Lidice Nunez
Contemporary
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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.
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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.
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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, among others.
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. 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.
Dancers such as Miguel Altunaga-Rambert dance Company; Victor Alexander artistic director of the Ruth Page Center; Cervilio Amador-National Ballet of Cuba-Cincinnati Ballet ; Yacnoi Abreu-Ballet Preljocaj; Maray Gutiérrez- Hedwig dances; Alexis Fernandez- La Macana; Alain Rivero- LaMov; Yaday Ponce- Carlos Acosta dance, and many others, have danced Ms. Nunez's choreographies.
