Born in 1983 in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, Etian Antuche Almeida is a graduate of the internationally acclaimed Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) in Havana. where he performed with the National Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba in the ceremony of homage to Sergio Vitier and the Festival Buscando la Cancion Ecologica.

Between 2000-2001, Etian performed at the Limburg Festival in Holland, the International Theatre School Festival in Amsterdam.In 2001, Etian created the dance company Danza-Guerra with Nilda Guerra and other graduates from ENA, performing in numerous shows, plays, films and music videos. In 2003, Etian participated in the production "The Fantasy Island" at the Maho Casino Theater Royal in St Marten before joining the Italian tour of the Folkloric Ballet of Cuba. Etian returned to Cuba in 2004, where he joined the Havana Rakatan. In 2005 Etian worked as a choreographer at the XXIII International Ballet Competition in Havana and performed in numerous productions including the Way of Water and La Noche.

Etian has worked as a choreographer with the Folkloric Dance Company of Pinar Del Rio and a teacher with the Compania de Danza Contemporanea of Pinar Del Rio and is a member of the Provincial Council of the Performing Arts. In 2006 he joined the Rakatan Ballet Company as both a dancer and choreographer, participating in the XII Festival of Havana and the Lucas Gala Award ceremony among many others. In 2007 the company created the production Havana Rakatan that ran in London at the Peacock Theatre. The production proved to be a massive success and returned to the UK for a national tour in 2008 before touring Italy, Cuba and Australia before returning to the UK for another tour in 2009.

Etian Antuche Almeida (Cuba)

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