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 Cuban
Dancers Among Stars at Prague Ballet Gala
HAVANA, Cuba, March 8 (acn) Stars of the Ballet Nacional de
Cuba, Viengsay Valdes and Osiel Gounod will perform at the 7th
Prague Ballet Gala which will take place at the Prague State
Opera on March 12.
The Cuban dancers will perform
the Diane and Acteon Pas de Deux, a
choreography by Alicia Alonso on A. Vagánova’s original and
music by
Riccardo Drigo.
The BNC’s prima ballerina will also dance the Non, Je ne
Regrette Rien
solo by Ben van Cauwenbergh on the famous song by Charles
Dumont,
interpreted by Edith Piaf. This ballet was premiered in Cuba at
the 22nd
Havana International Ballet Festival.
Valdes and Gounod will share the stage with soloists from
renowned ballet
companies, such as the Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet,
Mariinski
Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet and the Opera Ballet of
Burdeaux, among
others.
The annual Prague Ballet Gala, which showcases outstanding
dancers from
various countries, has become a highly anticipated New Year's
tradition
for Czech audiences.
The Prague Ballet Gala is organized by Prague International
Ballet, a
nonprofit organization dedicated to improving professional dance
education, preserving ballet heritage and introducing the best
ballet
artists to Czech audiences.
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