Interviews Archives - Page 137 of 149

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: “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.

Choreographer & Director Rosario Cardenas

We interviewed Rosario Cardenas, a choreographer and the director of her own company, the renowned Danza Combinatoria. For this artist, dancers are creators as long as they participate actively in the creative processes of their works.

From Cuba to Italy: Getting to Know ‘Giraldilla’

For several months in Havana Times, comments on articles have appeared possessing a very Cuban feel. Not out of paranoia, but from curiosity, I began to wonder who this person could be who comments daily about almost all the postings if very few people in Cuba have access to Internet.

Cuban Artist Fabian Fernandez Gonzalez

HT interviewed the visual artist Fabian Fernandez Gonzalez, the creator of an interesting pictorial work that has been exhibited in the circuit of galleries extending across the island, as well as in shows in other countries.

Singer Maggie Carles & Her Love for Cuba

“To those that hear my music clandestinely, I thank them for their boldness and affection. Let’s hope that someday they can listen to it freely on the radio and that the generations who aren’t familiar with me will learn about my existence, and not only through their parents.”

Artist Leo D’lazaro: In the Eye of the Hurricane

HT interviewed Leo D´lazaro, a visual artist and the creator of a very special place in Old Havana: “The Eye of the Hurricane” studio/gallery, which is visited by many passersby who cannot escape the surprise of discovering its originality.

Peteco: An Atypical Guy

There’s no doubt that Peteco was one of the most colorful characters in Havana’s intellectual life of the 1980s and ‘90s.