WASHINGTONPOST: Original, with passion? Ballet Nacional de Cuba gets close, but no cigar, por Sarah Kaufman.

There may have been little magic in the Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s “Magic of Dance” program Tuesday at the Kennedy Center Opera House, but there were hints of enchantment. All but one of the works in this showcase of excerpts were commonplace, and Artistic Director Alicia Alonso’s arrangements of the original choreography were ordinary and unsurprising across the board.