Abraham Ortiz is a Cuban who has lived the last year and a half in Spain. In his first visit back to the island he shares with us his perceptions of life across the Atlantic and here in Cuba. Today we bring you part two of his interview with HT.
Read More“I am convinced that in the not so distant future not only the women but all of Cuban society will become a great country where all of us live together with firm values and respect for our neighbors, without the need to emigrate in order to satisfy the most elemental needs,” said Rebeca Monzo in her interview with HT.
Read MoreI met Abraham Ortiz in late 2003 in a course on narrative techniques. For seven years we had shared the dream of being writers and the frustrations of living in Cuba. His life changed in 2010 when he married a Spanish woman and left the country. After a year and seven months, he has returned…to visit.
Read More“To me, choreography represents a manifestation of intimate and public rebellion. It also involves a service and a possibility of establishing contact based on memory and emotions,” said Laura Domingo in her interview with HT.
Read MoreMusic is the art, theory and technique of combining sound with melody and harmony. Pedagogy is the discipline of educating and teaching. The person I interviewed, Adriana Asseff, has succeeded in merging these two pursuits.
Read MoreAs the 23rd Havana Ballet Festival nears (Oct. 28 – Nov. 7) we interview the great maestro of Cuban ballet Fernando Alonso. ” I feel very happy when I see how the theater fills, how the people applaud, how much ballet is loved here in Cuba, and how so many people want to study it.”
Read More“Scientists say we’re made of atoms, but a little birdie told me we’re made of stories. One truth of the Mayan Indians is that we’re children of the days, and therefore every day a new story is born.”
Read MoreOne of the greats of Cuban visual arts today is Ileana Mulet. She told us: “Two places were the “school of life” for me. One was being an interior decorator for the tourist industry for over seventeen years, and the other was working as a costume designer for television for five years.” (8 photos)
Read MoreI began to write my first plays on the eve of the Special Period and wrote many in the middle of those years that were so difficult for Cubans, as we faced so many hardships and vicissitudes. I wanted to narrate all those events, rid myself of that feeling of impotence…
Read MoreHe has preserved his thin body and tender face of twenty years ago. We met each other at the Movement of Amateur Theatre Artists, where it took me little time to realize my lack of talent for acting. For Andres Enrique Perez Viciedo, though, it seems he still hasn’t given up on his dream.
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