The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) closed today its first tour of 2022, which was hosted for three days by the emblematic Sauto Theater, in this western Cuban city.
As in the days of Friday and Saturday, the public filled the capacity allowed in the health protocols against Covid-19 this Sunday, and lavished applause on the performances of the members of the famous company.
At the end of the performance and from the stage of the Sauto itself, the first dancer and general director of the BNC, Viengsay Valdés, told Prensa Latina that “with this ovation and this welcome we must return.”
“It is already an event created by itself, the public has been very eager to appreciate the National Ballet in another repertoire, that is why we must please and also to educate”, he stressed.
“We have made a great effort to provide diversity of choreographies but also that they are internationally recognized and can be appreciated by our audience,” he added.
The program included Cuban and foreign works such as Love Fear Loss, The Death of a Swan, the duet of Othello and Desdemona from the Prologue for a tragedy, Winter, Suite generis, and Majísimo.
The cast was headed by Sadaise Arencibia, Dani Hernández and Anette Delgado, with other figures such as Chanell Cabrera, Daniela Gómez, Chavela Riera, Alianed Moreno, Yankiel Vázquez, Anyelo Montero, Yansiel Pujada and Darío Hernández.
The performance of the BNC in this 300-year-old city is considered a cultural event and a long-awaited gift for its inhabitants, excellent hostesses of the ballet, in general, and of the group founded by Alicia Alonso.
The Sauto Theater, inaugurated on April 6, 1863, is one of the most important theaters in Cuba, a symbol and pride of Matanzas for its architectural splendor and the hierarchy of the artists who performed on its stage.
