A Cuban woman became the center of attention at Miami's Dolphin Mall when she spontaneously broke into a timba dance in the ...
In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful ...
In Cuba, where audiences sing along to ballet scores and ballet dancers are beloved celebrities, Valdés is something of a hometown hero. And she knows her mission: “I have the legacy of Alicia Alonso ...
The ballet star talks about Nutcracker in Havana, his company of young Cubans dancing their way to a better life and ...
(AP) Cuban state media say that Fernando Alonso, co-founder of Cuba’s National Ballet, has died. He was 98. Alonso was the ex-husband of world-renowned ballerina and fellow National Ballet co-founder ...
When she was just 3 years old, Carolina Rodríguez was captivated by the ballerinas in a Cuban television show called “Eternal Dance.” She set her sights high, entering the government-run Cuban ...
In the world of ballet, tutus and pliés usually take center stage, not social and political themes. But José Mateo, the artistic director and founder of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre, is using the ...
Cuban ballerina Lorena Feijoo returns to south Florida this weekend, joining Cuban National Ballet alum and former Miami City Ballet dancer Rolando Sarabia in Marius Petipa’s production of Don Quixote ...
Acclaimed Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta has received an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham. The accolade, which is the highest honour awarded by the university, was for the retired ...