Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Oct 21.- On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the National Ballet of Cuba and the 80th anniversary of Alicia Alonso's debut in the character of Gisselle, an exhibition was inaugurated with photos of the artist from around the world.
The exhibition is titled This is how my eyes saw it, composed of photographs by the writer Pedro Simón, life companion of the Prima Ballerina Assoluta, and which are now exhibited in the Galería de los Oficios in Old Havana, as part of an event framed in the celebrations for Cuban Culture Day.
Alicia appears in locations of artistic and historical interest in countries such as Spain, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom and others, and includes a Cuban exhibition taken in the primate town of Baracoa, at the eastern end of the island.
According to journalist Yuris Nórido at the premiere, the exhibition reveals to the viewer a much closer, personal and citizen-like Alice.
She highlighted that the founder of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC in Spanish) can also be seen in these images as a symbol of the homeland culture.
According to the presentation document of the exhibition, perhaps trying to capture what the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson called the decisive moment, the editor and critic Pedro Simón has captured for the Cuban visual imaginary of all time the purest essences of the person of Alicia Alonso.
On behalf of the Trades Gallery, the prominent plastic artist Nelson Domínguez presented a decorated fan and a flower grown there to the prima ballerina and general director of the BNC Viengsay Valdés, in the context of numerous cultural events.
The Cuban Vice Minister of Culture Fernando Rojas, personalities from dance and other manifestations, and art lovers participated in the opening of the exhibition. (Text and photo: PL)
