Cuban dance company Malpaso opens season in New York

Cuban dance company Malpaso opens a season at the Joyce Theater in the US city of New York on Tuesday with guests such as Grettel Morejon, prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), and prestigious musicians.
 
 
String quartet Alma, pianist Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, and violinist Ilmar Gavilan will accompany the company’s proposals live from January 21 to 26.

Most of the works will have their debut performance in the United States, such as “Retrato de Familia” (Family Portrait) by Cuban choreographer Esteban Aguilar, “Vertigo” (Dizziness) by Spanish choreographer Susana Pous, and “Ara” by Malpaso’s artistic director Osnel Delgado, which had its world debut during the 28th Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival in Havana in November 2024.

The piece combines the mastery of music creator Aldo Lopez Gavilan, who plays piano live, with dancers Morejon and Delgado, who come from classical and contemporary dance and show fluidity, sensitivity, and a certain shared finesse of movement.

Ara, the name of the child born of Delgado’s relationship with Iliana Solis, a dancer at Malpaso company, presents the discoveries, joys, and sacrifices of both parents, an accumulation of emotions perhaps common to other couples immersed in the adventure of being a mother and a father, according to Osnel.