In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful ...

Cuban ballerina Lorena Feijoo returns to south Florida this weekend, joining Cuban National Ballet alum and former Miami City Ballet dancer Rolando Sarabia in Marius Petipa’s production of Don Quixote ...

Alicia Alonso, who overcame near-blindness to become a charismatic ballerina of unusual range and power, and who helped found what became, with Fidel Castro’s support, the National Ballet of Cuba, ...

(AP) Cuban state media say that Fernando Alonso, co-founder of Cuba’s National Ballet, has died. He was 98. Alonso was the ex-husband of world-renowned ballerina and fellow National Ballet co-founder ...

Chester Storyhouse played host to a Cuban twist on a classic ballet as Carlos Acosta's Nutcracker in Havana wowed audiences.

A Cuban woman became the center of attention at Miami's Dolphin Mall when she spontaneously broke into a timba dance in the ...

When she was just 3 years old, Carolina Rodríguez was captivated by the ballerinas in a Cuban television show called “Eternal Dance.” She set her sights high, entering the government-run Cuban ...

In the world of ballet, tutus and pliés usually take center stage, not social and political themes. But José Mateo, the artistic director and founder of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre, is using the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Bolshoi Theatre celebrated the 90th birthday of Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso with a gala performance this week of Russian classics performed by her pupils and countrymen. The ...

After escaping Cuba for America, Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez started a ballet school. Now their son Francisco is a star at The Royal Ballet in London. Serrano is the son of Sarasota Cuban ...