INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY (A Cuban-Colombian News Agency) Nelson Calderon Mart�nez - Editor in Chief P.O. Box 4432 Clifton, NJ 07012-0996 Fax: (201) 692-1273 Off: (201) 692-1891 - Beeper: (800) 413-6449 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cuba Libre is not just a Drink... it is a cry for freedom!!!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PRESS RELEASE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE USC CONMEMORA LA CARRERA ARTISTICA DE JORGE ESQUIVEL: EL GRAN BAILARIN DE BALLET CUBANO QUIEN RESIDE EN SAN FRANCISCO SABADO 8 DE MAYO A LAS 7 P.M USC'S BOVARD AUDITORIUM Dance Program Will Pay Tribute to Cuban Danseur Jorge Esquivel A program of dance at the University of Southern California on Saturday, May 8, will pay tribute to Jorge Esquivel � once the premier danseur of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Featuring a performance by Esquivel himself, the program will begin at 7 p.m. in USC's Bovard Auditorium. Among the dancers slated to perform are the L.A. Salsa Kids, USC's Alternative Tango, and young Los Angeles-area ballet students. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. Martin Bernheimer has described Esquivel at the height of the dancer's powers: "Extraordinarily lithe, eminently Latin and macho-muscular, he exuded what the hypesters like to call animal magnetism. He was a firebrand, in the best sense. But he also was a cavalier, a disciplined stylist and the most self- effacing, most considerate, most reliable partner a ballerina could dream of." For 18 years, Esquivel was the principal partner of Alicia Alonso -- the legendary dancer who created a world-class ballet company in her image, the National Ballet of Cuba. Now 50, he resides in San Francisco and works for the San Francisco Ballet, which he joined in 1993. When he isn't teaching classes, he performs character roles in the ballet company's productions. USC's Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies and the Cervantes Club for Arts and Letters are co- sponsoring the May 8 event both to honor Esquivel and to celebrate the rich diversity of the dance world and its masters. Enter USC's University Park Campus through Gate 3 from S. Figueroa St. (between Jefferson and Exposition Blvds.) at W. 35th St. Parking is free to journalists upon presentation of press credentials, $6 to all others. JL.ESQUIVEL99 University of Southern California News Service 3620 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2538 Tel: 213 740 2215 Fax: 213 740 7600 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://uscnews.usc.edu
