Lidice Nuñez

Guest Artist
Biography

Lidice Nuñez was born in Havana, Cuba. She studied and graduated from the National School of Art and the Superior Institute of Art of Cuba with Honors and became a first dancer and principal choreographer at the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba.

She studied choreography in Paris under the auspices of the Brownstone Foundation and has the Ulpam Emshej Diploma Certification from the Hebrew University.

She was a guest choreographer for the Mexico City Ballet Company, which was nominated for the Lunas Awards of the National Auditorium in 2017. She is also a member of the International Dance Council CID UNESCO. Ms. Lidice has performed and created for several International Dance and Ballet Festivals in Havana and on worldwide tours.

Some of the most important international ballet and dance festivals include:

International Dance Festival - Sintra, Portugal; Dance Festival of Northwestfalia - Germany; International Dance Festival - NRW, Germany; International Festival - Padua, Italy; II Dance Bienal, LE FENICE - Venice, Italy; International Dance Season at the Harbourtfront Center -Toronto & Ottawa, Canada; Festival Les Meridiannes Toulouse, France; International Dance Festival "Itálica" - Sevilla, Spain; Netherlands Dance Festival - The Hague; Holland International Dance; Festival de danse - Cannes, France; Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

Ms. Lidice was a professor at the Superior Institute of Art and at the National School of Dance in Cuba. She is a member of the National Council of Performing Arts and also a member of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists. Recently, she was invited to teach at the Feijóo Ballet school. She has received numerous awards, including the high distinction awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba: Distinction for National Culture, in addition to the First award for choreography and interpretation awarded by the Art Criticism. Her work as a choreographer is registered in the Book of Honor of the Great Theater of Havana, awarded by a jury that was chaired by the famous Alicia Alonso. Ms. Lidice was awarded the Outstanding Choreographer award at the International Ballet Dance Competition Open America 2022, Miami, Florida.

Her choreographies for Feijóo Ballet School, were also awarded in this contest: Teen Contemporary Division (women): First Place, Diamond; Second Place, Diamond. Three awards, Teen Contemporary Top 20 Women, Diamond.

Ms. Lidice was recently invited to teach master classes and create the choreography for the Award Gala at the Dance Open America 2023 international contest, which took place in Puerto Rico. Ms. Lidice is the Resident choreographer of the international ballet competition Dance Open America- DOA.

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