HAVANA (Reuters) - A woman in a floaty dress wrestles a minotaur who reflects her inner demons in "Errand into the Maze", one of the Martha Graham Dance Company works that made its Cuban premiere this ...

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 ...

Saela Rivera-Martinez rehearses “The Awakening of Flora” recently at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Rivera-Martinez, 16, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ...

The ballet Giselle is a classic longed for and always welcomed by admirers of the Romantic repertoire and Cuban style, whose preservation is vital to the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami (CCBM). Under ...

When Ariel Serrano was just 11 – growing up in Santiago de Cuba and not much interested in the classical ballet training the Cuban government had selected him for the year before – he saw a ballet ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A teacher with the National Ballet School of Cuba credited with launching the careers of some of the island’s most famous dancers is giving classes in Florida. Ramona de Saa is ...

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of ...

HAVANA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The National Ballet of Cuba is celebrating its 75th anniversary with performances culminating in a tribute to its late founder Alicia Alonso, who used her global star power ...

“Aurora’s Wedding” by the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami will be performed on Saturday, May 11, at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and will feature dancers who abandoned the National Ballet of Cuban while ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - England's Royal Ballet will make its first visit to Cuba in July with performances that include a homage to Cuban ballet legend Alicia Alonso, ballet executives said on Wednesday.

(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 ...

Saela Rivera-Martinez was just 4 years old when a family friend, her “ballet godmother,” showed her excerpts from some of the world’s most famous ballets. It wasn’t “Giselle,” “Swan Lake” or even “The ...