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Havana Calendar for March 2011

Here is the cultural calendar for March 2011 put out by the Cuba Absolutely website. It includes happenings in music, dance, theater and the visual arts, etc. in the Cuban capital.

US Students to Give Concert in Cuba

Students from the U.S. St. Paul’s school, as part of the Choir and String Ensemble of that study centre, will give a concert next March 12 in Havana’s Basilica Minor of the San Francisco de Asís Convent.

Cuba’s Young Filmmakers Look at Real Issues

Lighting up dark areas of Cuban society with youthful vigor, Muestra Joven (the Young Cinema Exhibition), a local independent film event, reached its 10th anniversary characterized by experimentation and subjects that are both complex and invisible in the national media.

Defections in National Ballet of Cuba

Five members of the National Ballet of Cuba left the company after a performance in the city of Montreal, Canada, The Montreal Gazette daily reported. One of the dancers, young Elier Bourzac, said to the press that he wished to incursion into other dance styles and work with international choreographers.

In Defense of Flamenco in Cuba

HT interviews Danny Villalonga, currently one of the most applauded male figures of flamenco in Cuba. He is the principal dancer and director of the “Ecos” dance troupe.

Young Directors Show Works in Cuba

The Young Director’s Exhibition has now been in existence for ten years, and during this whole time it has never ceased to surprise the public with its good supply of audiovisual materials or the exceptional stories that are told in it. (16 photos)

Interview with Cuban Painter Francis Fernandez Trujillo

“I support the belief that all artistic manifestations — those in existence and those yet to be — as well as all styles and tendencies, are nothing more than the universal possibility of expanding the creator’s spirit.”

Profile of a Painter

Julio is a painter who feels great satisfaction painting as well as teaching youth to paint in his workshop on Obispo Street, where he gives classes and paints. Everyone who enters can see him carrying out these activities and the great pleasure he has doing it. (26 photos)

Bebo Valdes composes music for Spanish animated film

Exiled Cuban musician Bebo Valdés was the author of the music for the Spanish animated film “Chico & Rita,” by director Fernando Trueba, a story that recreates the atmosphere of Havana and New York in the 1940s and 1950s, the Madrid media reported. Cuban actress Limara Meneses provided the voice and the body of the leading actress, a cabaret singer.

Polito Ibañez on the Cuba Musical Bridge

Polito, along with six talented back-up players, establishes a special relationship with the audience. He embraces an entire pot-pourri of musical genres that range from pop music and rock to jazz.