Lisa Macuja (Lisa Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde) is a classical ballet dancer. She was born on October 3, 1964 at Mandaluyong, Metro Manila to Cesar Macuja and Susan Pacheco. She is married to Fred Elizalde.
She finished her secondary education at St. Theresa's College in Quezon City. She then started ballet training with Felicitas Layag-Radaic and was an apprentice as young soloist of Dance Theater Philippines (DTP). She received her advanced certificate from the Royal Academy of Dancing, and earned a scholarship to the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in Leningrad.
She became the principal dancer of the renowned Kirov Ballet between 1984 and 1986. She returned to Manila in 1986 and became the first artist-in-residence of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) while dancing with Ballet Philippines. In 1988, she became a ballerina of the Philippine Ballet Theater (PBT).
Achievements
1987 – Silver Prize, First Asia-Pacific Ballet Competition, Tokyo
1989 – recipient of The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service or TOWNS Award
1989 – recipient of the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award
1989 – recipient of the Young Achievers Foundation Award
1991 – named Outstanding Citizen by the Federation of Women Civic Organizations, Quezon City
1991 – named one of the 100 Significant Filipino’s in the 20th Century by Tatak Pilipino
1992 – Fifth Placer, First Diaghilev Ballet Competition
Performances
Ballet at the Park
The Nutcracker
Don Quixote
Giselle
La Bayadere
Sleeping Beauty
Coppelia
Paquita
La Sylphide
Les Sylphides
Serenade
Pineapple Poll
Madame Butterfly
Ang Pilya (Filipinized "La Fille Mar Gardee")
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