Love and defection on the dancefloor

Cuban principal ballet dancers Mayara Piñeiro Contido and Etienne Díez found love in exile. They now perform as a couple on stages around the world. Colm Flynn reports.

Meredith May is an award-winning US jounalist who turned to honey bees to help cure her loneliness as a child. Her book is called The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

Picture: Mayara Piñeiro Contido and Etienne Díez
Credit: Courtesy Pennsylvania Ballet