Dance in Film · 2020
Cuban Dancer (2020)
Shot across Alexis Valdés's uprooting from Havana to Florida, Roberto Salinas makes classical ballet technique—chassés and entrechats with Yelenia, then retraining at Harid Conservatory—the concrete measure of migration, class pressure, and the risk of losing a Cuban artistic identity.
Cuban Dancer is a 2020 dance documentary centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: A Vimeo On Demand title page was active on 2026-08-09, although public access details may vary by account or region; Prime Video's listing said the documentary was currently unavailable. Availability may change.
Trailer
Official trailer.
The dance sequences in Cuban Dancer
3 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Harid Conservatory technique reset
Classical BalletDanced by Alexis Francisco Valdes Martinez
A gifted Cuban student being rigorously corrected inside an unfamiliar American conservatory.
The Florida training scenes make displacement legible through the body: Alexis must reconsider his Cuban style under stricter American teaching while rebuilding his confidence.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used. Visions du Réel and SFFILM list a 98-minute 2020 festival version; Filmitalia lists a 111-minute production ready in 2019, while Prime lists 93 minutes and marks its edition unavailable. The Vimeo On Demand title page was opened on 2026-08-13. DOK.fest credits Laura Domingo Agüero with choreography, but no source ties that credit to this specific sequence.
Havana stage performance
Classical BalletDanced by Alexis Francisco Valdes Martinez
The teenager’s concentration onstage and the sense that everything else disappears when he dances.
Alexis’s focused performance establishes the classical-ballet talent and ambition that make the later upheaval consequential.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used. Visions du Réel and SFFILM list a 98-minute 2020 festival version; Filmitalia lists a 111-minute production ready in 2019, while Prime lists 93 minutes and marks its edition unavailable. The Vimeo On Demand title page was opened on 2026-08-13. DOK.fest credits Laura Domingo Agüero with choreography, but no source ties that credit to this specific sequence.
Havana street chassés and leaps with Yelenia
Classical BalletDanced by Alexis Francisco Valdes Martinez; Yelenia Riveron Gomez
Alexis and Yelenia trading chassés and airborne steps in golden Havana light.
The improvised street duet releases school vocabulary into Havana’s public space, joining technical assurance to youthful intimacy and place.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used. Visions du Réel and SFFILM list a 98-minute 2020 festival version; Filmitalia lists a 111-minute production ready in 2019, while Prime lists 93 minutes and marks its edition unavailable. The Vimeo On Demand title page was opened on 2026-08-13. DOK.fest credits Laura Domingo Agüero with choreography, but no source ties that credit to this specific sequence.
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