Word: carreã
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...José Manuel Carre??o, 37, A.B.T. When Carre??o decamped from Cuba in 1990, the move was almost unprecedented. "I'm kind of a pioneer," he says. He set a high standard for other expatriates to follow. Identified mostly with princely, heroic roles in "tutu ballets" like La Bayadère and Don Quixote, he won Dance Magazine's 2004 award for contributions to dance, the first Cuban to do so since Alonso in 1958. The citation said, "He thrills audiences with his powerful leaps and glorious pirouettes, and breaks their hearts with his vulnerability...
...Lorena Feijóo, 35, San Francisco Ballet. Feijóo doesn't so much dance her roles as attack them with a torrid, all-out intensity, yet she never loses precision and control. Her fiery virtuosity blazes in such ballets as Giselle and Don Quixote. Unlike Carre??o, she left Cuba over the objections of Alonso, who still rules the National Ballet (see box). As a result, Feijóo has not been welcomed back, despite her requests. Alonso, she says, "has never said no, but she has never answered. I never lose the hope...
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