Norman Foster to Design Ballet School in Cuba
- Submitted by: lena campos
- Arts and Culture
- Dance
- 06 / 22 / 2012
The British architect Norman Foster has been selected to design a new arts complex on the outskirts of Havana for the Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta.
The commission, reported by bdonline, will convert the abandoned School of Ballet, which was set up as one of four national arts schools by Fidel Castro, but was never completed.
Mr. Foster’s firm, Foster and Partners, plans to redevelop the original building, designed in 1961 by the Italian architect Vittorio Garatti, which has domed roofs.
Mr. Acosta, who has danced with the Royal Ballet in London since 1998, is the author of “No Way Home: A Dancer’s Journey From the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World” (Scribner, 2008).
Source: Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
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