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Loipa Araújo
Cuban ballet dancer, ballet master, and teacher of ballet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loipa Araújo (born May 27, 1941) is a Cuban ballet dancer, ballet master, and teacher of ballet. Along with Aurora Bosch, Josefina Méndez, and Mirta Plá, she is regarded as one of the "four jewels of Cuban ballet".[1] Nicknamed the "Cuban muse of Marseilles",[2] Araújo is considered to be "one of the best ballet teachers in the world today".[3] She was a principal artist with the Cuban National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de Cuba; BNC).
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