The Royal Ballet of London with Carlos Acosta gave its opening night show on Tuesday in the Cuban capital and performed every night through Saturday to sellout theaters. Their presence was the talk of the town with the island’s large dance loving population and foreign visitors alike. Photographer Caridad was on hand to bring you a spectacular photo gallery. We also present a series of unpublished Havana Times photos of Acosta dancing fragments from Spartacus.
Read MoreIrish photographer Paul Harris is gearing up for his solo show to be hanging from July 23 to October 23 at Barista’s Café in Dublin, Ireland. The pictures were taken with a manual camera using 35mm film without a flash, using only the naturally available light.
Read MoreTo make a portrait is to bring out what is hidden inside. It is to capture a look, a smile or grimace, without posing. This means doing so with images, not what people say, but capturing all they have to say: their life, their story, their happiness and hardships.
Read MoreSo this night we also had the strange pleasure to hear Quantum, a group that formed in 2006 and has battled against the material shortages they face to achieve what they want. Their music hypnotizes and catches, acting like a spider web that clings to its prey and doesn’t let go until its victim is devoured. I would like to interview these guys so that the readers of Havana Times can learn more about them. I hope to do that soon.
Read MoreBayamo is a city known for its history. Two important rebellions against Spanish colonialism began here: the Ten Year War (1868-1878) and the successful War of Cuban Independence (1895-1898). It is where Cuba’s national anthem was composed and where Fidel Castro gave his last major public speech, on July 26, 2006.
Read MoreAfter overcoming the impossibility of speaking, the dancer approaches a microphone: “All that I could tell you is lie, and the rest is silence, (only that silence doesn’t exist).” Shouts, love and pain were rendered between a couple that united and separated indistinctly.
Read MoreCould it be I’m walking in a painting? That’s the impression one has when first visiting Cuba’s mountainside community of Las Terrazas, located in the Sierra Rosario mountain range, an elevation that UNESCO declared the first biosphere reserve in Cuba.
Read MoreCojimar, a fishing village on the outskirts of Havana, is separated from the Alamar housing projects by a river. Though serene and easy to cross when it is about to empty into the sea, that same river – like all those of Havana – is dirtier than an ill-attended newborn.
Read MorePhotographer Elio Delgado takes Havana Times readers on a picture tour of life in the Cuban mountain communities. Most farmers in these regions are members of cooperatives or individuals belonging to credit and service co-ops. The organization that represents them is the National Association of Small Farmers.
Read MoreOne fan, Lara, who will soon return to Mexico said, “I’ve now finished my studies here in Cuba. I’m from Durango. But though people don’t believe it, I’d never heard Café Tacuba live. This is the first time. So Cuba has given me many surprises.”
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