{"id":2759,"date":"2024-04-24T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:15:16","slug":"the-national-ballet-of-cuba-continues-its-tour-through-spain-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/the-national-ballet-of-cuba-continues-its-tour-through-spain-photos-24042024\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Ballet of Cuba continues its tour through Spain (+Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Ballet of Cuba presented two performances, with barely 30 minutes between each, this Sunday, April 21, at the Fernando Arrabal Kursaal Theater in the Autonomous City of Melilla, located in the northern part of the African continent.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program, diverse and captivating, featured the scene of the bullfighters from \u00abDon Quixote\u00bb \u2014to which the Grand Adagio of the pas de deux from the third act was added in the second performance\u2014; starring Jorge Guerra and Estefan\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez as the bullfighter Espada and his lover Mercedes, respectively (in the 7:00 p.m. performance), and Viengsay Vald\u00e9s (Kitri), \u00c1nyelo Montero (Basilio), Gabriela Druyet (Mercedes), and Luis Fern\u00e1ndez (Espada). \u00abMuto\u00bb by Alberto M\u00e9ndez, featuring Roque Salvador; \u00abDidenoi\u00bb by Maruxa Salas, performed by Loiret Ortega (first performance) and Paloma Blanco (second performance), alongside Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Gonz\u00e1lez and \u00c1ngel Rojas, who made their debut in this ballet. \u00abLoss,\u00bb the third pas de deux from \u00abLove Fear Loss\u00bb by Ricardo Amarante, with Viengsay Vald\u00e9s, \u00c1nyelo Montero, and pianist Idalgel Marquetti; and \u00abMaj\u00edsimo\u00bb by Jorge Garc\u00eda, featuring Anette Delgado and Dani Hern\u00e1ndez (lead couple), Laura Blanco and Alejandro Alderete, Estefan\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez and Jorge Guerra, and Alianed Moreno and Luis Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spartacus\u00bb, with Anette Delgado and Dani Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first performance also included the love duet from \u00abSpartacus\u00bb by Azari Plisetsky, performed by Anette Delgado and Dani Hern\u00e1ndez, and \u00abRhythmic\u00bb by Iv\u00e1n Tenorio, with Gabriela Druyet and Yunior Palma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In attendance at the second performance was Mrs. D\u00f1a. Fadela Mohatar Maanan, the Culture Counselor of Melilla, who, after the show, took to the stage to congratulate and thank the Cuban artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: the pianist Idalgel Marquetti; \u00c1nyelo Montero and Viengsay Vald\u00e9s in \u00abLove Fear Loss\u00bb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Kursaal Theater, equipped with state-of-the-art stage technology, is the most important venue in the Autonomous City of Melilla. Built and inaugurated in 1930, it reopened its doors after major renovations in 2011. In 2017, it was renamed the Kursaal-Fernando Arrabal Theater in the presence of the Melilla-born playwright, poet, novelist, and filmmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabriela Druyet y Yunior Palma en \u00abR\u00edtmicas\u00bb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00abMaj\u00edsimo\u00bb with Anette Delgado and Dani Hern\u00e1ndez, Laura Blanco and Alejandro Alderete, Estefan\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez and Jorge Guerra, and Alianed Moreno and Luis Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gabriela Druyet (Mercedes) and Luis Fern\u00e1ndez (Espada) in a fragment of \u201cDon Quixote\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Viengsay Vald\u00e9s and \u00c1nyelo Montero in the Grand Adagio of the pas de deux from \u201cDon Quixote\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mrs. Fadela Mohatar Maanan, Minister of Culture of Melilla, together with Leading Figures, Soloists and the Dance Corps of the National Ballet of Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: National Ballet of Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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