Cuban School of Ballet - Faculty

Faculty

Isabel Beatriz Cortina Alegre
Ballet Master for the 2010-2011 Dance Season 

Ms. Alegre has been hand selected by Alicia Alonso, Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Cuba, to be the resident ballet master at the Hamilton Cuban School of Ballet for the 2009- 2010 dance season.

Highlights from Ms. Alegre’s professional dance resume include:

Education 

• Graduate from the Havana Elementary School of Ballet Alejo Carpentier
• Graduate from the National Ballet School
• Graduate from the Higher Art Institute, Ballet Specialty  
• International Practical Course of the Cuban School of Ballet, Pro-Dance Center
• Course of Maitre de Ballet, Higher Art Institute, Prof. Aurora Bosch
• Master class with Dra. Ramona de Sáa, Higher Art Institute (ISA)
• Master class by Menia Martínez, ISA  
• Master class by Azari Plisetski, ISA

Professional Teaching Experience

• Ballet master at the BNC Special Training /Education Department includes teaching – professional dancer vocational program and foreign student workshops
• Teacher at the Pro Dance Center for children ages 4 to 13
• Ballet and Pointe teacher at the National Ballet School
• Ballet, Pointe, Repertoire, and Methodology teacher at the State Council’s School of Arts in Pachuca, Mexico
• Ballet teacher at the Kulturama School of Arts in Stockholm, Sweden

Staged Productions & Choreographic Collaboration

• Aladdin
• Hansel and Gretel with Eduardo Blanco
• La Floresta de las Amazonas with Brazilian Ballet Company “Stagium"
• Nace una estrella  with Eduardo Blanco
• Performance at the Opening Gala for the Ecological Congress of Sea Sciences
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs withGladys González
• The Enchanted Shrimp
• Tin Soldier
• Youth performance at the opening of the Cuban National Aquarium