Sergei Polunin Abruptly Leaves Royal Ballet

January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
The life of a professional ballet dancer is very demanding. Why did Sergei Polunin abruptly leave Royal Ballet?

Yesterday, we got the unexpected news: "Sergei Polunin Abruptly Leaves Royal Ballet." London balletomanes were in shock as were ballet lovers around the world. What could have pushed Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer and most promising member to walk out a week before performances? Sergei Polunin Abruptly Leaves Royal Ballet Polunin’s unprecedentedly abrupt departure was front-page news, but the 22-year-old star has long been food for headlines. His teenage debut as the … [Read more...]

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Ballet in Cuba, Birth of a School in the 20th Century

December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ballet in Cuba: Birth of a School in the 20th Century

Earlier this month in Buenos Aires, Argentina, renown dance historian for the CNB, Miguel Cabrera,  launched his latest treasure: Ballet in Cuba, Birth of a School in the 20th Century, (‘El Ballet en Cuba. Nacimiento de una Escuela en el Siglo XX’), abook in which the history of the Cuban National Ballet is documented. Cabrera writes in detail from its birth spanning six decades of the Cuban ballet, beginning with the 19th century. For the first time in Latin America has a book like … [Read more...]

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