Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) is one of the most well-established dance fusion company’s on the island. It’s almost 25 year history both in and outside of Cuba, has seen LADC become one of the country’s most popular and celebrated collectives.
The company’s success is due, in large part, to the creative and artistic tenacity of its director; dancer, choreographer and professor Lizt Alfonso who, in 2011 was named a UNICEF cultural ambassador, in recognition of her work training children and young people at her dance academy.
Starting out in the dance world at an early age, Alfonso studied at the Cuban School of Ballet, as well as flamenco, dance-theater, and folklore academies; before graduating from the University of the Arts with a degree in Theatre and Drama.