When nobody expected it, Alicia Alonso entered the National Museum of Dance, and confessed that she did not think it had been so many years since the release of Giselle. Paraphrasing Carlos Gardel, 70 years is nothing…
Yuris Nórido , a Cuban journalist, says ” Alicia is Giselle .” Maybe that’s why the prima ballerina assoluta would not miss a stamp cancellation saluting the seven decades of her flagship role, with the American Ballet Theatre.
Like levitating, with her demeanor that can stand all types of ballasts, Alicia arrived with Pedro Simon, signed the table where the stamp was canceled with illustration by Portocarrero and hinted she still feels like dancing Giselle, her Giselle.
It was a fleeting appearance: reporters were happy until Alicia assistants cut them with a “Thank you! It’s all “and the diva left for the office of Simon, while an exhibition was opened on the anniversary of Giselle.
In recent months the event has been held in various ways, both in Cuba and in Spain, where Giselle was played by Anette Delgado in La Maestranza in Seville. In Cuba, the gala was in the Avellaneda Hall at the National Theatre.
Giselle, considered a masterpiece of romanticism, had its world premiere on June 28, 1841 at the Paris Opera, but critics agree that Alicia revived it and endorsed with interpretations that reached legendary status.
According to the Press Department of the National Ballet of Cuba, the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Giselle culminate in December with special performances of ballet and anthologies that works from the repertoire of the company, always at the National Theater.
