Lisa Macuja School of Ballet

Training: 

• Dance Theater Philippines under Felicitas Radaic and Basilio Villaruz : 4 years
• Russian Ballet Academy : 1982 – 1984
• Kirov Ballet : 1984 – 1986

Teaching Experience: 25 years with The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet

Awards Received:

• Silver Medal (1987 Asia-Pacific Ballet Competition) – Tokyo, Japan
• 5th Place (1992 International Diaghilev Ballet Competition) – Moscow, Russia
• Order of International Friendship (awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin) – 2001
• Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the Word (TOYP U.S.A.) – 1997
• The Outstanding Young Filipino (TOYF) – 1995
• The Outstanding Women in the National Service (TOWNS) – 1989
• Special Prize for Artistry by the House of Diaghilev – 1992
• Quezon City’s Outstanding Citizen Award – 1989
• Manila’s Patnubay ng Kalinangan at Sining – 1988
• Entertainer of the Year (Aliw Awards) – 2012
• Best Classical Dancer (Aliw Awards) – 2012
• Best Concert Collaboration – The Legends and the Classics with Cecile Licad and Lea Salonga (Aliw Awards) – 2012
• Best Dance Company (Aliw Awards) – 2012
• Outstanding Achievement in Humanities from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Humanities – 2015

Career:

• Principal Dancer, Kirov Ballet (1984 – 1986) – First ever foreigner member
• Artist-in-Residence, Cultural Center of the Philippines (1986 – 1988)
• Guest Artist, Ballet Philippines (1986 – 1988)
• Principal Dancer, Philippine Ballet Theater (1988 – 1995)
• Artistic Director / Principal Dancer, Ballet Manila (1995 – present) 
• Other Highlights:
  • Jury Member:
    • Asian Grand Prix
    • Korean International Scholarship Competition
    • Canaan Dance Competition
  • Masterclasses and Workshops conducted in key cities around the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and the United States of America.

Key Roles Performed:

• Kitri in Don Quixote
• Giselle/Peasant Pas De Deux in Giselle
• Masha / Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker
• Medora in Le Corsaire
• Nikiya and Gamzatti in La Bayadere
• Lise in La Fille Mal Gardee
• Swanilda in Coppelia
• Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty
• Odette/Odile/Pas De Trois in Swan Lake
• Carmen in Carmen
• Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly
• Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
• The Sylphe in La Sylphide
• 7th Waltz and 11th Waltz in Chopiniana
• Paquita in Paquita Divertissment