NewsWhore
07-25-2008, 05:20 PM
The Cuban National Ballet will perform for the festivities marking the third period of President Leonel Fernandez on 16 August, according to the Cuban News Agency. Legendary Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso has prepared a new work as homage to the 145th anniversary of the beginning of the Restoration War (that marked independence from Spain) and the start of the second consecutive term of President Fernandez.
Alonso says that she choreographed the ballet, ?A la caida de la tarde? (At dusk) inspired in a symphonic poem by Dominican composer Jose Dolores Peon. ?I have always been fascinated by dusk, which it is of great beauty in Cuba, as it is also in the Dominican Republic, something common in the Caribbean," said the Cuban dancer. This will be the sixth time that the Cuban National Ballet has performed in the Dominican Republic since its first show in 1976. The other performances took place in 1983, 1987, 1996 and 2003.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)
Alonso says that she choreographed the ballet, ?A la caida de la tarde? (At dusk) inspired in a symphonic poem by Dominican composer Jose Dolores Peon. ?I have always been fascinated by dusk, which it is of great beauty in Cuba, as it is also in the Dominican Republic, something common in the Caribbean," said the Cuban dancer. This will be the sixth time that the Cuban National Ballet has performed in the Dominican Republic since its first show in 1976. The other performances took place in 1983, 1987, 1996 and 2003.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)