Virginia Beach Ballet Academy

The Martinez family’s connection with ballet dates back to the 1940s when Maria Teresa Martinez (better known as Teresa Martinez) and her brother Enrique Martinez started ballet training at the National Ballet of Cuba, founded by Alicia Alonso in Havana, Cuba. Under the guidance of Albert and Fernando Alonso, they received exceptional classical ballet education while their mother, Angelina Martinez-Radillo, contributed to the company as a costume designer and seamstress. ​In the mid-1940s, Enriq...