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Javier Torres (dancer)
Javier Torres (born, December 14, 1982) is a ballet dancer from Cuba known for dancing for Ballet Nacional de Cuba and Northern Ballet. Education Torres holds a BA Hons in Business Management and Leadership Practices from The Open University-UK, (2020). He also holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Cumbria University (2022). Career Torres graduated with honours from the Cuban National Ballet School, National Ballet School of Havana-Cuba as a ballet dancer and ballet teacher in year 2000. The same year, he joined Ballet Nacional de Cuba under the artistic-technical guidance of Alicia Alonso. While dancing for ''Ballet Nacional de Cuba'', Torres was promoted to ''Principal Dancer'' in 2004 and ''Premier Dancer'' in 2009. He performed in several countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He worked with the ballet coaches Loipa Araujo, Josefina Mendez, Aurora Bosch, and Marta García (dancer), Marta García. Torres joined Northern Ballet in 2010 as Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |