{"id":210836,"date":"2019-12-15T07:21:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=210836"},"modified":"2019-12-15T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:25:00","slug":"viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Viengsay Vald\u00e9s, between Ballet of Cuba\u2019s legacy and renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alicia Alonso\u2019s successor in the emblematic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/ballet-nacional-de-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Ballet of Cuba (BNC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hopes to update the institution after the death of its legendary director by introducing new choreographies, bringing teachers and supporting performances of dancers who emigrated to other companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with <em>The Associated Press<\/em>, 43-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/viengsay-valdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viengsay Vald\u00e9s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that Alonso&#8217;s insistence on classical technique and repertoire worked for decades and increased the company&#8217;s prestige, but modernizing the BNC is now imperative.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jJ2aICHXdT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-i-have-the-legacy-of-alicia-alonso-to-maintain-but-i-also-have-to-update-the-company\/\">Viengsay Vald\u00e9s: &#8220;I have the legacy of Alicia Alonso to maintain, but I also have to update the company&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Viengsay Vald\u00e9s: &#8220;I have the legacy of Alicia Alonso to maintain, but I also have to update the company&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-i-have-the-legacy-of-alicia-alonso-to-maintain-but-i-also-have-to-update-the-company\/embed\/#?secret=BvhNYXLq2f#?secret=jJ2aICHXdT\" data-secret=\"jJ2aICHXdT\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vald\u00e9s is looking to incorporate new pieces and bring dancers from other countries, including those who left the cast, to help teach the huge amount of new dancers and young colleagues on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSomething that I defend is that the classic is the artistic technical basis for a good dancer and from there it\u2019s possible to grow in another type of choreography,\u201d Vald\u00e9s said this Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat we have to do is enrich what we have today, develop what we have,\u201d she added. \u201cWithout this study of the past we cannot progress and yes, we must update the company.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-210836 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-2-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-2-1-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-2-1-750x493.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210840'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-3-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-3-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-3-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-3-1-750x492.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210841'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-5-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-5-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-5-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-5-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-5-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210842'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-6-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-6-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-6-1-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-6-1-750x484.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210843'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vald\u00e9s, one of the most recognized artists produced by the National Ballet of Cuba, in January became its artistic deputy director. Alicia Alonso, the BNC founder, passed away last October at the age of 98. Despite her official title, in practice she is in charge of the company&#8217;s operations, from the selection of programs to the promotion of dancers and the choice of roles, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to a system of artistic education that enlists children from an early age and takes them through the state academies to the National Ballet itself, this was the alma mater of hundreds of prominent dancers of the continent, from Mirta Pl\u00e1 and L\u00e1zaro Carre\u00f1o\u2015along with Joel and Jos\u00e9 Manuel Carre\u00f1o, part of one of several dance families on the island\u2015to Loipa Ara\u00fajo, Lorna and Lorena Feij\u00f3o, Rolando Sarabia, Taras Domitro, Anette Delgado and Carlos Acosta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company founded in 1959 has been criticized for clinging to a classic and romantic repertoire without encouraging innovation, factors that many of its members argued as the key element for the emigration of great dancers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vald\u00e9s, who started studying dance at age 10 and joined the BNC in 1994, said she has started addressing many of the company&#8217;s problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-210836 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-210844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-8-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-210844'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-210845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-1-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-210845'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-4-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-210846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-4-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-4-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-4-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-4-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-210846'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/viengsay-valdes-between-ballet-of-cubas-legacy-and-renovation\/attachment\/cuba-ballet-nacional-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-7-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-210847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-7-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-7-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-7-1-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cuba-ballet-nacional-7-1-750x480.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-210847'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the National Ballet of Cuba see a practice conducted by Viengsay Vald\u00e9s on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Havana. Photo: AP\/Ram\u00f3n Espinosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPersonally, I would try to promote, to give everyone the facility, access to that information they need as artists and that is a mission that I have since I took over the direction,\u201d said the dancer, who also performed in the Washington Ballet and Russia\u2019s Bolshoi, passing through British and Danish casts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month, Argentine dancer Julio Bocca spent two weeks in Havana giving master classes and helping prepare the company for the production of \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vald\u00e9s also said that she will support bringing and recognizing Cuban dancers who emigrated and who work in major companies around the world, some of whom left in the midst of strong criticism of the BNC, Alonso&#8217;s leadership style or the revolution, or abandoning functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IC6QHVUJ3O\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/danza\/ballet-de-cuba-levanta-veto-a-artistas-emigrados\/\">Ballet de Cuba levanta veto a artistas emigrados<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abBallet de Cuba levanta veto a artistas emigrados\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/danza\/ballet-de-cuba-levanta-veto-a-artistas-emigrados\/embed\/#?secret=WO7vITJCJX#?secret=IC6QHVUJ3O\" data-secret=\"IC6QHVUJ3O\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, some have returned to give performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think they can be given the opportunity to perform in Cuba,\u201d said the deputy director. \u201cThat also enriches these new generations,\u201d although at the same time she stressed for this she will not sacrifice the opportunities for developing local artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among other challenges that she recognizes, there is maintaining the prestige of the BNC in the competitive and demanding world of dance, as well as reinforcing the sense of belonging and the unity of its members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA great deal of hard work has to go into maintaining that technical, artistic quality, that name that we all need to continue developing and that we all need for it to continue sounding in the world, and being up to the big companies and what it means to have our own school,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia Alonso\u2019s successor in the emblematic National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) hopes to update the institution after the death of its legendary director by introducing new choreographies, bringing teachers and supporting performances of dancers who emigrated to other companies. 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