According to a note from the Cuban News Agency (ACN), the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) will present a new season of the classicDon Quixote on July 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Sala Avellaneda of the National Theater.
Under the general direction of Viengsay Valdés, it will have Valeria Mariaud, first soloist of the National Dance Company of Mexico, as a guest, together with the first Cuban dancer Dani Hernández, on July 9 and 15.
The leading roles of Kitri and Basilio will be assumed by Chavela Riera, principal dancer, and Yasiel Hodelín, soloist, on the 8th and 16th. On Sundays the 10th and 17th, the principal dancer Anette Delgado will share the stage with the principal dancer Narciso Medina.
On Thursday the 14th, you can see the performance of the dancer Luisa Márquez, together with the first dancer Yankiel Vázquez.
The Cuban version of Don Quixote, with choreography by Alicia Alonso, artistic-choreographic direction by Marta García and María Elena Llorente based on the original by Marius Petipa, it was presented for the first time on July 6, 1988 at the Gran Teatro de La Habana, although since 1950 the Alicia Alonso Ballet had added to his repertoire grand pas de deux of the third act.
Because it is a ballet created from passages from the The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quijote of La Mancha, of Miguel de Cervantes, Alicia Alonso carried out a careful work around the folk references.
