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About Maniya Barredo
- Maniya Barredo (born November 19, 1951) was the first ever, and only Prima ballerina of the Philippines (1978).
- She performed for the Joffrey Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.
- She has taught at the Mount Dora School of Ballet, and is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Ballet Theatre.
- She has been described as the “technical trump card” of the Hariraya Ballet Company.
- In 1977 she was selected by Alicia Alonzo to represent the company in Cuba for the international festival In Manila in 1977 she performed with Burton Taylor.
- She received a greeting on the occasion of her 50th anniversary in the dance profession from the President of the Philippines, Benigno S.
- Aquino III for her “enrichment of the Philippine arts” and the Gawad CCP Para Sining (Sayaw) Award of Excellence in 1992.
- She was invited to tour with the Stars of the World Ballet.
- Among others she has trained: Colette Tilinski, Luis Gonzalez and Sarah Cordia.
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