• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 11 / 22 / 2010

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Escrito por Ileana Ferrer Fonte. Domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2010. 11:37Santiago de Cuba. Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta kicks off his first national tour of Cuba on Sunday at the Heredia Theater in Santiago, fulfilling a longstanding desire of the artist and his fans.

The renowned artist, principal guest artist of the Royal Ballet of London, will perform "Suite of dances," by Jerome Robbins, as the feature piece of the program, accompanied by Cuban cello player Amparo del Riego and ballerinas Viengsay Valdes and Laura Rios.

His tour will cover the cities of Camaguey on November 23, Cienfuegos on November 25 and Pinar del Rio on November 27, and conclude in Havana on November 30.

In statements to the press, the young dancer said performances in the country's east, center and west were his settling of an old debt with his audience in Cuba, where his intensive and successful career is followed and admired.

The Cuban dancer has worked with prestigious companies such as the American Ballet Theatre, the Houston Ballet, the English National Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet.mh/rab/iff/mc. Modificado el ( domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2010 )

Source: PL