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Eugenia Popescu-Județ

Romanian musicologist, choreographer and ethnomusicologist (1925-2011)

Born 1925 · GiurgiuDied 2011Romania

Eugenia Popescu-Județ was a Romanian choreographer, dancer and dance teacher, born in 1925 in Giurgiu, who died in 2011.

Biography

Eugenia Popescu-Județ (also spelled Popescu-Judetz; September 19, 1925 – December 20, 2011) was a Romanian dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, and folklorist. Trained in ballet, she performed as a solo dancer for several professional theatres in Bucharest and became a famed choreographer of folk-inspired character dance working for film, TV, and several professional ensembles in Romania. She taught folk dance in Romania and internationally. Later she became an expert in manuscripts relating to the 17th century Romanian prince and composer Dimitrie Cantemir.

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