Cuba's ballet festival

Cuba's dancer Viengsay Valdes performs during the inauguration of the 23rd International Ballet Festival, at the newly renovated National Theater, in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 28, 2012. Hundreds of dancers and choreographers representing Latin America, Europe and the U.S. have gathered in Cuba for the biennial festival that runs through Nov. 7, 2012.

Cuba's dancer Dani Hern

Cuba's dancer Anette Delgado performs Shakespeare and his masks at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 30, 2012.

Cuban dancers Sadaise Arencibia and Victor Estevez perform at the inauguration of the 23rd International Ballet Festival, at the newly renovated National Theater, in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 28, 2012.

Dancers from Stars of the New York City Ballet perform "Junk Duet " at the Mella theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Cuban dancers perform during the inauguration of the 23rd International Ballet Festival, at the newly renovated National Theater, in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 28, 2012.

Cuba's dancer Leandro Perez performs Shakespeare and his masks at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 30, 2012.

Dancers from Stars of the New York City Ballet perform "Apolo" at the Mella theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Cuban dancers perform Shakespeare and his masks at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 30, 2012.

Dancers from Stars of the New York City Ballet perform "Apolo" at the Mella theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Cuban dancers perform at the inauguration of the 23rd International Ballet Festival, at the newly renovated National Theater, in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Cuba's dancer Anette Delgado performs La Fille mal gard

Cuba's dancer Anette Delgado performs Shakespeare and his masks at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 30, 2012.

Dancers from Stars of the New York City Ballet perform "Tango Fantasie" at the Mella theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Dancers from Stars of the New York City Ballet perform "Apolo" at the Mella theater in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 31, 2012.

Alicia Alonso, Cuba's prima ballerina and director of Cuba's National Ballet, center, is framed between stage theater curtains at the start of the inauguration of the 23rd International Ballet Festival, at the newly renovated National Theater, in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 28, 2012.