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Danza Voluminosa, a Cuban ballet troupe, fat dancers win respect

Formed a decade ago by Juan Miguel Mas, this company of obese dancers has become a cultural phenomenon in Cuba, breaking stereotypes here of dance, redefining the aesthetics of beauty and, along the way, raising the self-esteem of heavyset people. Read More

Paying homage to a diva, Zenaida Armenteros

In paying homage to the diva, the Consejo Nacional de las Artes Escénicas organized a honouring program presented at the Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura. Read More

Giselle succeeds in Paris with the guidance of Alicia Alonso

"Giselle", an original work by the French writer, poet and literary critic, Teofile Gautier, returns to stage, on this occasion, under the guidance of our prima ballerina assolutta and Director of the Cuban National Ballet, Alicia Alonso. Read More

Still alive traditions of Santiago de Cuba Carnival

Cubans and especially those from Santiago de Cuba like carnivals, the sprees, charangas or other kinds of invitation, but they choose to enjoy this show, its like paying tribute to the tradition Read More

Cuban National Ballet arrives in Paris

The Cuban National Ballet (BNC), headed by its director Alicia Alonso, arrived in Paris, where they will have their main presentation today at the Grand Palais Theater. Read More

The Bolshoi Ballet returns to London for three weeks summer season

International superstar Carlos Acosta appears as a Guest Artist with the Bolshoi dancing the lead role in Yuri Grigorovich's heroic Soviet-era ballet Spartacus - a work which has become synonymous with the Bolshoi name (August 6, 8). Read More

Carlos Acosta in the Bolshoi

Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta is currently one of the top worlds ballet figures and a superstar of the London Royal Ballet Covent Garden with which hell dance in the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow this month. Read More

Cuban band shines at Montreal Jazz Festival

The authenticity of the Cuban rumba group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas received raving audience reviews at the recently concluded Montreal 2007 Jazz Festival. The legendary group from the northwestern Cuban province of Matanzas performed before thousands of people, giving the best of their traditional repertoire while showing that rumba is alive in todays Cuban music. Read More

Cuba's Lizt Alfonso Ballet dance troupe returns from Canada

The Lizt Alfonso Ballet Troupe and their dance musical titled "Vida" (life) were highly acclaimed in a recent series of performances at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theater during the Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity 2007. Read More

Cuba's National Ballet in Paris Summer Dance Festival

The National Ballet of Cuba will travel this weekend to France, to take part in the "Les Etés de la danse de Paris" (Paris Summer Dance Festival) from July 16 to August 3. Read More

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