“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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read More“I talk to deal with problems. In Cuba, there is too much formal, repetitive discourse and not enough directed at people, with their anxieties and joys,” said Manuel Calviño, the host and writer of a television programme that tries not to add to that deficit.
Read MoreYat -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.
Read MoreOne of the things that always catch my attention is the number of very tall women with long hair who radiate sensuality in each gesture.
Read MoreI arrived as the Duo De Reyes was changing sites, moving from the Plaza de Armas to the La Mina ice-cream parlor. “Nosotros somos personas honradas. Independientemente de nuestro trabajo, cuidamos el turismo. No porque el gobierno nos lo exija, pero lo hacemos.”
Read More“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.”
Read MoreBasketball is his favorite sport but he also practiced baseball, boxing and soccer. He has two university degrees, is a sports trainer and most lately a bookseller.
Read More“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.”
Read More“In a performance in Santiago de Cuba, we covered our entire bodies up with newspaper because we were prisoners of information. We had a pipe to breathe through, but that pipe was connected to a suitcase that was also wrapped in paper; that is, we breathed information. Later we got to a park and there we ripped off all those newspapers and then walked naked among the people….”
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