Under the theme of “Dance: breaking old borders,” this event has been created as an analytical workshop on the bases of cross-disciplinary approaches that are exploring and emancipating current dance trends. All artists and art students (dancers, choreographers, performers, video artists, observers, managers…) having an interest in research and choreographic annotation are welcome to participate in the aim of updating the role of theory in the practice of dance.
4The writings of one man have enlightened and inspired Cubans for over a century. This man is José Martí, and every year on January 27, students and workers gather together to celebrate his birth in th …
4It is one of those juxtapositions that make you look twice, which challenges your preconception of where you are. Japanese samurai performing Aikido in Plaza de Armas, a crowd of Japanese looking peop …
4Continuing a tradition that goes back to the Colonial period, in 1993 a group of young Cuban artists decided to revive these “romerias” (al fresco religious festivities) that announce the arrival of s …
4The forerunner was the Festival of Latin American Theater sponsored by the Casa de las Americas in the early 1960s and by 1964 attaining international characteristics. By the end of the 60s it had sto …
3Founded in 1980, orchestras and soloists from Cuba and other countries get together to sing and dance in homage to a legend of Cuban music, admired by Cubans not only for his talent as singer, compose …
3A festival that insisted on letting the world know that Cuban music is not only salsa and reggaeton, but also has a heavy metal tradition with enthusiastic fans Organized by Brutal Beatdown Records wi …
3Organized by Cuba’s University of the Arts (ISA), this art festival includes theater, exhibition, audiovisual screenings, competitions, lectures, master classes, demonstrations and workshops aimed at …
3Founded in 1989 by the ballerina Alicia Alonso, its general director, it is a tribute to one of the components making up Cuban nationality. Both in its more traditional elements as in its more contemp …
3In Cuba, even the toughest and roughest men will go weak at the knees before an irate mother. Both mothers and motherhoods are venerated, Mother’s Day is a big deal. Woe betide you if you don’t wish a …
3This is one more in a series of colloquiums being held since 1994 on the subject of women and Latin American and Caribbean culture: some of the topics covered will be: Owner and slave/boss and servant …
