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7.16.2006

Maniya Barredo




Maniya Barredo
AKA Honey Barredo


  • 1st Filipina Prima Ballerina in the Philippines (1978)


QUOTE

“I don't know in what capacity. I would raise the level of what the country needs but in action -do it quietly. Hopefully I can build a pre-professional school not just for dance, but reunite all the different arts.”


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Maniya Barredo
Maniya Barredo hangs her toe shoes - but not quite




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