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Viengsay Valdés
Cuban ballerina (born 1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viengsay Valdés is a Cuban ballerina. Since 2003, Valdés is the Prima ballerina and since 2019 she is the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Cuba (in Spanish: Ballet Nacional de Cuba).[1]
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Viengsay Valdés Herrera | |
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![]() Valdés in Madrid 2007 | |
Born | 10 November 1976 Havana, Cuba |
Education | Alejo Carpentier Provincial Ballet School, National Art Schools (Cuba), Ballet Nacional de Cuba |
Occupation | Ballet dancer |
Parent(s) | Clara Herrera Rivero, Roberto Valdés Muñóz |
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Valdés developed a reputation as a dancer for her interpretations of the female lead roles in the ballets, Carmen, Giselle, Swan Lake,[2] Blood Wedding, Don Quixote,[2] Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée, and The Nutcracker.[3] She also danced in notable pas de deux from Le Corsaire,[4] Diana and Actaeon, Silvia, and Black Swan (El Cisne Negro).[2]