How far can someone go without having “the ideal conditions”? Viengsay Valdés wasn't born with the perfect body for ballet. She had a receding hairline due to alopecia caused by hair pulling in gymnastics, feet that didn't naturally open outward, and misaligned muscles from pedaling a bicycle—a transportation solution that ended up working against her. She was told she had the hands of a pianist, and perhaps that's why she loves the violin and piano. But dance was her thing.

"I think that the choreographer Iván Tenorio has been present", declared Aurora Bosch, Jewel of the Cuban Ballet, on the stage where the Ballet of Camagüey (BC) had once again released Cantata, just on International Dance Day.