Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s ‘Magic of Dance’

Osiel Gounod, playing Franz, lifts Grettel Morejón, playing Swanilda, in a scene from “Coppelia.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Barbara García, front, and Ernesto Alvarez dance as the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier in “The Nutcracker.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Osiel Gounod, right, dances as Franz in “Coppelia.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Amaya Rodríguez dances as Mercedes in “Don Quixote.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Alejandro Virelles, back, dances as Basil and lifts Viengsay Valdés, as Kitri, in “Don Quixote.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Osiel Gounod, center, plays Franz in “Coppelia.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Alfredo Ibáñez, center, dances as Prince Desire in “Sleeping Beauty.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Anette Delgado as Giselle, front, dances with Dani Hernández as Albrecht in “Giselle.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Yanela Piñera, as Princess Aurora, dances with Alfredo Ibáñez, as Prince Desire, in “Sleeping Beauty.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The company performs “Swan Lake.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Viengsay Valdés dances as Kitri in “Don Quixote.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The company performs “Swan Lake.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The company in “Coppelia.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Alejandro Virelles dances as Basil in “Don Quixote.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The company in “Don Quixote.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Sadaise Arencibia, right, as Odette, dances with Arián Molina, as Prince Siegfried in “Swan Lake.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)