1999News

American Ballet Theater dancers to perform in Santo Domingo

The American Ballet Theater of New York will hold a benefit for the Instituto Oncol?gico Dr. Heriberto Pieter and the Residencia Geriatrica Dr. Carl Georg of San Pedro de Macoris at the National Theater. The benefit is scheduled for Thursday, 25 February at 8:30 pm. Eight dancers from the American Ballet Theater will be on stage. Coming is Angel Corella, who at 23 years old is compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov. Others are Yan Chen, Giuseppe Picone, Keith Roberts, Irina Dvorovenko, Carmen Corella, Erica Comejo and Herman Comejo. Corella has starred as Basilio in "Don Quixote", Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," Albrecht in "Giselle" and Soler in "La Bayadere", among other American Ballet Theater performances.