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Fernando Bujones (March 9, 1955 – November 10, 2005) was a Cuban-American ballet dancer. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Cuban American ( Cubanoamericano) is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance

Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as the greatest American male dancer of his generation. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The twentieth century of the Common Era began on ^[1]

Bujones' first formal ballet classes were in Alicia Alonso's Cuban National Ballet school for about a year and a half. Alicia Alonso, Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoya (born 21 December 1920) is a Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta and Choreographer In 1967 he won a scholarship to the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet Company. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by He studied there for about five years; his teachers were some of the world’s premier ballet instructors, such as Stanley Williams, André Eglevsky, and José Imendez, his private coach. Stanley Williams (1925 - 1997 was a dancer and later a renowned Ballet instructor André Eglevsky ( 21 December 1917 – 4 December 1977) was a Russian born American

He joined the American Ballet Theatre, one of the world's preeminent dance companies, in 1972. See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. By the following year he became a soloist, and in 1974 a Principal Dancer where, at 19, he was not only one of the youngest principal dancers in the world, but the youngest principal male dancer in ABT's history. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It was during that period that Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union and joined ABT in 1974. Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 They worked together as dancers for six years, after which Bujones worked under Baryshnikov's artistic direction. ^[2]

Throughout his 30 year dancing career he performed as a guest artist in 34 countries and with more than 60 companies including such luminary ones like American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, the Paris Opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, La Scala of Milano, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Australian Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, Boston Ballet and others. See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned Classical ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England Opéra National de Paris is the leading Opera company of France. The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest Ballet troupes in Europe. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was He has partnered many of the 20th century's celebrated ballerinas such as Dame Margot Fonteyn, Natalia Makarova, Carla Fracci, Cynthia Gregory, Marcia Haydee, Gelsey Kirkland, and Marianna Tcherkassky. "Dame Margot" redirects here For the medieval trouvère see Dames Margot and Maroie. Nataliya Romanovna Makarova (born November 21, 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born American actress and former Prima ballerina. Carla Fracci (born 20 August 1936 in Milan, Italy) is a famous Ballet dancer and actress Cynthia Kathleen Gregory (born July 8, 1946) is an American Ballerina. Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29 1952, Bethlehem Pennsylvania) is an American ballet dancer [2]

Just before his death, Bujones staged Slavonic Elements for the Ballet Ensemble of Texas, a pre-professional company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

He is buried at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum. Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum is one of the oldest cemeteries in Miami, Florida.

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