24 Oct 2023 2:21 AM
Ballet Carmen
History of a ballet
It was the dancer Maya Pliséstkaya who asked Maestro Alberto Alonso for a version of the classic Carmen. After attending a presentation of El solar, she approached the Cuban choreographer and dancer, and asked him to work with her on a version of Carmen from a new conception. Alberto Alonso said he felt challenged by Plisetskaya; not because he felt incapable, but because Roland Petit had premiered a version of …
10 Oct 2023 1:50 AM
The Psicoballet Project was founded in Cuba 50 years ago as a comprehensive, therapeutic, genuinely Cuban care system. It was conceived by the initiative of Doctor Georgina Fariñas, under the sponsorship and promotion of the Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, founding Director of the National Ballet of Cuba, and Doctor Bernabé Ordaz, founding director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana. From the beginning, the …
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