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24 images Created 28 Jun 2015

La Bailarina

The grace, skill, and beauty of members of the Cuban National Ballet is manifest in this series as they pose in a colonial mansion in Habana, Cuba. The privately owned mansion is located in the neighborhood of Vedado, and the portrait session was arranged for our group as participants of a Lorne Resnick Photography Workshop. Cuban ballet dancers are some of the most esteemed in the world, noted for their style, technique and work ethic. They often earn more money than doctors, and are recognized by the government as a tremendous cultural asset. As such, the Cuban National Ballet receives government funding, allowing the company to travel internationally for performances.

Also depicted in this series are images from The Centro de promoción de la Danza, a ballet school started by Laura Alonso in 1994. Laura Alonso is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the founder of Cuba’s National Ballet Company and a world Premier Ballerina. The school, also known as Centro Pro Danza, is housed in a large, partially dilapidated mansion in a poor barrio of Habana. The school receives minimal government funding, and accepts donations to cover the cost of costumes, shoes, and other expenses.
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  • Ballerina Elianys Torres Morales of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Ballerina Elianys Torres Morales of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Ballerina Elianys Torres Morales of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Dancers practise at the Centro de promoción de la Danza, a ballet school founded by Laura Alonso. Laura Alonso is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the founder of the Cuban National Ballet and a World Premier Ballerina.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Ballerina Elianys Torres Morales of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Dancers practise at the Centro de promoción de la Danza, a ballet school founded by Laura Alonso. Laura Alonso is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the founder of the Cuban National Ballet and a World Premier Ballerina.
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  • Yohanis Sanchez of Laura Alonso's Ballet Company.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Dancers practise at the Centro de promoción de la Danza, a ballet school founded by Laura Alonso. Laura Alonso is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the founder of the Cuban National Ballet and a World Premier Ballerina.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Dancers practise at the Centro de promoción de la Danza, a ballet school founded by Laura Alonso. Laura Alonso is the daughter of Alicia Alonso, the founder of the Cuban National Ballet and a World Premier Ballerina.
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  • Chantal Labarge poses at Centro Promociõn de la Danza ballet school in Habana. She came from Canada to study ballet at the school.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Carolina Garcia of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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  • Patricia Hernandez, the principle dancer of Laura Alonso's Ballet Company.
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  • Ballerina Elianys Torres Morales of the Cuban National Ballet poses in a private mansion in Habana, Cuba.
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