Gayane (ballet) version stands as the definitive version of "Gayane". In the end, Nina Anisimova proved that character dancing endures and should be included in the world of classical ballet. The dance in "Gayane" did not follow the Petipa tradition, for example "Swan Lake", wherein the audience is treated to national dance in discrete divertissements of "dances of le salon", in Petipa's words; in contrast, the dance in "Gayane", by force of character, is felt throughout the ballet; it is a natural part of the people and of their history. In time, the ballet helped choreographers understand the importance of choreographic art
Odette Alonso Odette Alonso Odette Alonso is a poet, storyteller, essayist, and promoter of Cuban literature. She has a degree in Philology. She currently lives in Mexico, where she has resided since 1992. Odette was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1964. She is a member of the Network of Female Latin American Writers ([http://www.wworld.org/about/affiliates/relat.htm <nowiki>Red de Escritoras Latinoamericas [RELAT]</nowiki>]), the Writers' and Artists' Union of Cuba (Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba), and the Union of Women Writers of the Antilles (Unión de Mujeres Escritoras de las Antillas [UMEDA]). Currently, she is an editor of the Dirección de Publicaciones of