Havana – Members of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet will perform in Havana's Karl Marx theater next week in their first appearance on the island in 30 years, Cuba's state-run press said on Friday.The return of the Bolshoi comes as part of a renewal of relations between Cuba and Russia, who were Cold War allies for three decades before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.Cuban press said dancers from the Bolshoi and the Cuban National Ballet will perform pieces from ballets such as "Giselle" and "The Nutcracker" on February 13 in conjunction with the annual Havana International Book Fair, which this year features Russian writers and artists.The reports did not say how many Bolshoi members would perform, but among those listed were principal dancers Anna Antonicheva, Dmitry Belogolovtsev and Galina Stepanenko. The company last performed in Cuba in 1980, they said.The Cuban National Ballet is led by 89-year-old ballet legend Alicia Alonso,...
- 2/5/2010
- backstage.com
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