The National Ballet of Cuba

As representative of the Cuban identity
as rumba or mambo, classical ballet
occupies a privilege place in Cuba's
cultural heritage.
The National Ballet of Cuba will make
a European tour in the next months ; it
will be in Madrid then in Denmark
between the 20th and 23rd of
September, in Italy, in Hungary and in
Belgium between the 1rst and 10th of
December and finally in Greece
between the 14th and the 31th of
December .
The National Ballet of Cuba.
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982-01: Alejo Carpentier school. Portaits of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-01: Alejo Carpentier school. Portaits of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro /
Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-02: Young ballerinas getting ready for the composition class / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-03: Ballerinas dressing up / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-04: Composition class, development of expression through movement /
Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-05: Composition class, development of expression through movement /
Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-06: Composition class, development of expression through movement /
Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-07: Composition class, development of expression through movement /
Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-08: Alejo Carpentier Elementary ballet school students / Cuba / La
Havane
982-31: "Coppelia" general view of the stage, Galina Alvarez and Rafaël Rivero
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-09: Portrait of young male dancers / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-10: Dancing class / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-11: Torn stockings displayed in a classroom / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-12: Torn stockings displayed in a classroom / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-13: National Ballet School, Havana's Grand Theater. Character dancing
class. / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-14: Warming up / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-15: Couple during a class. / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-16: Dancing class / Cuba / La Havane
982-19: Ballerinas in the stairways of Havana's Grand Theater
982-35: Shoemaker of the National Ballet
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-17: Break, ballerinas doing their hair / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-18: Ballerinas in the stairways of Havana's Grand Theater / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-19: Ballerinas in the stairways of Havana's Grand Theater / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-20: Portrait of a first ballerina: Lorna Feijoo. Now, Lorna Feijoo met in
the USA, her sister, Lorena, a ballerina too who played in Andy's Garcia movie "The Lost City". / Cuba / La
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-21: Dancing school of the National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-22: Dancing school of the National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-23: Rosario Suarez, first ballerina. Henceforth, Rosario Suarez has left
for Miami where she opened a ballet school. / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-24: "Don Quixote" at Havana's Grand Theater / Cuba / La Havane
982-06: Composition class, development of expression through movement
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-25: « Don Quixote », Galina Alvarez as Kitri / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-26: « Don Quixote », Galina Alvarez as Kitri / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-27: « Don Quixote », Pas-de-deux, Aydmara Cabrera (Kitri), Lienz
Chang (Vasilio) / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-28: « Don Quixote », Aydmara Cabrera as Kitri / Cuba / La Havane
982-32: Outside Havana's Grand Theater
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-29: « Don Quixote » / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-30: Lorna Feijoo as Coppelia / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-31: "Coppelia" general view of the stage, Galina Alvarez and Rafaël
Rivero / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-32: Outside Havana's Grand Theater / Cuba / La Havane
982-41: 1967, Fidel Castro congratulates Alicia Alonso backstage at the National Ballet
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-33: Outside Havana's Grand Theater / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-34: The woman in charge of laundering the costumes of the National
Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-35: Shoemaker of the National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-36: Seamstresses and wigmaker of the National Ballet / Cuba / La
Havane
982-12: Torn stockings displayed in a classroom
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-37: French class at the "Alejo Carpentier" Elementary School / Cuba /
La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-38: Alicia Alonso and her professor, Felix Rodriguez / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-39: Alicia Alonso training at the National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-40: Alicia Alonso training at the National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
982-38: Alicia Alonso and her professor, Felix Rodriguez
982-43: Alicia Alonso and her husband, Fernando Alonso
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-41: 1967, Fidel Castro congratulates Alicia Alonso backstage at the
National Ballet / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-42: 1964, Alicia Alonso and Ho Chi Min in Hanoï / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-43: Alicia Alonso and her husband, Fernando Alonso / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-44: Alicia Alonso and a class of ballerinas at the National Ballet / Cuba /
La Havane
982-26: « Don Quixote », Galina Alvarez as Kitri
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-45: After classes at "Alejo Carpentier" Elementary School / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-46: Young ballerinas practising barre exercises / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-47: National Ballet School, training for the pas-de-deux / Cuba / La
Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-48: "Don Quixote" bull fighters / Cuba / La Havane
982-45: After classes at "Alejo Carpentier" Elementary School
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-49: Alicia Alonso as a dancer, on stage / Cuba / La Havane
The National Ballet of Cuba / 982-50: 1989, "Don Quixote"Ana Lobe is Kitri and Julio Arozarena is Vasilio.
Ana Lobe then flew away to the USA and Julio Arozarena to Belgium / Cuba / La Havane
982-14: Warming up