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Lupe Calzadilla: teacher's wisdom.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Lupe Calzadilla: teacher's wisdom.(THIS MONTH)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
Lupe Calzadilla says she owes everything she knows about ballet to Alicia and Fernando Alonso. After graduating from their prestigious National Ballet School in Havana, Calzadilla spent 11 years performing with Ballet Nacional de Cuba. She then returned to the school to teach while raising her daughters Lorena and Lorna Feijoo (who are now principals with San Francisco Ballet and Boston Ballet, respectively). Having taught children and adults around the globe for over 34 years, she is now a master teacher at City Ballet School in San Francisco. Toba Singer met with Calzadilla to ask her about how the Cuban system has influenced her as a teacher. (Freddi Kirchner, Justin Coe, and Lorena Feijoo aided with translation.)

WHAT DID FERNANDO ALONSO PASS ON TO YOU THAT YOU USE TODAY IN THE STUDIO? His love of the work, his discipline, his attention to detail, and his...

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