Viengsay Valdés
Viengsay Valdés Herrera | |
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Valdés in Madrid 2007 | |
| Born | 10 November 1976 Havana, Cuba |
| Education | Alejo Carpentier Provincial Ballet School, National Art Schools (Cuba), Ballet Nacional de Cuba |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Parent(s) | Clara Herrera Rivero, Roberto Valdés Muñóz |
Viengsay Valdés is a Cuban ballerina. Since 2003, Valdés is the Prima ballerina and since 2019 she is the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Cuba (in Spanish: Ballet Nacional de Cuba).
Valdés developed a reputation as a dancer for her interpretations of the female lead roles in the ballets, Carmen, Giselle, Swan Lake, Blood Wedding, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée, and The Nutcracker. She also danced in notable pas de deux from Le Corsaire, Diana and Actaeon, Silvia, and Black Swan (El Cisne Negro).