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Visual Arts

Cuando Crucemos el Océano, 14 Visiones de la Mujer

	Cuando Crucemos el Océano, 14 Visiones de la Mujer Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282	Through 20 March / 2009
	Seven artists from Spain, one from Argentina, one from Peru, one from Cuba and four groups of different styles and techniques offer their view of Latin American female immigrants.

	Un siglo de historietas francófonas Basílica de San Francisco de Asís Oficios entre Amargura y Churruca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683	Through 20 March / 2009
	Exhibition of 50 engravings from the collection of the International Center of Comic Strips in France and from the exhibition Switzerland, land of Comics of the Pro Helvetia Foundation.

Serenata para una Amiga, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

	Serenata para una Amiga, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Galería Orígenes, Gran Teatro de La Habana Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 863 6690	Through 25 March / 2009
	Collective exhibition by artists Ileana Mulet, Zaida del Río, Mari Cari Díaz, Ernesto García Peña, Eduardo Abela and Eduardo Zarza, in homage to the Cuban poetess, playwright and novelist Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda on occasion of the 195th anniversary of her birth.

	4 Gatos (2 Gatas + 2 Gatos) Galería La Acacia San José 114 entre Industria y Consulado, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 863 9364 / 8613533	Throughout March / 2009
	Exhibition by artists Antonio Vidal, Julia Valdés, Rubén Rodríguez and Eidania Pérez, with their personal manner of interpreting abstraction.

	Performance combinatorio Sala de teatro Las Carolinas Amargura 61, entre Mercaderes y San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 860 4341	4 March, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Related to the work of the painter and art critic Manuel López Oliva, this combinatorial performance includes theater, digital images, conceptualized spaces, virtual tattoos.

	Una Máquina se Interpone entre Nosotros Taller de serigrafía René Portocarrero Cuba 513, entre Teniente Rey y Muralla, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 3276 y 861 9354	Throughout March / 2009
	The dream world, deranged beings, the relationship between human beings and machines, fantastic creatures…a whole universe full of allegories and symbolisms dominate these silk screen prints by the painter and draughtsman Carlos Guzmán.

	Faunos Casa Alejandro de Humboldt Oficios esquina a Sol, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 863 9850	Throughout March /2009
	Sculptures in black marble by the artist Yarovi López (Yaro), whose mischievous and playful creatures, inspired by Greek mythology, claim the aspiration of the human being of being happy.

	Dibujos de Víctor Hugo Casa Víctor Hugo O’Reilly 311 entre Habana y Aguiar, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 866 7591	Throughout March/ 2009
	Drawings made by the famous French writer, engraved in wood by Georges Aubert and printed by masters of this technique in 1925.

De la Abstracción al Arte Cinético lsito

	De la Abstracción al Arte Cinético lsito Casa de las Américas Calle 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706 al 09	Throughout March / 2009
	As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Casa de las Américas, this institution has organized an exhibition of works from its valuable collection Art of the Americas, which includes artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Hungary, Mexico, Rumania-Cuba and Venezuela, among these: Víctor Vasarely, considered the father of optic art; and Sandú Darié, a pioneer of kinetic art in Cuba.

	Cinética Galería Latinoamericana Casa de las Américas Calle 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706 al 09	Through 20 March / 2009
	Exhibition by Chilean artist Matilde Pérez, whose work is part of a research on the visual effects of abstract forms and colour, seeking to achieve a sense of movement.

	Las Ruinas de Utopía Gallería Villa Manuela Calle H entre 17 y 19, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 2391	Throughout March / 2009
	Video-installation by Sandra Ramos, who with her customary self-referentiality, insists on the need of memories.

	El Louvre en La Habana Castillo de la Real Fuerza Plaza de Armas, La Habana Vieja	Third week of March / 2009
	One hundred reproductions of the most famous European paintings of the 12th-14th centuries, safeguarded at the Louvre Museum, may be admired at the Castillo de La Real Fuerza.

	X Bienal de La Habana Historical Centre of Havana and other venues	27 March- 30 April / 2009
	Founded in 1984 and initially conceived as a competition, this event was reformulated to focus on key issues concerning contemporary art, embracing artists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with the gradual incorporation of European, US and Japanese artists. Every two years, Havana swarms with activity with the attendance not only of artists, but critics, curators, dealers, collectors, and art lovers in general. A wide-ranging presentation takes over all the city’s principal galleries and spills out into numerous public arenas, turning Havana into a massive art gallery. The Tenth Havana Biennial will open on March 27, 2009, on the date of the 25th anniversary of its foundation. “Integration and Resistance in the Global Era” will be this year’s theme. So far, some 200 artists from 44 countries have confirmed their participation. Prestigious artists and critics have communicated their interest in attending the theoretical events of the Biennial. Thus, Havana, which during the Biennial is transformed into the largest gallery in the world, becomes a place for debate and reflection on essential problems of our contemporary world. Exhibitions not to be missed: Resistencia y Libertad (curator Corina Matamoros) gathers works by three greats of Cuban art: Wifredo Lam with surrealism, Raúl Martínez with pop-art and José Bedia with conceptualism. Punto de Encuentro, organized by the artist Alexis Leyva (Kcho), who reaffirming the cultural diversity of the Biennial, has invited artists Jane Alexander (South Africa), Flaminio Jallageas and Patricia Gerber (Brazil), Patrick Tuttofuoco (Italy), Peter Nadin (USA), Tatsuo Miyajima (Japan), Cai Guo-Qiang (China), Mariana Bunimov (Venezuela), Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari (Iran-USA), Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes (Russia), together with Edgar Echevarría, Luis Gómez, Yoan Capote, Tomás Sánchez and Kcho himself, from Cuba. Other exhibitions that will capture the interest of the public are present-day Chinese art and Australian art.

	Light Galería La Casona Muralla 107 esquina a San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 861 8544	Throughout March / 2009
	The artist Analía Amaya reintroduces a theme that is almost obsessive in her work: light. This time, she makes a dark space vibrate with small lights that hang from different heights and at different distances, creating a subtle and intensely sensorial relation with the viewers.

	Recarga Galería Servando Calle 23 esquina a 10, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 833 9599	Throughout March / 2009
	Niels Reyes, a graduate of the Arts Institute of Havana, proves once more the potential of portraying highly psychologically and emotionally charged human faces. According to the critic Elisa González Martínez, “The expressiveness of the carefully drawn faces, the eyes as a true mirror of the soul, are repeated in all of the works in this exhibition.”

Music

	Música en el América Teatro América Galiano entre Concordia y Neptuno, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 862 5416	March / 2009
	1st March, 5:00 pm Síntesis, pioneer fusion band that blends seamlessly rock music with chants of African origin. 6 and 7 March, 8:30 pm, 8 March, 5:00 pm La Esquina de Mariconchy, celebrates its 10th anniversary with outstanding comedians and the América Theatre Ballet. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 March, 8:30 pm; 15, 22 and 29 March, 5:00 pm ¿Industriales campeón?, play by Pedro Urbezo with music by Emilio Vega: an old man, a baseball fan all of his life, is willing to sell his soul to the devil to fulfill his dream of being a famous baseball player and make his team, Industriales, will the national championship. 12, 19 and 26 March, 8:30 pm La esquina de Mariconchy, comedians, music and dance combined in this show conducted by Orlando Manrufo (Mariconchy) and directed by Ricardo Isidrón.

	March en la Basílica Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683	6:00 pm (unless otherwise indicated) / 2009
	13 February, 4:00 pm: The Chilean Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform music from Chile, Cuba and other Latin American countries, on the occasion of the International Book Fair. 6 March Concert by Exaudi, one of the most outstanding and well-known Cuban choirs, directed by María Felicia Pérez, in honour of Félix Mendelssohn on occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. 7 March The pianist Fran Paredes will pay tribute to Frédéric Chopin on the 160th anniversary of his birth with a recital of a selection of his music. 14 March On occasion of the 70th birthday of the great Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist Leo Brouwer, the guitarist Víctor Pellegrini will perform the concert entitled La Ciudad de las Columnas.

	A tempo con Caturla Cities of Remedios and Santa Clara, province of Villa Clara	4-8 March / 2009
	The national chamber music festival, dedicated to the 103rd anniversary of the birth of the great Cuban composer Alejandro García Caturla (Remedios, 1906-1940), will gather young musicians from all over the island in concerts, lectures and workshops that will be held in different venues: theatres, museums, libraries and art schools.

	Oratorio San Felipe Neri Aguiar esquina a Obrapía, Old Havana	12-15 February / 2009
	5 March, 7:00 pm Digna Guerra and the Coro Nacional de Cuba with the participation of the chamber music choir, Entrevoces, will perform works by Francis Poulenc, Conrado Monier and the Cuban composers Electo Silva, Eusebio Delfín and Miguel Matamoros, among others. 12 March, 7:00 pm Lili Hernández, Irel Pérez, Yilam Santorio and Waldo Díaz, soloists of the Teatro Lírico Nacional, accompanied by the pianist Juan Espinosa, will perform a selection of operatic gems. 14 March, 4:00 pm The pianist María de los Ángeles Horta, the soprano Milagros de los Ángeles and the clarinetist Alden Ortuño will perform a varied program that includes works by Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Gluck and Purcell.

	El Jardín de la Gorda Centro Iberoamericano de la Décima Calle A entre 25 y 27, El Vedado	Third Sunday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Sara González, emblematic voice of the Cuban Nueva Trova, has resumed her monthly gatherings where the audiences can enjoy, in an informal atmosphere, the performances of some of the best Cuban troubadours.

	Peña de Manuel Argudín Agencia Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical Calle 6 entre 15 y 13, El Vedado	Last Saturday of the month, 6:00 pm / 2009
	At troubadour Manuel Argudín’s monthly gatherings, anything is possible: from the active participation of a member of the audience to an impromptu performance by concert pianist Frank Fernández or singer-songwriter Amaury Pérez.

	Peña de Rochy Balneario Universitario El Coral Calle 1ra. esquina a 42, Miramar	Last Thursday of the month, 8:30 pm / 2009
	Performance by Cuban singer Rochy with her group and guests.

	Concierto Abierto Sala Villena Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551 al 53	Last Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Concert and electroacoustic music for soloists and chamber music ensembles, under the direction of Guido López Gavilán.

	Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula Desamparados y San Ignacio, Alameda de Paula, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 860 4210	7:00 pm / 2009
	6 March Concert by the Harold Gramatges Chamber Orchestra, composed by students from the National Arts School and directed by Noila Ortega, with works by Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart. 13 March The early music ensemble Cantiga Armónica, directed by Natacha Prado, will perform a program that includes works by Bach and Händel, among other composers.

	La flauta mágica Gran Teatro de La Habana Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077 al 79	6, 7, 13, 14 March, pm; 8 and 15 March, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Premiere of The Magic Flute, the well-liked opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, described by Beethoven as the greatest composition ever written by the Austrian composer, with the performance of the Teatro Lírico Nacional, and the collaboration of the JJ dance company, directed by Johannes García, plus a multinational team that includes Eduardo Díaz (musical direction) and Denise Falcón (choral direction) from Cuba; Andreas Baesler (artistic direction) and Tanja Hofmann (wardrobe) from Germany; Samuel Bächli (musical direction) and Max Keller (lights) from Switzerland; and Walter E. Guberbauer (musical direction) and Harold Thor (set design) from Austria. According to Andreas Baesler, "this project by a European team with Cuban singers is aimed at creating a style of contemporary musical theatre for Cuba, of encouraging their own creativity, yet not to transform it.”

	Encuentro coral Anfiteatro de La Habana Avenida del Puerto entre Cuba y Peña Pobre, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 33 1718	12 March, 6:00 pm / 2009
	Meeting of Schola Cantorum Coralina and the Canadian choir Challawai.

	Música en la Casa Casa de las Américas 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706 al 09	/ 2009
	3 March, Sala Manuel Galich, 3:00 pm Launch of five titles from the collection Music of this America: • Compañero Presidente, a selection of songs dedicated to the late Chilean president, Salvador Allende, performed by outstanding Latin American musicians, incluidng Daniel Viglietti and Pablo Milanés • El canto libre de Víctor Jara, original recording of the concert given by the Chilean singer-songwriter on 4 March 1972 at Casa de las Américas • Canciones de Violeta Parra, a sample of the exquisite repertory by the Chilean and folklorist • Hasta la victoria siempre, Che querido, a selection of some of the many songs dedcated to Ernesto Che Guevara • Canción con todos. Mercedes Sosa, a recording of the concert given by the Argentenean singer on 24 October 1974 at the Amadeo Roldán Theatre. 20 March, Sala Che Guevara, 7:00 pm Concert by one of the most talented and innovative Cuban musicians, the pianist and composer Roberto Carcassés, with the compositions of his latest CD, Matizar.

	Tardes del Jazz Hurón Azul, Unión de escritores and Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Second Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Jam sessions with important Cuban jazz musicians and bands.

Festival Internacional de la Trova Pepe Sánchez

	Festival Internacional de la Trova Pepe Sánchez Casa de la Trova y Sala de Conciertos Dolores (Santiago de Cuba)	19-23 March / 2009
	The festival began in 1962 in homage to local Santiago de Cuba composer José (Pepe) Sánchez (1856-1918), considered the father of Cuban trova (the troubador genre of voice, song and poetry that is usually accompanied by a guitar). Several generations of musicians from different musical trends within trova participate in this event, including exponents of more traditional trova, of filin (an evolution of bolero and trova), and of nueva trova (the very Cuban genre of personal commentary influenced by British, US and Brazilian popular music). Santiago de Cuba—the cradle of trova—hosts this festival which takes the city’s streets and parks by storm in a celebration where musicians and singers from abroad join their Cuban counterparts. The closing of the festival on March 19th, Troubadour Day, in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Pepe Sanchez, becomes a special moment when the city awakens to the tune of delightful serenades.

	Festival Internacional Benny Moré Santa Isabel de las Lajas (Cienfuegos)	26-29 March / 2009
	Founded in 1980, orchestras and soloists from Cuba and other countries get together to sing and dance in homage to a legend of Cuban music, admired by Cubans not only for his talent as singer, composer and bandleader, but also for his warmth, unpretentiousness and a touch of eccentricity: Beny Moré. The festival includes tours to Beny’s hometown, Santa Isabel de las Lajas, and to which he dedicated one of his most popular songs. Lectures and exhibitions also accompany the good music played by famous Cuban groups like Van Van, Paulo FG and Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, which turn Lajas and the nearby city of Cienfuegos into gigantic dancing floors.

Theatre

	Huevos Matanzas	Fri and Sat, 8:30 pm; Sun, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Directed by Tony Díaz, who has staged this play by the outstanding Cuban playwright Ulises Rodríguez Febles as a musical, the Mefisto Teatro company presents this retrospective inquiry into the events that took place in 1980 during the exodus via Mariel and the deplorable “acts of repudiation” where many people threw eggs at the people who had decided to leave the country.

	V Jornada de Teatro Callejero Sala Avellaneda Teatro Nacional Paseo and 39, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 879 3558 / 879 6011	18-23 March / 2009
	Organized by the El Mirón Cubano theatre company, the Street Theatre Days will take place in the city of Matanzas and will include the performance of outstanding Cuban and international companies. Together with the main event, the public can also visit several exhibitions of photography, set designs and wardrobe for the theatre. One of the main attractions of the event will be “The Longest Show” in which the companies will perform all day long at La Libertad Park.

	Festival Elsinor 2009 Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana	23-28 March / 2009
	An opportunity to get acquainted with the artistic proposals by the students of the Faculty of Drama of the Institute of Arts of Havana.

	Lo que le pasó a la cantante de baladas Café Teatro del Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht Línea y 13, El Vedado	Fri and Sat, 8:30 pm; Sun, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Directed by the outstanding Cuban playwright José Milián, the Pequeño Teatro de La Habana presents a new version of this play written by Milián, which opened in 2005 and was very favorably received by the public and the critic. For the playwright, poet and critic Norge Espinosa, “If music is nothing more than a form of nostalgia, here is Olimpia, a diva of song who from her exile in Miami tries to organize her memories in harsh contrast with reality….This play is an urgent tribute to the women who, microphone in hand, gave Cuba a musical expression that is pure emotion that goes beyond any distance…”

	Las amargas lágrimas de Petra von Kant Cine-teatro Trianón Línea entre Paseo and A, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 830 9648	Fri and Sat, 8:30 pm; Sun, 5:00 pm / 2009
	Teatro el Público, directed by Carlos Díaz, presents this production by the German playwright, actor and filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in a version by Cuban playwright Norge Espinosa. The excellent actor Fernando Hechevarría plays the role of the famous and rich couturier Petra von Kant, heartbroken because of a devastating homosexual relationship. The sound track is formed by songs sung by Marta Strada, a cult figure of Cuban song of the 1960s.

Dance

	Compañía de Santiago Alfonso Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282	7 March, 5:00 pm / 2009
	The Santiago Alfonso dance company celebrates its 5th anniversary with a show that will include a selection of the most representative pieces of their repertory, which combines modern and contemporary dance, theatre and popular dances with a renovating and experimental spirit.

Literature and Books

	Variedades del racismo Sala Villena, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	12 March, 3:00 pm / 2009
	A panel conducted by the essayist and poet Victor Fowler, with the participation of Fernando Martínez Heredia, National Prize-winner for Social Sciences and the Professors Lázara Menéndez and Rafael Duharte, will discuss Varieties of Racism; Racism as a Complex Control, Oppression and Subordination System; Racism and the Artistic and Literary Culture; The Invisibility of the White Man; Racism and Religion; Links Between Racism, and Popular and Select Culture; Why Racist Behaviours Survive?; Are there Racist Manifestations in the Media?; and How to Confront Racism.

	XVIII Feria Internacional del Libro Capital cities throughout Cuba Havana	1-8 March/ 2009
	Following its success in Havana, the most significant and massive Cuban cultural event, dedicated this year to the Cuban poetess and essayist Fina García Marruz and the historian Jorge Ibarra, travels to the provinces. The Cuban publishing houses have launched hundreds of new books, including Vol. III of Historia de la literatura cubana (Editorial Letras Cubanas-Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística); Letra y Solfa: Música, also from Letras Cubanas, a compilation of the chronicles, reviews and essays on music that the famous Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier wrote for the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional; Estatuas de sal, a reprint of the successful selection of short stories written by Cuban women authors, edited by poetesses and narrators Mirtha Yáñez and Marilyn Bobes; Evocación, memories by Aleida March, wife of Ernesto Che Guevara; El más humano de los autores, by Reynaldo González, to whom the 2010 Book Fair will be dedicated, together with the historian María del Carmen Barcia; and published by Nuevo Milenio, Tony Guiteras, un hombre guapo, by the Mexican author Paco Ignacio Taibo II, a heterodox and light-hearted biography of the 1930s Cuban revolutionary. The provincial publishing houses will also launch their own books, which are rarely available in Havana’s bookstores.

	La creolité veinte años después Sala Manuel Galich, Casa de las Américas 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09	18 March, 3:00 pm / 2009
	Lecture on the Caribbean cultural identity by Professors Jean Bernabé and Raphaël Confiant, co-authors together with a Patrick Chamoiseau of Éloge de la Créolité.

Coloquio Iberoamericano Del Papiro a la Biblioteca Virtual

	Coloquio Iberoamericano Del Papiro a la Biblioteca Virtual Sala Che Guevara, Casa de las Américas 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09	23-27 March / 2009
	Under the topic of integration and collaboration among libraries, archives and museums worldwide, and Latin America and the Caribbean in particular, librarians, archivists, museologists and experts will discuss the role of regional organizations engaged in the production and dissemination of books; collaborative networks and projects on information services; development, preservation and restoration of book collections, among other topics.

Borges, entre la industria cultural y la “alta cultura”

	Borges, entre la industria cultural y la “alta cultura” Sala Manuel Galich, Casa de las Américas 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09	24 March, 4:00 pm / 2009
	The Chilean lecturer and researcher Eduardo Sabrovsky will discuss the work of the controversial Argentinean poet, narrator and essayist Jorge Luis Borges, one of the icons of contemporary intelligentsia.

A PREVIEW OF THE COMING MONTHS

Festival Internacional del Son Matamoroson

	Festival Internacional del Son Matamoroson 1-5 April Heredia Theatre and Casa de la Trova, Santiago de Cuba
	This festival is held in Santiago de Cuba, the birthplace of son, as a tribute to one ofg the most representative figures of traditional Cuban music, Miguel Matamoros. The meeting, which promotes the development of popular dance music, also holds workshops, lectures and theoretical meetings, plus concerts and dance exhibitions as its main attractions.

Encuentro Internacional de Academias de Ballet
5-18 April
Gran Teatro de La Habana

Organized for the first time in 1993, this meeting of ballet academies has made it possible for dancers, teachers and students to become familiar with the technical and stylistic peculiarities of the Cuban School of Ballet through workshops, courses, and methodological and master lessons. Similarly, dancers and pedagogues from other countries have conveyed their experiences in a fruitful exchange with their Cuban colleagues. In addition, since 1995, an international competition for students is held in different categories (13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 years old) and four prizes are awarded: revelation, best partners, best individual performance and the Grand Prix.

Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre
13-19 April
Gibara, province of Holguín

Since 2003, the International Low-Budget Film Festival has been held in the small town of Gibara close to the eastern city of Holguín. Besides the competition itself, which awards prizes for fiction and documentary films, there are also meetings, concerts, recitals and art exhibitions. The festival guarantees a broad range of approach and topics, aspiring to become an alternative to commercial filmmaking - promoting artistic quality with production costs kept to a minimum

Festival Internacional de Danza en Paisajes Urbanos: “Habana Vieja, Ciudad en Movimiento”
15-19 April
Historical Centre of Havana

This unique International Urban Dance Festival “Old Havana, City in Motion” was first held in 1996 in two or three small museums located in Havana’s Historical Centre, eventually bringing into play most of the institutions, plazas and streets of Old Havana. Aiming to link dance choreography with the visual and expressive nature of the old city, as well as seeking to interact with passers-by, the event, organized by the Retazos Dance Company directed by dancer and choreographer Isabel Bustos, is attended by hundreds of foreign and Cuban guests.

Premio de Composición
20-24 April
Casa de las Américas, Havana

Aimed at promoting and disseminating the most recent symphonic, chamber and choral music compositions, the Casa de las Américas invites all composers from Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in the Composition Award, which this year will be dedicated to works for string quartets. Besides cash prizes, the winners will be able to perform, publish and record the prized compositions. Concerts and lectures will be held during the event at Casa de las Américas.