Loipa Araújo

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, 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’ and 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