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Alicia Alonso to Head Tour of Spain of Cuba’s National Ballet Company in September
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Alicia Alonso to Head Tour of Spain of Cuba’s National Ballet Company in September

Cuban ballerina and choreographer Alicia Alonso will head the tour of Spain that the National Ballet Company (BNC) will begin on September 16, according to her interview with EFE.

 

The BNC director, who will turn 95 on September 21, is currently absorbed in rehearsals of the pieces that her company will interpret in its presentations in Spain, the Cubasi Web site reported on Monday. Halfway through the Spanish tour, the BNC will travel to Oman to offer a performance at the Opera House of Muscat.

 

The artist said that this visit to Spain, where it is traditional for the island's company to present at least a season of performances a year, will open in El Canal Theater in Madrid, where it will dance until October 4.

 

The program of the seven performances in Madrid includes the ballets "Les Sylphides", "Celeste" and "Carmen".

 

Later these pieces will be repeated during the itinerary that the Cuban group will follow starting from October 7 in Cuenca, Pamplona, ??Bilbao and Burgos.

 

The last stops of the artistic tour will be in Leon, Zamora, Palencia, Oviedo, Barcelona, ??Soria and Aranda del Duero, and will end on November 7 in San Sebastian.

 

Source: ACN