Cuban Photography by Jorge V. Gavilondo

Jorge V. Gavilondo - Photography
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Havana, Cuba - Around the World

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso Galleries

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Alas (Wings) 10-03-2006 : Alas (Wings) is one of the last productions of the Lizt Alfonso Ballet. Beautiful performance, full of colors, feeling, rithm and force. Discipline, organization and artistic rigor characterize this excellent group, under the talented direction of Lizt. By the way, she also wrote a deep and beautiful love song delivered by the extraordinary voice of Miriam Ramos, that is the theme of a solo dance performance in Alas.

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Alas (Wings) 10-03-2006

Alas (Wings) is one of the last productions of the Lizt Alfonso Ballet ...

Updated: Apr 27, 2006 5:52am PST

Alas - During Rehearsals : During a rehearsal of Alas (Wings) at the company's venue I did some informal shooting. I selected these four images and prepared these poster-like photos in b&w...

Alas - During Rehearsals

During a rehearsal of Alas (Wings) at the company's venue I did some i ...

Updated: May 03, 2006 8:05am PST

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Variety performance 13-11-2005 : This was a second performance of the same program (see 11-11-05). Used more the 75-300 mm IS USM, alternating with the 28-135 IS USM, looking for close-ups. The images were batch processed in ARC, batch-saved as jpeg, and then batch processed in PS CS2 (NI, smart sharpen), and finally saved as medium quality jpeg for fast upload...many have potential to be individually worked, but there is little time now!

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Variety performance 13-11-2005

This was a second performance of the same program (see 11-11-05). Used ...

Updated: Nov 30, 2005 4:07am PST

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Variety performance 11-11-2005 : In this performance, with dancers of all ages, and a variety of different pieces, I concentrated in expressions, character, technique, and force that characterize the company...enjoy! The images were batch processed in ARC, batch-saved as jpeg, and then batch processed in PS CS2 (NI, smart sharpen), and finally saved as medium quality jpeg for fast upload...

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Variety performance 11-11-2005

In this performance, with dancers of all ages, and a variety of differ ...

Updated: Apr 26, 2006 2:02pm PST

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Elementos 14-08-2005 : The Ballet of Lizt Alfonso (Havana, Cuba; www.balletliztalfonso.cult.cu) is very professional and genuine manifestation of the fusion of musical and dance Spanish and African values in Cuban culture. Elementos (Elements) takes the aforementioned to produce an excellent ballet where Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind merge to sculp Humans....enjoy!

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Elementos 14-08-2005

The Ballet of Lizt Alfonso (Havana, Cuba; www.balletliztalfonso.cult.c ...

Updated: Aug 22, 2005 12:29pm PST

15th Anniversary Performance : The company arrived to its 15th anniversary with several celebrations that ended in the gala performance done at the recently renewed Karl Marx theatre (October 14, 2006), in Havana...in the following images you can see different stages of the performance, starting from the last rehersals/organization steps just before the curtain went up...in coordination with Lizt, I also inaugurated that night the first "virtual" Photographic Exhibit to be done in Havana, with 250 images of the company in rehersals and performances that were projected on two monster screens inside the theatre to the thousands sitting, for a closed cycle of two hours before the performance began...the name of the expo was "Force and Passion"...I am preparing a special gallery for the shown images...

15th Anniversary Performance

The company arrived to its 15th anniversary with several celebrations ...

Updated: Oct 23, 2006 9:04am PST

Fuerza y Pasión - Photo Exhibit : In ocassion of the 15th anniversary gala performances of the Lizt Alfonso Ballet, on October 14 and 15, 2006, we organized the first "virtual" Photographic Exhibits done in Havana. Using two large screens, we projected in a continuos cycle 250 photos to the thousands crowding the Karl Marx theater, for some two hours before the performances began...the name of the expo was "Force and Passion", a review of my formal and informal work of the last year with the Lizt Alfonso company...

Fuerza y Pasión - Photo Exhibit

In ocassion of the 15th anniversary gala performances of the Lizt Alfo ...

Updated: Oct 25, 2006 8:08am PST

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Updated: May 10, 2007 1:29pm PST

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Vida (Life) Part I Jan-2008 : "Vida"(Life) is the latest production of Lizt Alfonso, with excellent reviews in Canada in its presentations during 2007, that made Lizt Alfonso receive this year 3 nominations for the "Dora" awards from the Toronto Aliance for the Scenic Arts (Best New Musical Show, Best Direction, and Best Choreography; the first two shared with Canadian Kelly Robinson). "Vida" inaugurated the 2008 performances season of the Ballet de Lizt Alfonso (BLA) at the Mella theater in Havana...these are PROOFS images covering 5 live performances I shot as an assignment for BLA...in two of them my son José Victor Gavilondo(18) assisted me, using A 75-300 mm for details and close-ups...Omara Portuondo (Buena Vista Social Club) and L Valdés (Síntesis) had the main singer roles...main female and male dancing roles rotated...clothing designs and some scenographic details changed from one performance to the other, always in pursuit of perfection.... This first gallery (i.e. Part I) includes the 9 first acts, in the order of appearance: Fiesta, Evocación, Niñez, Espiritualidad, Amor, Represión-Conflicto, Nueva Era, Separación and Entrega...see Gallery with Part II in this same site for the remaining acts...

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Vida (Life) Part I Jan-2008

"Vida"(Life) is the latest production of Lizt Alfonso, with excellent ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2008 7:25am PST

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Vida (Life) - Part II Jan-2008 : This is the second Gallery (Part II) with PROOFS samples of my work in "Vida". It has the final acts in the following order: Maestra, Despedida, Tributo, and Celebración, to end with Saludos (Farewell)...

Ballet de Lizt Alfonso - Vida (Life) - Part II Jan-2008

This is the second Gallery (Part II) with PROOFS samples of my work in ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2008 8:09am PST

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