Ancient Music Made in Cuba from Ars Longa
HT interviews soprano Teresa Paz, the director of ancient music group Ars Longa. As she noted, “Our group occupies a tremendous place within the context of defending Cuba’s musical legacy!”
Helson Hernandez
Cuban Writer Nicolas Dor Triumphs in NYC
The dramaturgic works of acclaimed Cuban writer Nicolas Dor have transcended Cuban theater. He was recently selected as the best author of the year by the Association of Entertainment Critics in New York.
Alfredo Ureta, a Cuban Video and Filmmaker
“Although the public currently associates me more with music videos, I feel like a person of the cinema,” Cuban video and filmmaker Alfredo Ureta told HT. And speaking of cinema, Ureta’s first full length film “La Mirada” (The Look) – shot over four years – is coming out soon.
Cuba’s Female Sexto Sentido Quartet
The Cuban female vocal group Sexto Sentido came together in 1997. The quartet has a strong jazz and rhythm and blues sound with a Brazilian influence as well as from its Cuban roots. We interviewed Yudelkis La Fuente, the director and lead singer.
Yat-Sen Chang Dancing from Cuba to London
Yat -Sen Chang is currently the principal dancer with the English National Ballet of London. He comes from a family that has given important names to Cuban dance.
Cuba Flamenco Dancer Ana Rosa Meneses
“Years ago, the first thing that moved me about flamenco was its singing. It’s very deep and impressive. Later I was captured by its manner of expression in dance, its movements that were strong but at the same time sensual.”
Why I Celebrate Mother’s Day in Cuba
You cannot ignore a day like this, one in which we scream with more energy than during the rest of the year “Congratulations Mother!” You holler this because she was the one who gave you the possibility of arriving, of knowing the friend that you have today, of loving the mate at our side.
Lynn Milanes: Following Footsteps
“After picking back up on my work, now I can’t stop. In fact it’s been like this since the launching of my disk “Te quiero bien.” Now we’re finishing up with the last details on another recording work.”
Cuba’s Yuliet Reina, Determination Plus
“Ballet is the best way I have to project who I am and how I feel; it’s my best platform for communicating — through movement — an idea, a history, a feeling,” said the Cuban bailarina Yuliet Reina.
Cuban Singer Ivette Cepeda
Cuban singer Ivette Cepeda: “I would say that I don’t consider myself a bolero singer, and I don’t consider myself a salsa singer… I feel that my musical world is a little more mixed and so that’s why other ways are born in me for projecting previously known works.”