In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Six dancers who defected last month from the National Ballet of Cuba, one of the country's proudest and most prestigious institutions, auditioned at a Miami ballet group on Thursday.

When Ariel Serrano was just 11 – growing up in Santiago de Cuba and not much interested in the classical ballet training the Cuban government had selected him for the year before – he saw a ballet ...

“Aurora’s Wedding” by the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami will be performed on Saturday, May 11, at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and will feature dancers who abandoned the National Ballet of Cuban while ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - England's Royal Ballet will make its first visit to Cuba in July with performances that include a homage to Cuban ballet legend Alicia Alonso, ballet executives said on Wednesday.

Cuban ballerina Lorena Feijoo returns to south Florida this weekend, joining Cuban National Ballet alum and former Miami City Ballet dancer Rolando Sarabia in Marius Petipa’s production of Don Quixote ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A teacher with the National Ballet School of Cuba credited with launching the careers of some of the island’s most famous dancers is giving classes in Florida. Ramona de Saa is ...

HAVANA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The National Ballet of Cuba is celebrating its 75th anniversary with performances culminating in a tribute to its late founder Alicia Alonso, who used her global star power ...

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of ...

Cuban National Ballet School Founder and Director Ramona de Saa and Catherine Conley at a recent Ruth Page Center Gala. Conley will train under Ramona de Saa in Havana, Cuba beginning in September.