Eight members of the Camagüey Ballet (BC) they stayed in Spain During the company’s most recent tour, its director reported: Regina Balaguer.
“Unfortunately there are now eight left dancer“, he admitted in statements to the Camaguey newspaper Adelante, as he responded to the exodus of members of the company during his third trip to Spain between June and August.
“We won’t tie them up either, everyone is the owner of their life,” explained the Cuban dancer, teacher and director.
“But the most important thing is that they have completed all but two of the commitments; They showed their artistic and technical development. “We will look for alternatives,” he assured.
When it comes to how he maintains the strength of the company he leads despite his departures dancerBalaguer admitted that “it is a complex problem” and “much more intense at the moment, but the BC has experienced exodus throughout its history.” “People here develop and then go to Havana for reasons of salaries and prices, to go abroad or to another job,” he claimed.
She remembered when she was a dancer and Fernando Alonso When he led the BC, “at one point 13 principal dancers, first soloists, left, and the company moved on.” In 1994, 12 returned from Monterrey, leaving the company without men. “We went to Mexico in 2004 and six stayed, but in 2018 we went to Switzerland and Spain and no one stayed.”
The Camagüey Ballet’s third tour in Spain lasted eight weeks, from June 16 to August 6, and featured 43 performances of “Swan Lake” at the Teatre Apolo Barcelona and the EDP Gran Vía Theater in Madrid.
The main roles were played by principal dancers Rosa María Rodríguez and Yanni García and soloists Shirley Suárez and Harold Báez. The choreographic adaptation was carried out by the director and maître Rafael Saladrigasfrom the original by Marius Petipa And Lev Ivanovand the direction of the Balaguer occupation.