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La CND triunfa de nuevo con Don Quijote en el Teatro de la Zarzuela

By Eduardo López-Collazo, 11 December 2016
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“Riga se alza con la talla precisa de una técnica depurada y gallardía natural”
Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 8 December 2016
Programme
Don Quixote (Marius Petipa, José Carlos Martínez, Mayte Chico)
Performers
Compañía Nacional de Danza
Raúl García Guerrero, Set Designer
Nicolás Fischtel, Lighting Designer
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
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Eduardo López-Collazo
Eduardo López-Collazo
Ed. López-Collazo nació en Cuba, lugar donde la danza clásica es tan popular como el fútbol en otras latitudes. Desde siempre ha sido un apasionado de este arte en todas sus manifestaciones. Su formación académica primero en Física Nuclear y luego en Inmunología, en la que es doctor, no le ha mermado su interés por la danza y el arte en general. Sus críticas han aparecido en varias publicaciones españolas y durante los últimos años se ha hecho cargo de la sección de danza de ocioxocio.com.