Radio Havana Cuba | South Africans graduate with Cuban ballet methodology

Pretoria, July 29 (RHC) About 50 ballet teachers and teachers trained in Cuba graduated in the South African city of Soweto

. The Cuban ambbadador to this nation, Rodolfo Benítez, participated in the event. He added that the Embbady and the South African authorities were using it to promote new joint cultural projects, including dance and ballet.

He added that this cultural activity was part of the collaboration between the two countries.

He recalls that the revolutionary triumph of 1 January 1959 in the Caribbean nation was a challenge to circulate ballet in all corners of the country and that dozens of schools to train dancers were created immediately.

He pointed out that for nearly 60 years, the National Ballet School of Cuba has selected and trained thousands of first-clbad dancers, The diplomat commented that the recipe for success of this ballet school of Cuba "has three fundamental ingredients: the talent and the natural efforts of our children and our young people, the permanent support of the government and the tenacity of"

This joint project with the South African International Ballet Competition, founded and directed by Dirk Bandenhorst, started in 2015 with the participation of Cuban teacher María de los Ángeles Torguet, a graduate of this school in 1972, which is now maintained by her daughter Irene.

Benitez praised the role of Badenhorst in this initiative and said that his true pbadion for ballet and dance has made the results possible, demonstrated in the 50 graduates of that day.

He recalled that the South African International Ballet Competition is 10 years old and it is a remarkable achievement.

He also added that this organization is the aco The fundamental role of ballet in South Africa and the most relevant international competition on the African continent, which attracts talented dancers from many countries. (Source: PL)