Editing Havana (section)

=== Performing arts ===
[[File:Ballet Nacional de Cuba.jpg|thumb|left|Ballet Nacional de Cuba performing at the Gran Teatro de La Habana]]
Facing Havana's Central Park is the [[baroque architecture|baroque]] [[Gran Teatro de La Habana]], a prominent theater built in 1837.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hashtaginfluence.com/places/grand-theater |title=170 Aniversario Gran Teatro |access-date=2019-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108051006/https://hashtaginfluence.com/places/grand-theater |archive-date=2019-01-08 }}</ref> It is now home of the [[Cuban National Ballet|National Ballet of Cuba]] and the [[International Ballet Festival of Havana]], one of the oldest in the New World. The façade of the building is adorned with a stone and marble statue. There are also sculptural pieces by [[Giuseppe Moretti]],<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020113649/http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/turismo/kaleidoscopio/granteatro1.htm Radio Havana-Cuba]- Existen también piezas escultóricas en las cuatro cúpulas del techo realizadas por Giuseppe Moretti.</ref> representing allegories depicting benevolence, education, music and theater. The principal theater is the [[Federico García Lorca|García Lorca]] Auditorium, with seats for 1,500 and balconies. Glories of its rich history; the Italian [[tenor]] [[Enrico Caruso]] sang, the Russian ballerina [[Anna Pavlova]] danced, and the French [[Sarah Bernhardt]] acted.

[[Alicia Alonso]] was a Cuban ''[[prima ballerina assoluta]]'' and choreographer whose company became the [[Cuban National Ballet|Ballet Nacional de Cuba]] in 1955.<ref>Mary Clarke and [[David Vaughan (dance archivist)|David Vaughan]] (eds) 1977. ''The encyclopedia of dance & ballet''. Pitmans, London. p. 16.<!--ISSN/ISBN needed--></ref> Alonso was born "on the outskirts" of Havana in 1920<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2019/10/17/fallece-alicia-alonso-la-prima-ballerina-assoluta-del-ballet-nacional-de-cuba/|title=Alicia Alonso, Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the National Ballet of Cuba dies|date=17 October 2019|website=CUBADEBATE|access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> She is best known for her portrayals of [[Giselle]] and [[Carmen Suite (ballet)|the ballet version of ''Carmen'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alicia-Alonso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429041909/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/16956/Alicia-Alonso|title=Alicia Alonso &#124; Cuban dancer &#124; Britannica|archive-date=29 April 2010|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>