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The Feijoo Sisters
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The Feijoo Sisters
By,Eveli Tapia
Lorena y Lorna
Lorena born February 16,1970
Lorna born May 3,1973
Lorena oldest Sister and Lorna youngest are Cuban Ballerina Sisters.Lorena was drawn to ballet after years of watching her mother Lupe Calzadilla.Herself wanted to dance just like her mother and become a profesional ballerina like her.
Born in Havana,Cuba
Sisters
Her mother performed in the National Ballet School of Cuba,so that made Lorena want to audition there.She was 10 when she made it in the school.The National Ballet School of Cuba was held by the legendary ballerina Alicia Alonso;Lorena's favorite dancer.
Lorna's course of study was a bit slight herself,she was more of a gymnast.Then when she started watching her sister dance she was mesmerized at that moment she wanted to dance too.Their mother was so encouraging to them,she showed them who
they were as dancers and their training taught them how to
bring that person out of them.Lorena's and Lorna's mother
feared if both of her duaghters would become to competative with each other.The girls believed home was home for them.Contrairy to what their peers though they were family first.
Lorena and her Mother
Lorna Feijoo
Lorena and Lorna
Earlylife
Early Life
Lorena and Lorna's Father Jose Lorenzo Feijoo is Divorced to their mother because of money purposes.Their divorce did not affect much of the Feijoo sisters life.One thing Lorena remembers strongly is when she was four she saw her mother perform at the Cuban National Ballet where she was left backstage amazed over costumes,dancers,and the performances being performed there.Lorena's ballerina training came primarly from her mother,and Lorna's training also came from her mother and sister.
National Ballet School Of Cuba
National Ballet School of Cuba
This school located in Havana Cuba with approximately 3,000 students is the biggest ballet school in the world and the most prestigious ballet school in Cuba.Founded in 1931, where the prima ballerina assoluta, Alicia Alonso her former husband Fernando Alonso and his brother Alberto received their earliest ballet classes.
The sisters training there was very intense,they didn't just danced but they would have to know french language and piano.They did character dances,learned to read music,folklore,African dances,historical dances,and salon dances.This school allowed them to make their first step towards their Ballet Career.
Alicia Alonso
A day in training in the Cuban National Ballet School
Career
Career
Lorena left the Cuban ballet in 1990 at the age of 20,where she persued her career to The United States along side her sister Lorna.Lorna joined Boston Ballet as principal dancer in 2003 under the direction of Mikko Nissisen.Lorena joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1990.Today both sisters live in their own world with their families.In 2004,both sisters performed together for the first time for a long time.The sisters performed in Dancing with the Stars,performing Swan Lake as Odette(Lorna) and Odile(Lorena).
The sisters have their very own ballet school called The Feijoo Ballet School located in Dickinson Texas.Lorna is the founder and artistic director while her mother is a teacher.Every year they hire 8 of the best dance instructurs to teach there students taking lessons there.There mission there isto train, educate and produce excellent dancers capable of dancing classical ballet at the highest caliber. Classical ballet is the core foundation of dance. It gives dancers the ability to incorporate neoclassical and contemporary dance in their repertoire and allows them to interpret and execute up-to-date choreographies.
Their Impact
Their Impact
Impact I
Impact I
Both sisters achieved personally in the dance community eternal gratitude and happiness.Their lives inspire other yoingsters to continue with thier passion for dance.Whatever you want to do,do it becuase it will give you many rewards and acomplishments in your life.
Impact II
Impact II
The Feijoo sisters contributed to the dancing community by opening a dance school to help dancers from any age to get better everyday.They helped Cuba's culture get magnifacint ,they got notible contributions to arts and culture.
Impact III
Impact III
These sisters appeared in the spanish advertisement “Siempre Leche” which means “Milk Life” in English talking about their passion for Ballet. Their are like 4 videos showing scenes of the sisters practicing and even including their children,and with one that appears with their very own mother. Their called “La Fuerza de la Passion” which is ‘The power of having Passion”, “La fuerza del Ejemplo” which means “The Power of The Example”, “La Fuerza del ‘Tomate la Leche’ ”that means “The Strength of Drinking Milk”, and “La Fuerza de Crecer Juntas” which means “The Power of Growing Up Together” which all reveal so much of them. These girls appreciate everyday of their ballet career. They are an Idol to their daughters and other dozens of dancers out in Cuba and Latin America.
Swan Lake Performance
Facts
Facts
- Lorena Feijoo also was interested in theater and did a little acting like her father,she appeared in the movies “The Lost City” as Leonela and “Collapse” as the Principal Dancer in the movie
- The Feijoo sisters did Pointe type of ballet dance were they had to perfect for 2-3 years old
- Lorna is the Principal of “The Boston Ballet Company”
- Before having a passion for ballet Lorna was interested in gymnastics until she was dared by her older sister to audition to a ballet school(surprisingly she made it) so then she realized she loved ballet way more than gymnastics
- Lorena danced with the Joffrey Ballet School,National Ballet School of Cuba,Ballet of Monterrey,and Royal Ballet of Flanders in her younger years.
- Lorena is a single mother and has a 5 year old daughter named Luciana
- Lorna is also married and has 2 kids(a son and daughter)