Interviews Archives - Page 136 of 148

A Different Type of Woman

One of the things that always catch my attention is the number of very tall women with long hair who radiate sensuality in each gesture.

Makers of Romantic Music in Old Havana

I 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.”

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.”

Omar, a Cuban Athlete, Trainer & Bookseller

Basketball 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.

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.”

David of OMNI: I’m for International Patriotism

“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….”

Un-learning What We Know

For the majority of us artists who were born and grew up in the inner provinces of the country, Havana presents itself as a city of great opportunities for one to realize ourselves.

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.”

Cuba’s Buena Fe Duo with HT

The members of the popular Cuban duo Buena Fe (Israel Rojas and Yoel Martinez) assured us that the best and worst aspects of their people will be in their songs – translated into the language of music.