Ballet Nacional de Cuba
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba is Cuba’s premier classical ballet company, internationally renowned for its strong technical school and distinctive artistic style.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ballet Nacional de Cuba canonical | 4 |
| National Ballet of Cuba | 4 |
| Cuban National Ballet | 2 |
| Cuban National Ballet School | 1 |
| National Ballet School of Cuba | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1389678 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballet Nacional de Cuba Context triple: [Alicia Alonso, founded, Ballet Nacional de Cuba]
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A.
Bolshoi Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious classical ballet companies, renowned for its grand productions, virtuosic dancers, and strong theatrical tradition based in Moscow, Russia.
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B.
Mariinsky Ballet
The Mariinsky Ballet is a world-renowned Russian ballet company based in Saint Petersburg, celebrated for its classical repertoire, technical excellence, and historic influence on the art of ballet.
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C.
Teatro Nacional de Cuba
Teatro Nacional de Cuba is a major performing arts venue in Havana renowned for its modernist architecture and role as a central stage for Cuban theater, music, and dance.
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D.
International Ballet Festival of Havana
The International Ballet Festival of Havana is a prestigious biennial dance event in Cuba that brings together leading ballet companies and artists from around the world for performances, workshops, and cultural exchange.
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E.
Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious classical ballet companies, renowned for its rich tradition, rigorous training school, and influential role in the history of dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballet Nacional de Cuba Target entity description: Ballet Nacional de Cuba is Cuba’s premier classical ballet company, internationally renowned for its strong technical school and distinctive artistic style.
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A.
Bolshoi Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious classical ballet companies, renowned for its grand productions, virtuosic dancers, and strong theatrical tradition based in Moscow, Russia.
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B.
Mariinsky Ballet
The Mariinsky Ballet is a world-renowned Russian ballet company based in Saint Petersburg, celebrated for its classical repertoire, technical excellence, and historic influence on the art of ballet.
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C.
Teatro Nacional de Cuba
Teatro Nacional de Cuba is a major performing arts venue in Havana renowned for its modernist architecture and role as a central stage for Cuban theater, music, and dance.
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D.
International Ballet Festival of Havana
The International Ballet Festival of Havana is a prestigious biennial dance event in Cuba that brings together leading ballet companies and artists from around the world for performances, workshops, and cultural exchange.
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E.
Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious classical ballet companies, renowned for its rich tradition, rigorous training school, and influential role in the history of dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
National Ballet of Cuba
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| artForm | ballet ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Viengsay Valdés ⓘ |
| basedIn | Gran Teatro de La Habana ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
dance ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Cuban choreographic works
ⓘ
classical repertoire ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
|
| founder |
Alberto Alonso
ⓘ
Alicia Alonso ⓘ Fernando Alonso ⓘ |
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive Cuban ballet style
ⓘ
internationally renowned ⓘ strong classical technique ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram | ballet training ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Cuban ballet pedagogy
ⓘ
Latin American ballet companies ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban National Ballet School
|
| headquartersLocation |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
|
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
|
| notableFor |
Cuban ballet school
ⓘ
interpretations of Giselle ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alicia Alonso
ⓘ
Carlos Acosta ⓘ Viengsay Valdés ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coppélia
ⓘ
Don Quixote ⓘ ballet "Giselle" ⓘ
surface form:
Giselle
Swan Lake ⓘ The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ
surface form:
The Nutcracker
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| officialWebsite | http://www.balletnacionaldecuba.cu/ ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Cuba ⓘ |
| originalName | Ballet Alicia Alonso ⓘ |
| performsIn | Gran Teatro de La Habana ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| sponsor | Cuban government ⓘ |
| touringActivity | international tours ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ballet Nacional de Cuba Description of subject: Ballet Nacional de Cuba is Cuba’s premier classical ballet company, internationally renowned for its strong technical school and distinctive artistic style.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alicia Alonso
subject surface form:
Alicia Alonso
this entity surface form:
Cuban National Ballet
this entity surface form:
National Ballet of Cuba
this entity surface form:
Cuban National Ballet School
this entity surface form:
Cuban National Ballet
this entity surface form:
National Ballet of Cuba
this entity surface form:
National Ballet School of Cuba
this entity surface form:
National Ballet of Cuba
this entity surface form:
National Ballet of Cuba