"We're artists, we are politicians"

Havana says the executive director of American Ballet Theatre, Rachel Moore, on the next visit to the island in November of this American ballet company. Read in the Journal of Cuba, and Granma. "It's been too long, not are politicians, we are artists, I can not speak for the Obama administration, but we believe that our presence here can help build an artistic bridge between our communities and our people. "

Point Cuba Journal: "The arrival of ABT comes amid rumors of an imminent easing in the United States of restrictions on cultural exchanges with Cuba, as part of the strategy of President Barack Obama of promoting people to people contacts with the island " "The American Ballet Theater is the U.S. national ballet. Our mission is to bring dance to the U.S. and bring dance to the world the United States." "(Rachel Moore said.)