Character dance Character dance Character dance is a specific subdivision of classical dance. It is the stylized representation of a traditional folk or national dance, mostly from European countries, and uses movements and music which have been adapted for the theater. Character dance is integral to much of the classical ballet repertoire. A good example of character dance within ballet is the series of national dances which take place at the beginning of Act III of Swan Lake. The ballet Don Quixote as well as La sylphide also features many character variations based on traditional Spanish dances. Popular character dance adaptations for
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