古巴正面临严峻挑战，停电和物资短缺影响着日常生活。然而，古典芭蕾依然是备受珍视的文化机构。
Cuba is facing severe challenges, with blackouts and shortages affecting daily life. Yet classical ballet remains a cherished cultural institution.
安德烈亚·罗德里格斯 哈瓦那——几个月来，古巴三分之二的地区夜间没有电力。首都哈瓦那的一些街区已经两周多没有自来水了。交通资源匮乏，鸡蛋、面包和食用油也很难买到。
ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ HAVANA — For months, two-thirds of Cuba had no electricity at night Some neighborhoods in the capital Havana have been without running water for more than two weeks. Transportation is scarce and eggs, bread and cooking oil are hard to find.
然而，每天早上，大约178名年轻学生都会聚集在首都的国家芭蕾舞学校上课。这所学校位于旧哈瓦那中心一座气势恢宏的新艺术风格建筑内，将严格的舞蹈训练与数学、西班牙语、历史和科学等学术课程相结合。
Yet every morning, about 178 young students gather for classes at the National Ballet School in the capital. Housed in an imposing Art Nouveau building in the heart of Old Havana the school combines rigorous dance training with academic classes in math, Spanish, history and science.
在任何地方，要成为一名顶尖的古典舞者都需要纪律和牺牲。在今天的古巴，停电以及燃料、水和食物的短缺使日常生活更加复杂，这些要求远远超出了舞蹈教室的范围。
Training to become a top-tier classical dancer demands discipline and sacrifice anywhere. In Cuba today, where blackouts and shortages of fuel, water and food complicate daily life, those demands extend far beyond the dance studio.
对于14岁的罗莎娜·佩雷斯·德·拉莫拉来说，这意味着她要在黎明前起床，从家到学校往返约20公里（12英里）。
For 14-year-old Roxana Pérez de La Mora, that means waking up before dawn and traveling about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from her home to the school.
“有时我会告诉妈妈我不想去了，但缺课可能会给我后来的训练带来麻烦，”她说。“我一直说，我的梦想是成为一名首席芭蕾舞者。”尽管危机不断，芭蕾依然是这座岛屿的骄傲尽管古巴危机持续，古典芭蕾仍然是该国文化中备受赞誉的一部分，在岛上的受欢迎程度几乎与棒球相当。几十年来，古巴培养出了享誉国际的舞者和编舞家，他们的职业生涯受到精通芭蕾的观众密切关注。
“Sometimes I tell my mom I don’t feel like going, but missing it could cause problems for me later in training,” she said. “I’ve always said that my dream is to be a prima ballerina.”Ballet remains a source of pride for troubled island Despite Cuba’s ongoing crises, classical ballet remains a celebrated part of the country’s culture, nearly as popular on the island as baseball Over the decades, Cuba has produced internationally renowned dancers and choreographers whose careers are closely followed by a knowledgeable ballet audience.
古巴国家芭蕾舞团由受人尊敬的芭蕾舞者阿莉西亚·阿隆索及其丈夫费尔南多·阿隆索于20世纪40年代创立，被认为是世界上最负盛名的舞团之一。门票价格不到1美元，而在其他地方，类似的演出票价可能高达300美元。
The Cuban National Ballet, founded in the 1940s by revered ballerina Alicia Alonso and her husband Fernando Alonso, is considered one of the world’s most prestigious companies. Tickets cost less than $1, while comparable performances elsewhere can cost as much as $300.
在八月份的演出季闭幕晚会上，舞团呈现了由俄罗斯编舞家阿扎里·普利谢茨基（Azari Plisetski）创作、古斯塔夫·马勒（Gustav Mahler）配乐的作品《生命之歌》（Canto Vital）。领衔主演是首席舞者丹尼·埃尔南德斯（Dani Hernández），他同时也是罗克珊娜（Roxana）每天训练的国家芭蕾舞学校的校长。
For its season-ending gala in August, the company presented “Canto Vital,” a work by Russian choreographer Azari Plisetski to music by Gustav Mahler The performance starred Dani Hernández, a principal dancer who also directs the National Ballet School, where Roxana trains each day.
那晚，燃料短缺使得街道几乎空无一人，但古巴国家大剧院的阿韦利亚内达厅（Avellaneda Hall）却座无虚席，观众们衣着考究，精心打理了发型和妆容以出席这场盛会。观众们起立鼓掌，高呼“好极了！”。国家芭蕾舞团严苛的领导风格与公立学校严谨的训练体系相结合，培养出了数十位杰出的舞者。其中一些人后来成为了巴黎歌剧院芭蕾舞团、伦敦皇家芭蕾舞团和纽约美国芭蕾舞剧院等顶尖舞团的首席舞者。
危机考验着有抱负的舞者和经验丰富的专业人士。身为专业舞者兼教师的埃尔南德斯每天骑电动摩托车从哈瓦那的公寓前往芭蕾舞教室，对于职业生涯依赖于避免受伤的他来说，这是一段充满风险的通勤路。
Fuel shortages had left the streets nearly empty that night, but the Avellaneda Hall at the National Theatre of Cuba was packed with elegantly dressed patrons, their hair and makeup styled for the occasion. The audience gave a standing ovation, shouting “Bravo!”The combination of demanding leadership at the National Ballet and rigorous training at a public school has helped produce dozens of prominent dancers. Some have gone on to become principals at leading companies including the Paris Opera Ballet, the Royal Ballet in London and American Ballet Theatre in New York Crisis tests resolve of aspiring dancers and seasoned professionals Hernández, the professional dancer and teacher, rides an electric motorcycle every day from his apartment in Havana to ballet class, which is a risky commute for someone whose career depends on avoiding injury.
在近期持续不断的停电期间，高温和蚊虫叮咬迫使37岁的埃尔南德斯只能睡在公寓楼的露台上。
During recent persistent blackouts heat and mosquitoes forced Hernández, 37, to sleep on the terrace of his apartment building.
“无论有没有电，我都必须出现在排练厅，”他说，“但我总是在想：冰箱里的食物会不会坏掉？”埃尔南德斯表达了他的担忧，他担心国家日益加剧的危机可能会影响到未来一代的舞者。
“Whether I have electricity or not, I have to be in the studio,” he said. “But I keep thinking: Will the food in my refrigerator spoil?”Hernández expressed his worry about how the country’s mounting crises could affect future generations of dancers.
“我们今天所面临的这一切，可能会影响到整整一代学习芭蕾舞、舞蹈、音乐或视觉艺术的学生，”他在接受美联社采访时说道。“其他领域也是如此——工程学、医学、教育，所有领域都受到了同样的影响。”然而，古典芭蕾舞依然是一个让整个国家感到自豪的象征；它不仅保持着国际公认的标准，其独特的魅力也深深植根于古巴社会的各个阶层中。
“The entire situation we’re experiencing today could affect a generation of students training in ballet, dance, music, the visual arts,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And it’s been the same for all other fields: engineering, medicine, education, everything else.”Yet classical ballet remains a source of national pride while maintaining its internationally recognized standards, an endurance that is reflected in the discipline’s broad appeal across Cuban society.
“有时候，你走在街上，只要说‘嘿，我看了芭蕾舞表演’，每个人都会开始和你谈论芭蕾舞，”他说。
“It’s one of those things where you go out on the street and say, ‘Hey, I saw the ballet,’ and everyone starts talking to you about ballet,” he said.