Verb Ballets has announced a tour to Havana, Cuba, in February 2020 to continue a four-year collaboration with ProDanza. As part of The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project, Cuban dance legend and Director of ProDanza, Laura Alonso returns to Cleveland in January to reunite with the dancers of Verb Ballets and stage the full-length classical ballet, Romeo and Juliet. The dancers of Verb Ballets will travel to Cuba in February to join ProDanza for combined performances at The Teatro Nacional de Cuba running February 27 - March 1, 2020.
The project began in 2016 when Verb Ballets was invited to participated in Creative Fusion: Cuba Edition, an international artist residency program through The Cleveland Foundation. As a part of a tour visiting Cuban artists, Producing Artistic Director, Dr. Margaret Carlson met with world renowned dancer and director of ProDanza, Laura Alonso. There, they began the first steps in creating The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project to join the companies for one of a kind artistic exchanges. In 2017, Alonso came to Cleveland for two months to train the dancers of Verb Ballets in the Cuban ballet method. In the spring of 2018, this groundbreaking partnership toured Cuba for two weeks with performances at The Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro of Havana and the El Teatro Nacional by the combined companies. This significant international collaboration was featured in Pointe Magazine and encompassed performances of traditional Cuban ballets and American repertory viewed by thousands.Tickets $15 / Verb Ballets Center for Dance 3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Heights OH 44122
Verb Ballets opens the doors to the studio for audiences to observe as Laura Alonso stages Romeo and Juliet on the dancers of Verb Ballets. Learn about the Cuban ballet method and why it is so unique.
Tickets $10-35 / Breen Center for the Performing Arts 2008 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH 44113
This performance presents the work of four female choreographers, each bringing their distinctive style to this diverse repertory program. Laura Alonso restaged Diana y Acteon, the classical pas de deux that showcases the dancers' immense strength and technical confidence.
Tickets $50 / Verb Ballets Center for Dance 3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Heights OH 44122
Presentation of the excerpts of Romeo and Juliet as staged by Laura Alonso. This unique opportunity will provide an intimate studio performance of premières followed by a reception with the dancers of Verb Ballets.
Tickets $10 / Akron-Summit County Library Auditorium 60 S. High St. Akron, OH 44326
Verb Ballets presents The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project in Akron with a performance featuring works from Cuban repertory.
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