To her admirers, Alicia Alonso is the gracious grande dame of Cuban classical ballet. To detractors, she’s a conservative cultural czarina who has clung to power even longer than Fidel Castro. But ...

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CHICAGO & HAVANA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cuban National Ballet School (Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba Fernando Alonso), one of the world’s most prominent ballet schools having produced Carlos Acosta ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Viengsay Valdés, a star ballerina and hometown hero, assumes the mantle worn, seemingly forever, by the 98-year-old Alicia Alonso. By Brian Seibert ...

Seven dancers with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba reportedly have defected while traveling last month in Mexico, with some of them resurfacing in the past week seeking asylum in the United States. The ...

Cuba has long had a vibrant and even dazzling dance culture. But surprisingly, the island nation is also recognized internationally as an important center for training in and appreciation of ballet—a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. It was 40 years ago this week that the Ballet Nacional de Cuba made its ...

American Ballet Theatre dancers promised pirouettes – not politics – during the troupe’s historic visit to Cuba this week, the first by the New York-based company since shortly after Fidel Castro’s ...

When students from the Stapleton School of the Performing Arts perform excerpts from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" Saturday at the Marin Center, the Russian ballet will have a decidedly Cuban flavor. That ...

Ballet Nacional de Cuba is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. The company's appearance at City Center (Oct. 15-19) turned out to be, in all respects, a tribute to Alicia Alonso, founder and ...