaf Messerer
Previous companies : Principal with Ballet Nacional de Cuba from age 24, Ballet de Marseille. Guest performances with Bolshoi Ballet, Maly Theatre, Bulgarian National Opera and Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and Béjart Ballet, Lausanne, Switzerland
English National Ballet : Joined September 2012
Other info : Known as one of the ‘Four jewels of Cuban ballet’. Highly respected and sought after across the world for her unique style and teaching skills. Principal teacher, Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Principal Guest Teacher, Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, Teatro alla Scala, Operá Nacional de Bordeaux, Maggio Fiorentino, Florence, Teatro di San Carlos, Naples, Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet and Béjart Ballet. Won the Gold Medal in Varna in 1965 and a Silver in Moscow in 1969. Gold star, Champs Elysées Ballet Festival in 1970. Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France. Orden Félix Varela, Cuba
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