Cleveland ballet dancers will be bringing American culture to Cuba next year with a series of planned performances in Havana. will be joining ProDanza, the troupe of Cuban dancer Laura Alonso, to form the .
Alonso visited Verb Ballets earlier this year as an artist in-residence.
Verb Ballets spokeswoman Jen Garlando says the upcoming trip and Alonso鈥檚 residence were inspired by a Cleveland cultural initiative.
鈥淰erb Ballets as well as many other Cleveland-based organizations received Cuban artists to come bring Cuban culture to Cleveland, and then exchange what they learned back to Cuba.鈥�
The combined group will perform a new ballet choreographed by Alonso鈥檚 son during their trip in March.
