• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 04 / 24 / 2011

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By Alberto de la Cruz on 04/23/2011. Cuban classical ballet dancer Nieser Zambrana who defected from Cuba in Canada recently will be performing in Tampa: Cuban ballet dancer who defected leaps onto Tampa stage.

Playing the character for the Patel Conservatory’s Next Generation Ballet production is a 21-year-old professional dancer named Nieser Zambrana.

Four months ago, Zambrana was part of the strictly classical National Ballet of Cuba, living off $20 a month in a dorm-style dance company apartment in Havana.

If only he could get to America, Zambrana thought, he could perform any number of dance styles with any number of dance companies. He could live on his own and support himself and a future family.

Cuba was home, but America was opportunity.The big break came with a company tour in Canada. Defecting, Zambrana said, would be as simple as making his way to the border and setting foot on U.S. soil.

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