The last hours of the company on Spanish soil were full of emotions, after the successful presentations in Zaragoza, capital of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain, where they danced Don Quixote, the same work with which the European tour began on December 5. last April.
At the farewell performance at the Teatro Principal of that city, the most famous of Marius Petipa’s great ballets with a Spanish theme was presented, in a choreographic version by Marta García and María Elena Llorente (and artistic-choreographic direction by Alicia Alonso), music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by Salvador Fernández.
The leading roles were played by Anette Delgado (Kitri), Dani Hernández (Basilio), Estefanía Hernández (Mercedes), Jorge Guerra (the bullfighter Espada), Gabriela Druyet (Queen of the Dryads) and Alianed Moreno (Amor).
The audience applauded the performances for several minutes and in reciprocity the group, together with the prima ballerina Viengsay Valdés and general director of the BNC, thanked them for the recognition.
As in Lisbon and 21 Spanish cities, displays of affection, applause accompanied by shouts of Bravo!, and sometimes Viva Cuba!, stood out in the performances.
The BNC offered 19 performances of the full version of “Don Quixote”, and nine dance concert-type programs in which, indifferently, works of different styles and ways of assuming this art were staged, and which included, among other works, the second act of “Giselle”, in a version by Alicia Alonso.
Likewise, “The Death of the Swan”, by Michel Fokine; “Majísimo”, by Jorge García; “Rítmicas”, by Iván Tenorio; the love duet from “Spartacus,” by Azary Plisetsky; “Seventh Symphony”, by Uwe Scholz; “The Death of a Swan”, by Michel Descombey;
“Didenoi”, by Maruxa Salas; “Double Bounce,” by Peter Quanz; “Love Fear Loss” (third pas de deux), by Ricardo Amarante; and “Muto”, by Alberto Méndez.
As a culmination, the members of the BNC paid tribute to José Martí, taking a photo from box number 13 of the Teatro Principal from where the young Martí and his inseparable friend Fermín Valdés Domínguez used to watch shows, basically plays.
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