chrisk217 Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Does anyone know of a working site for BNdC ? I've been visiting this address for the last weeks: http://www.balletcuba.cu/ but the site does not seem to work (it worked fine a few months ago). I'm trying to find out their touring program for the coming months. They were supposed to be around my part of the world from 14th to 30th of December with Don Q and Giselle but there has been no promotion, no ads, no announcements and I'm starting to wonder. If anyone can give a link to their touring schedule or more information it will be very much appreciated. Link to comment
Paquita Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Couldn't find a website of their complete touring schedule. I know that they are in Hamilton, Ontario quite a bit for the Nutcracker and next year for Hansel and Gretel and Giselle. Here's their Hamilton schedule. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 The BNC official web site is out of order for now. Here is the last update on their touring schedule. 2007 performances and tour dates Dates City Country Ballets Americas January 6 - January 7, 2007 Havana Cuba Les Sylphides, Sinfonía Para Nueve Hombres, The Magic Flute February 8 - February 9, 2007 Antigua Guatemala Guatemala Giselle February 15, February 16, February 17 & February 18, 2007 Havana Cuba Coppélia February 20 - March 18, 2007 Mexico Tour: Mexico City, San Luis Potosí, Monterrey, Chihuahua, Saltillo, Torreón, Ciudad Juárez, Villahermosa Mexico La Magia de la Danza, Coppélia March 7 - March 25, 2007 Ecuador Tour (various cities) Ecuador Swan Lake, Alfonsina, Coppélia, Tablada, Flames of Paris, Chaikovski Pas de Deux, Diana y Acteon, Danzas de Mozart, Le Corsaire, March 30 - April 1, 2007 Havana Cuba Prólogo Para Una Tragedia, Pas de Deux Mozart Divertimento April 5 - April 8, 2007 Havana Cuba La Magia de la Danza, April 9 - April 15, 2007 San José Costa Rica Tiempo de Danzón, Le Corsaire, Después del Diluvio, Coppélia, El Chueco April 13 - April 14, 2007 Matanzas Cuba Varied program April 22 - April 29, 2007 Havana Cuba XIX Festival La Huella de España, Majisimo April 26 - 29, 2007 São Paulo Brazil La Magia de la Danza May 1, 2007 Maceió Brazil Giselle May 5 - May 6, 2007 Havana Cuba Varied program May 6 - May 7, 2007 Recife Brazil Le Corsaire May 9, 2007 Aracaju Brazil Coppélia, May 11 - May 13, 2007 Brasilia Brazil Tiempo de Danzón, Le Corsaire, Después del Diluvio, Coppélia, El Chueco May 16 - May 17, 2007 Florianópolis Brazil Giselle June 4 - June 10, 2007 Havana Cuba Función de clausura del curso académico 2006-2007 del Taller vocacional de la Cátedra de Danza del Ballet Nacional de Cuba June 16 - June 17, 2007 Cárdenas Cuba Varied program June 22 - June 24, 2007 Havana Cuba Giselle June 28 - July 1, 2007 Havana Cuba Giselle July 6 - July 7, 2007 Cárdenas Cuba Varied program July 14 - July 15, 2007 Havana Cuba Tiempo Fuera de la Memoria August 3 - August 5, 2007 Cienfuegos Cuba Tiempo Fuera de la Memoria October 5 - 7 2007 Havana Cuba 50th Ann. of Tema y Variaciones October 12 - October 14, 2007 Havana Cuba Pas de Quatre, Napoli November 24 - November 25, 2007 Cárdenas Cuba Varied program December 9 - December 17, 2007 Ontario Canada The Nutcracker December 24, 2007 / January 1, 2008 Havana Cuba TBA Europe Dates City Country Ballets May 1 - 20, 2007 Spain Tour: Palma de Mallorca and Valencia Spain Cinderella July 6 - August 5, 2007 Paris France Don Quixote, Giselle August 20 - September 23, 2007 Europe Tour 3: Copenhagen, Madrid Denmark, Spain Cinderella, Swan Lake, La Magia de la Danza November 1 - December 10, 2007 Europe Tour 4: Belgium, Hungary, Italy Don Quixote, Giselle December 14 - 31, 2007 Europe Tour 5: Athens Greece Don Quixote, Giselle Hope it helped... Link to comment
chrisk217 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 thank you! The question remains though because that's the schedule i had. Two weeks before the announced date there is no no official announcement or any trace of advertising in the media here. Odd... December 14 - 31, 2007 Europe Tour 5: Athens Greece Don Quixote, Giselle Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 thank you!The question remains though because that's the schedule i had. Two weeks before the announced date there is no no official announcement or any trace of advertising in the media here. Odd... December 14 - 31, 2007 Europe Tour 5: Athens Greece Don Quixote, Giselle I know...BNC PR services are unexistent, and for some odd reason, their web site, very active in the past, has been closed for a long time...and no word on when are they planning to re open it... Sorry for not being more helpful... Link to comment
chrisk217 Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 With the help of a good friend (thanks jm :blush: ) I finally found a solution to this mystery. The official site is not at the url given by wikipedia but here: http://www.balletcuba.cult.cu/ The new url now appears on the 13th page of google results for the keywords: ballet cuba and on the 3rd page of google results for: Ballet National de Cuba, hopefully it will climb higher as time goes by. If you click on Presentationes you get the program of their tours for 2008. Their tour in my city is December 2008, not December 2007 as wikipedia claimed. A few other points are cleared up by that schedule. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks Chrisk217 for your helpful information!. I copied the schedule which goes as follow: 2008 /2009 NBC schedule JANUARY: 01/01/08 thru 01/05/08 . Havana: "Shakespeare and his masks" (Chor. Alicia Alonso. Music: Charles Gounod. Libretto: Jose Ramon Neyra based on Romeo&Juliet,by William Shakespeare. 01/24, 01/25, 01/26 (8:30 pm.) and 01/ 27 (5:00 pm.) Havana Nutcracker (Chor: Alicia Alonso after Lev Ivánov. Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. FEBRUARY 01/30- THRU 02. COSTA RICA TOUR. Chopiniana (Stage: Alicia Alonso after Fokine. Music: Frederik Chopin. La fille Mal gardée (Chor: Alicia Alonso after Jean Dauberval. Music: Peter Ludwig Hertel. 02/14, 02/ 15 , 02/ 16 (8:30 pm.) and 02/17 (5:00 pm.) Havana. Swan Lake .Chor: Alicia Alonso after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivánov. Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. 02/ 20 thru 03/ 15 . MEXICO TOUR "Shakespeare and his masks" APRIL-MAY SPAIN TOUR : Giselle (Chor. Alicia Alonso after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Libretto: Théophile Gautier, Vernoy De Saint-Georges and Jean Coralli) The magic of Dance (Classical Ballet Anthology) Swan Lake EGYPT TOUR Don Quixote (Chor: Alicia Alonso / Marta Garcia / Maria Elena Llorente after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorski. Music: Ludwig Minkus. JUNE 06/22 THRU 06/30. CANADA TOUR Giselle OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 10/28 THRU 11/06 XXI International Ballet Festival of Havana, celebrating the 60 th Anniversary of National Ballet Of Cuba :blush: 11/20 thru 12/13 FRANCE TOUR Don Quixote Giselle DECEMBER 12-13 thru 12/31 GREECE TOUR Don Quixote Giselle 2009 JANUARY Havana. 01/01 New Year's Gala 01/01-01/30 GERMANY/ITALY TOUR Don Quixote Giselle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBMASTER Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thanks Chrisk217 for your helpful information!. I copied the schedule which goes as follow:2008 /2009 NBC schedule JANUARY: 01/01/08 thru 01/05/08 . Havana: "Shakespeare and his masks" (Chor. Alicia Alonso. Music: Charles Gounod. Libretto: Jose Ramon Neyra based on Romeo&Juliet,by William Shakespeare. 01/24, 01/25, 01/26 (8:30 pm.) and 01/ 27 (5:00 pm.) Havana Nutcracker (Chor: Alicia Alonso after Lev Ivánov. Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. FEBRUARY 01/30- THRU 02. COSTA RICA TOUR. Chopiniana (Stage: Alicia Alonso after Fokine. Music: Frederik Chopin. La fille Mal gardée (Chor: Alicia Alonso after Jean Dauberval. Music: Peter Ludwig Hertel. 02/14, 02/ 15 , 02/ 16 (8:30 pm.) and 02/17 (5:00 pm.) Havana. Swan Lake .Chor: Alicia Alonso after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivánov. Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. 02/ 20 thru 03/ 15 . MEXICO TOUR "Shakespeare and his masks" APRIL-MAY SPAIN TOUR : Giselle (Chor. Alicia Alonso after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Libretto: Théophile Gautier, Vernoy De Saint-Georges and Jean Coralli) The magic of Dance (Classical Ballet Anthology) Swan Lake EGYPT TOUR Don Quixote (Chor: Alicia Alonso / Marta Garcia / Maria Elena Llorente after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorski. Music: Ludwig Minkus. JUNE 06/22 THRU 06/30. CANADA TOUR Giselle OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 10/28 THRU 11/06 XXI International Ballet Festival of Havana, celebrating the 60 th Anniversary of National Ballet Of Cuba 11/20 thru 12/13 FRANCE TOUR Don Quixote Giselle DECEMBER 12-13 thru 12/31 GREECE TOUR Don Quixote Giselle 2009 JANUARY Havana. 01/01 New Year's Gala 01/01-01/30 GERMANY/ITALY TOUR Don Quixote Giselle A little update, on BNC's schedule for April: "Grand pas de Quatre" : Alonso afer Perrot/Pugni "Time out of memory": Brian MacDonald/Paul Creston. "Theme and Variations" Balanchine/Tchaikowsky "Flames of Paris". Alonso after Vainonen/Asafiev. ( I wonder if they will do the whole ballet...? ) "Dionaea". Gustavo Herrera/ Heitor Villa Lobos. Good luck BNC! Link to comment
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