The 2010 Second Caribbean Dance Biennale, expected to take place in Cuba at the end of March, will pay tribute to the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso. The event will bring together guests from 18 countries to the Teatro Mella and the Bertolt Brech Cultural Complex in Havana. The program includes the performance of work such as Non, by the Cuban choreographer Lisbet Sad, Oroyo So, and works by Ballet Rakatán, Guyana’s Julie Adami, the Cuban company Danza Abierta and Ecume, by the Articidence Company from Martinique.
Alonso was recently in Mexico, where she received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Visitors.