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          Maniya Barredo is a Filipina ballet dancer and instructor..

          Maniya Barredo, born Honey Barredo, left her native Philippines at age 18 to travel to New York where she joined the @JoffreySchool on scholarship.

        1. A bit of Barredo, former Atlanta Ballet principal dancer, performs Juliet with Ballet Philippines.
        2. Maniya Barredo is a Filipina ballet dancer and instructor.
        3. Before Liza Macuja-Elizalde, there's Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo (born November 19, ), known professionally as Maniya Barredo.
        4. As a youth, she trained under the direction of Maniya Barredo of the Atlanta Ballet in the pre-professional ballet program.

          5. Maniya Barredo

          Filipina prima ballerina (born 1951)

          Maniya Barredo

          Born

          Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo


          (1951-11-19) November 19, 1951 (age 73)

          Manila, Philippines

          OccupationBallet dancer
          Years active1955–present
          Relatives

          Baby Barredo (aunt)
          Lea Salonga (cousin)
          Gerard Salonga (cousin)

          Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo (born November 19, 1951), known professionally as Maniya Barredo, is a Filipina ballet dancer and instructor.

          She is best known as the first and only Prima ballerina of the Philippines, an honor that was declared in 1978.[1]

          She performed for the Joffrey Ballet,[2]Atlanta Ballet,[3] and the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.

          She has taught at the Mount Dora School of Ballet[4] and is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Ballet Theatre.[5] She has been described as the “technical trump card” of the Hariraya Ballet Company.

          In 1977, she was selected by Alicia Alonzo