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Melisa

Melisa
Melisa Moreda

Born in the province of Matanzas. She began her approach to dance in the workshops offered by the company Danza Espiral and in the House of Culture of her city. In 2013 she began her dance studies at the “Alfonso Pérez Isaac” Vocational Art School. In 2015 she obtained the Third prize in female interpretation at the Ballet Festival of her Province and in 2016 the Gold medal in the children's contest of the International Meeting of Academies for the teaching of Ballet. She was recognized as the Most Outstanding Student in the Ballet specialty of her school, in the period 2017-2018. In 2018, she won the First Prize in Performance at the Matanzas Ballet Festival. That same year she entered the Acosta Danza Academy. During her she performed choreographies such as Avium, by Ely Regina; the “Waltz of the hours”, from the ballet Coppelia and “The waltz of the flowers”, from the Nutcracker; Siervo, by Héctor Rodríguez. She was part of presentations of Don Quixote Suite, by Carlos Acosta, together with the Acosta Danza company. In April 2019, she participated in the public performance together with the Acosta Danza Company at the inauguration of the Línea Street Cultural Corridor, as part of the XIII Havana Contemporary Arts Biennial. In 2020, she was recognized for her participation as an interpreter in the solo Transfiguración, by Gelvin Hermida, in the First Choreographic Contest of the Acosta Danza Academy. In November 2021, she is part of the dancers of the Stretch Timemonochromes Project, by Belgian choreographer Isabella Soupart, in the Cuban Art building of the National Museum of Fine Arts, during the celebration of the 14th Havana Contemporary Art Biennial. She graduated in 2022 and went on to join the founding cast of Acosta Danza Yunior. As part of it, the company has performed the pieces Around There is Nothing (Alrededor no hay nada), by Goyo Montero; Satori, by Raúl Reinoso; Paysage, soudain, la nuit, by Pontus Lidberg and De punta a cabo, in a version based on the original by Alexis Fernández (Maca).

Company

Carlos Acosta
Carlos Acosta
Director general
Yaday Ponce
Artistic Director
Ivis Díaz
Ballet Teacher
Yaday Ponce
Artistic Director
Ivis Díaz
Ballet Teacher
General Manager
Heian Perón Araujo
Technical Direction
Pedro Benítez
Coordination
Claudia Retureta
Press Department
Lester Vila Pereira
Stage Manager
Eduardo Peón
Sound technicians
José Acedo, Danill Massip and Ernesto Roque
lighting department
Pedro Benítez and Luis M. Caballero
Wardrobe
Yunet Uranga and Lourdes Izquierdo
Stage Hands
Fernando Villasuso and Javier R. Hernández
Piano
María de la Paz Álvarez
Percussion
Lino Pedroso
Graphic and audiovisual design
Yanaisy Puentes
Document Processor and International Relations
Rayselis Rodríguez
Administración
Antonio Eng Court
Economic management
Gisela Rodríguez and Emilio Fonte
Computer Consulting
Raciel Tabío
Medical Assistance
Dra. Noemí Serviat, Iskander Cobas, Carlos R. Rodríguez and Carlos García
Staff Assistant
Rolando Oliva
Services
Caridad Hernández, Magdalena Rodríguez, Ángel Luis Bruno, Margarita Fajardo, Maricelis Cabrera, Suzel Enoa and Belkis Ramírez
Drivers
Félix Bonne and Alfredo Piñón

Contact

+537 833 56 99

+537 833 57 01

Línea Nº 857 between 4 and 6, Vedado, Havana, Cuba