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Name	Maniya Barredo
First Name	Maniya
Last Name	Barredo
Occupation	Ballerina
Birthday	November 19
Birth Year	1951
Place of Birth	Manila
Home Town	Metro Manila
Birth Country	Philippines
Birth Sign	Scorpio
Full/Birth Name
Father	Not Available
Mother	Not Available
Siblings	Not Available
Spouse	Not Known
Children(s)	Not Available

Maniya Barredo Biography

Maniya Barredo is one of the most popular and richest Ballerina who was born on November 19, 1951 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

In 1976, her career with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens climaxed. Renowned Cuban Prima Ballerina, Alicia Alonso, specially chose Barredo to perform on behalf of Canada at Cuba’s International Ballet Festival. After this distinction, Barredo continued to dance. She danced multiple times with the famous Mikhail Baryshnikov, toured with the Stars of the World Ballet upon special invitation, and performed the role of Giselle at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Competition in 1978. After this performance, Barredo was honored with the Gawad CCP Para Sining Award of Excellence given to her by the Philippine President. Because of this, the renowned ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, gave Barredo the distinction of Prima Ballerina. Barredo then continued to dance as the Philippine Ballet Theater’s Prima Ballerina. After this career, Barredo returned to the United States to take the position of Prima Ballerina for the Atlanta Ballet where she would dance for twenty years before retiring.

After retiring from the Atlanta Ballet, Barredo pursued a teaching career where she became the artistic consultant to Atlanta’s Ballethnic and the Cultural Attache for the Philippines. In 1998, Barredo founded her own ballet school and assumed the larger role of artistic director for Metropolitan Ballet Theatre based in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.

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.

Maniya Barredo Net Worth

Maniya is one of the richest Ballerina from Philippines. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maniya Barredo's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Ballerina
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Who is Maniya Barredo Dating?

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Height	Unknown
Weight	Not Known
Body Measurements	Under Review
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Facts & Trivia

Maniya Ranked on the list of most popular Ballerina. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Philippines. Maniya Barredo celebrates birthday on November 19 of every year.

Who is the most famous ballerina in the Philippines?

Lisa Macuja-Elizalde

Born	Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja October 3, 1964 Manila City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino, English
Education	Russian Vaganova technique
Known for	Ballet

Who is the first prima ballerina in the Philippines?

Maniya Barredo celebrates her 60th year as a professional ballerina. Maniya Barredo, who became the first and only prima ballerina from the Philippines at 26 years old, has had a magnificent dancing career. Now into her 60th year as a professional ballerina, she doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.

What are the famous Philippine ballet companies?

Dance MNL is led by Festival Directors Paul Alexander Morales, Ron Jaynario, and Lisa Macuja Elizalde, artistic directors of Ballet Philippines, Philippine Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Manila, respectively.

Who is a prima ballerina?

“Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who is a female principal dancer. These dancers are the best in their companies who perform the lead roles in ballets, along with their male counterparts”.

Who is the mother of Philippine dancing?

Francisca Reyes Aquino is acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer. This Bulakeña began her research on folk dances in the 1920s making trips to remote barrios in Central and Northern Luzon.

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