Cuban dancer wins National Dance Award 2023 in UK.
Cuban dancer Zeleidy Crespo won today the UK’s National Dance Award 2023 in the category Outstanding Female Performance in Modern Dance, for her participation in the show 100%Cubano.
The Acosta Danza group, directed by Carlos Acosta, presented this performance in the European nation in the first months of 2022, where Crespo performs as first figure.
For the current qualification, the shows and performances included in the period between January 1st and December 31st, 2022 were taken into account.
In 2021, Acosta Danza was nominated and won as the best independent company, in the 21st edition of that country’s National Dance Awards, an event organized by the Dance Section of the UK Critics Circle.
Born in the western province of Pinar del Río, Crespo began her dance studies in 2001 at the Raúl Sánchez García vocational school in her hometown.
Then, in 2003, she enrolled at the Escuela Nacional de Espectáculos Musicales, where she continued her dance studies, graduating in 2006 as a dancer of Musical Shows.
She began her professional career in the company directed by maestro Santiago Alfonso, with which she participated in the plays Jazz, Obba Yuru, Maria Antonia, among others.
She reached the First Level as a dancer, and performed on stages in Spain, France, Portugal and Russia.
She participated as a dancer in different events, such as the International Habano Festivals held every year in Havana, galas and presentations of musical productions in important competitions.
In 2014 she became part of the Cuban Television Ballet, and toured internationally accompanying musical groups in countries such as Switzerland and Germany.
He also participated in nationally televised shows and in music videos of important figures of Cuban and Latin American music.
This award recognizes the work of Cuban artists for their constant participation in the British scene, a fact that consolidates Acosta Danza as one of the main ambassadors of Cuban culture on the international scene.
