“The reality of a dancer is as complex as that any other person’s. I know that people imagine dancers to be like those porcelain dolls that break if you squeeze them a little, or maybe like women who are somewhat stretched,” said Patricia Hernandez in her interview with HT.
Read MoreYesterday morning, Cuba’s 2013 International Book Fair opened its doors to the public. Although this is the twenty-second such event held here since 1959, one can argue that book fairs are a tradition in Havana. Writer Jose Lezama Lima described them in the pages of the Diario de la Marina newspaper as far back as 1949. (37 photos)
Read MoreFifteen members of Cuba’s “Guaracheros de Regla” troupe who participated in carnival festivities in the Mexican city of Veracruz, left their hotel and didn’t catch their return flight to Cuba with the rest of the cultural delegation, reported DPA news.
Read MoreThe Hindus pray to be always in the right place at the right time. From that perspective, I couldn’t have been anywhere else on the afternoon of February 2nd, but at the Cathedral in Old Havana. I was there to see an unusual concert of a very atypical duo: Ananda Stephan and Joseph Röösli, father and son.
Read MoreThis past weekend, in a crowded Karl Marx Theater, the Cuban duo Buena Fe gave three concerts to present their new CD Dial. Their eighth recording, the album consists of thirteen songs and — as usual — it’s expected that several of the compositions won’t make it to television here because of their critical lyrics.
Read MoreThe Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval won the award for Best Jazz Ensemble Album during the ceremony of the 55th Grammy Awards, held on Sunday in Los Angeles. This was Sandoval’s ninth Grammy, this time with his award-winning CD Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), dedicated to legendary trumpet master and composer Dizzy Gillespie.
Read MoreThe initiative will host every Cuban work of fiction, documentary or animation that was filmed in 2012 and 2013, if they meet the quality standards set by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).
Read MoreCuban artist Maykel Herrera dedicated his current exposition “Sintonía de un patrimonio” (Symphony to a heritage) to Habana Radio, the first station that opened the doors to promote his art. Herrera returns to the faces of children, cartons, chicks, sepia tones and the whites, blues of the Cuban flag, among others. (11 photos)
Read MoreDon’t miss the Angolan cultural conferences, the symposia on Pedro Pablo Rodriguez and Daniel Chavarria and the meeting of historians on Cuba – Africa Relations. Likewise, editors and translators will discuss the market for the first ebooks for sale online in Cuba.
Read MoreThe fifth edition of extreme rock music festival “Brutal Fest 2013” will take place from February 14 to 24 on the island, where it will feature five foreign bands, reports the official newspaper Juventud Rebelde.
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