In this musical setting will be three stellar DJjs: Ivan Lejardi, Dj Obi and Dj Ra. Among each of them an effort is always made to find a perfect balance between the different musical genres within each specific moment of the event. Instead of being locked into any one style, they try to take us on a musical voyage with each variety of sound.
Read MoreThe streets of Old Havana will continue gaining in movement and beauty with the XV Encuentro Internacional de Danza en Paisajes Urbanos (15th International Celebration of Dance in Urban Landscapes), which will continue until Monday, March 15.
Read MoreThe 32nd International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema will take place in Havana from December 2–12, 2010, and is summoning —as it does every year— works to be submitted in film competitions in the areas of fiction, documentary and animation, first works, unpublished scripts and film posters. The deadline is September 10.
Read MoreA personal exhibit by visual artist Rafael Alejandro Domenech will be on display at the Casa Osvaldo Guayasamin. This exhibition, composed of only three over-sized paintings, takes us through the city in a somewhat touristy vision assumed by the young painter.
Read MoreThe commitment to Haitian health care made by graduates of Havana’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM) after the January 12th earthquake entered a second phase today as more than 250 doctors fanned out to take up their new posts at health centers and hospitals around the country.
Read MoreSpanish folk songs, especially those created in Granada Spain, paid us a visit this past weekend at the Mella Theater in Havana. This genre —with numerous followers in our country— had its origins in the 1930s when Andalusian performances added to their traditional flamenco songs ones that shared the story line of the cuplé, with its stories of revenge, indifference and passion.
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What forces hip hop underground are not the issues dealt with in the songs or whether it fuses with other types of music, but the fact that it’s not marketed. Rappers can’t live off their art. All hip hop in Cuba is underground because no record company will record a hip hop CD.
Read MoreCuba sent to Haiti a brigade of 50 visual arts, theatre and music representatives with the aim of mitigating the suffering of the victims of the quake that devastated that Caribbean nation last Jan. 12.
Read MoreThe musical project Interactivo will perform in concert at the Teatro Karl Marx on March 6th. In addition to the excellent musicians that make up this project, there will be guest artists X Alfonso, David Torrens, Decemer Bueno and Haidee Milanes, among others.
Read MoreReturning to El Palenque will be the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba in performance. Their works will include interactive folkloric and traditional Cuban dance under the general direction of Manolo Micler.
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