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Viengsay Valdés as Kitri and Yansiel Pujada as Don Quixote in the Quijote of the National Ballet of Cuba. Photo: Teresa Wood / DC Theater Scene
The US government's visa policy has made it impossible for the Cuban national ballet to travel to this country, as announced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a press release and confirmed at Cubadebate an explanatory note on the address of the Cuban company
In a note sent to the publishers of Cubadebate the BNC states that "the joint project of the National Ballet of Cuba and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to present the ballet Nutcracker at the Hollywood Bowl, next August, did not get to the hiring phase, given the complicated procedures for obtaining visas
"This situation has been widely evaluated by both parties since the month of April this year," adds the BNC memo.
com press release published on the internet, the Los Angeles Philharmonic had reported that "the Cuban National Ballet was forced to withdraw from the performances of Nutcracker with the Dudamel concerts in the Hollywood Bowl on August 14 and 16, due to visa problems .
For this reason, the statement said, the presentations scheduled for the month of August were suspended in this American city, where the Cuban company would share the program with Venezuelan director Gustavo Dudamel.
the place of the canceled functions, part of the summer season of the angelina orchestra, concerts were announced with Omara Portuondo and Oscar of Leon, both with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles and Gustavo Dudamel
The most recent incursion of the BNC in the United States took place in late May and early June, when she introduced Don Quixote and Giselle at the Kennedy Center Opera, Washington, as the culmination of the Cuba Arts Festival
This initiative brought together some 400 Cuban artists in the US capital and included shows in its music program, dance and thea as well as exhibitions and cinema sessions.
Presentations at the Kennedy Center were part of a tour of the Cuban ballet company across North American territory, which took him, in addition to the capital, to cities of Chicago, Tampa and Saratoga Springs
(With LA Philharmonic press release / Updated with BNC information)
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