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Daniela

Daniela
Daniela Francia

Born in Havana, she began her art studies in folk dance and popular dance workshops held at the Casa de Cultura in Centro Habana. At the age of 7, she entered the vocational classical ballet workshops taught at the "Fernando Alonso" National Ballet School. At the same school, she completed her elementary level and intermediate level ballet studies. In her student years she performed ballets such as Últimos días, by Laura Rodríguez and Paquita, Swan Lake, Two Swans and Pas de six. In 2015 she became part of the cast of the National Ballet of Cuba, under the direction of Alicia Alonso. She participated in national and international tours. During that time, she performed ballets such as Alicia Alonso's versions of La fille mal gardée, Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty Suite. She also The Magic Flute, by Alicia Alonso; Paquita (Grand Pas), by Marius Petipa; Flower Festival in Genzano, by August Bournonville; Les Sylphides, by Mijaíl Fokine; Theme and Variations, by George Balanchine; Dionea, by Gustavo Herrera; Seventh Symphony, by Uwe Scholz; Le papillon, by Peter Quantz; El poema del fuego, by Alberto Méndez and the opera Dido and Aeneas, with choreography by Alicia Alonso. She was a solo dancer in the ballets Tiempo de danzón, by Eduardo Blanco; Prospera, by Cathy Martson and Unto the End We Meet, by Kyle Abraham. During her years at the Cuban National Ballet, she was able to work with teachers such as Aurora Bosch, Ileana Farrés, Marina Villanueva, Lázaro Carreño, and Svetlana Ballester. Since January 2022 she is a dancer with Acosta Danza. In Carlos Acosta's company, she has danced pieces such as De punta a cabo, by Alexis Fernández (Maca); Satori, by Raúl Reinoso; Paysage, soudain, la nuit, by Pontus Lidberg; Two Dying Swans, by Carlos Acosta and Yaday Ponce. She participated in the World Ballet Day 2022. She is currently studying for a degree in Dance at the University of the Arts of Cuba.

 

 

Company

Carlos Acosta
Carlos Acosta
Director general
Goyo Montero
Resident Choreographer
Yaday Ponce
Artistic Director
Ivis Díaz
Ballet Teacher
Goyo Montero
Resident Choreographer
Yaday Ponce
Artistic Director
Ivis Díaz
Ballet Teacher
General Manager
Heian Perón Araujo
Technical Direction
Pedro Benítez
Coordination
Claudia Retureta
Press Department
Lester Vila Pereira
Stage Manager
Eduardo Peón
Sound technicians
José Acedo, Danill Massip and Ernesto Roque
lighting department
Pedro Benítez and Luis M. Caballero
Wardrobe
Yunet Uranga and Lourdes Izquierdo
Stage Hands
Fernando Villasuso and Javier R. Hernández
Piano
María de la Paz Álvarez
Percussion
Lino Pedroso
Graphic and audiovisual design
Yanaisy Puentes
Document Processor and International Relations
Rayselis Rodríguez
Administración
Antonio Eng Court
Economic management
Gisela Rodríguez and Emilio Fonte
Computer Consulting
Raciel Tabío
Medical Assistance
Dra. Noemí Serviat, Iskander Cobas, Carlos R. Rodríguez and Carlos García
Staff Assistant
Rolando Oliva
Services
Caridad Hernández, Magdalena Rodríguez, Ángel Luis Bruno, Margarita Fajardo, Maricelis Cabrera, Suzel Enoa and Belkis Ramírez
Drivers
Félix Bonne and Alfredo Piñón

Contact

+537 833 56 99

+537 833 57 01

Línea Nº 857 between 4 and 6, Vedado, Havana, Cuba