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Mijaela Tesleoanu
Mijaela Tesleoanu (March 20, 1942 – August 17, 2011) was a Romanian dancer, classical ballet teacher, and ballet master who developed her artistic work in Cuba.
Early years.
Mijaela Tesleoanu was born in Bucharest in 1942. She studied at the National University of Music Bucharest before joining the Romanian National Opera. She met and married the Cuban baritone, Ramón Calzadilla, in 1963 while he was on a studying on scholarship in Romania.
Career.
After settling in Cuba in 1963
training under Fernando Alonso, Leon Fokine, Alexandra Fedorova, José Parés and Mary Skeaping. She joined the Alicia Alonso Ballet Academy where Bosch remembered Plá as being very skinny with a very long neck. The Romanian ballerina, Mijaela Tesleoanu, recalled that Plá was never hurt nor did she ever complain about discomfort in the ankles, knees or arms.
Career.
She debuted professionally in 1953, at the age of 13. She was trained at the Ballet Academy run by Alicia Alonso and she became known as one of