• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 11 / 07 / 2010

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Escrito por Rose Ana Berbeo. sábado, 06 de noviembre de 2010. 10:42Havana, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Performances by principal dancers of the Royal Ballet of London and the awards ceremony for the 7th Alicia Alonso Ibero-American Choreography Contest are two of the highlights on Saturday of the Havana Ballet Festival.

The Oct. 28-Nov. 7 festival is dedicated to Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, for her 90th birthday, and the last two days are chock full of delights.

Spanish dancer Tamara Rojo and her partner Nehemiah Kish will take the stage to dance Farewell, by Kenneth MacMillan and music by Tchaikovsky, while from the Royal, Roberta Marquez and Steven McRae will perform Sleeping Beauty.

Two winners of the choreography contest will be performed as well: Espectral, by Cuban Maysabel Pintado, and Entomo, by Spaniards Elias Aguirre and Alvaro Esteban.

The program also includes principal dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba, Bárbara García and Javier Torres, in A Rose for Miss Emily by Agnes de Mille, inspired by the William Faulkner short story, and principals Viengsay Valdés and Elier Bouzac in The Magic Flute, by Alicia Alonso.

A group from the American Ballet Theater will dance the Sinata Suite, by Twyla Tharp.mh/rab/ag-may.

Source: PL