In this Oct. 30, 2014 photo, premier ballerina Viengsay Valdes, left, warms up at the National Cuban Ballet dance house in Havana, Cuba. The National Ballet of Cuba was founded in 1948 by Fernando Alonso and his wife, premier ballerina Alicia Alonso, who both rose to fame in the late 1940s in New York. It is considered one of the crown jewels of Cuban culture, prestige. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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