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15000 watts. Energíainteligente

15000 watts. Energíainteligente
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales
San Ignacio 352 esquina a Teniente Rey, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 5279 y 862 3533
Throughout March /2010

Paintings, sculptures and installations by artists Arnoux Cartooch, Noel Morera Cruz and MiguelLombardo.



Abstracta Minera  

Abstracta Minera
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano
Trocadero entre Monserrate y Zulueta, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0140, 861 3858, 863 9484
Throughout March 2010

Twenty-nine recent works by the painter Minerva López, described by Moraima Clavijo, Director ofthe National Museum, as “refined and serene, and at the same time original and disturbing” formthis exhibition by an artist who has gone from figuration to abstraction, with a very personal style.

Capital humano  

Capital humano
Complejo-Galería La Casona
Muralla 107 esquina a San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 8544
Through 19 march / 2010

Installation by the artist Jorge López Pardo.

Cenizas del paraíso  

Cenizas del paraíso
Galería Villa Manuela
Calle H No. 406 entre 17 y 19, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 2391
Through 19 March / 2010

Solo exhibition by artist Rubén Alpízar, who, according to the critic Caridad Blanco, “brings us faceto face with human irrationality in his ironic parody of Creation, “Ashes from Paradise.” Thisdiagnosis on a universal scale places us at the coordinates of our contemporaneity, very near tothe destruction of all creation.”

A flor de piel: antología de un autorretrato  

A flor de piel: antología de un autorretrato
Casa de las Américas
Calle 3ra. esquina a G, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706 al 09
Opens 12 march / 2010

Exhibition by the Peruvian photographer Anamaría McCarthy, who will give a talk to on Thursday 11,3 pm at the Sala Manuel Galich of Casa de las Americas.

Bomba  

Bomba
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam
Empedrado esquina a San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9781 y 861 3419
THROUGH March / 2010

Con la curaduría de Píter Ortega, que apuesta por lo más novedoso de las artes visuales en el país,la muestra reúne obras de 23 creadores, entre ellos los ya muy conocidos Alejandro Campíns, MichelPérez y Niels Reyes, y constituye una ventana al quehacer de la más joven e inquietante producciónplástica cubana.

Cantos ceremoniales  

Cantos ceremoniales
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 860 628
Throughout march / 2010

Interesting exhibition by Peruvian Máximo Laura, an artist of textiles who masters both thetraditional techniques of Andean cultures and today’s tapestry making.

Viajes, viajes, viajes…  

Viajes, viajes, viajes…
Galería de Arte Malecón
Calle D, entre 1ra, y 3ra., El Vedado
THROUGHOUT March / 2010

Solo exhibition by Alicia Leal, who uses medieval codes in the use of colour, the spatial layout andelaborate decoration, and reveals woman as the centre figure.

ARTE NAIF  

ARTE NAIF
Galería Roberto Diago
Muralla 107 esquina a San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3577
THROUGHOUT March / 2009

Group exhibition of naive art.

Incerteza  

Incerteza
Galería Espacio Abierto Revista Revolución y Cultura
Calle 4, número 205, entre Línea y 11, El Vedado
Through 12 march / 2010

The fragility and fleetingness of existence, the defencelessness of man in the face of vicissitudesof life, whether individually or socially, are evoked through everyday objects by the photographer Maribel Longueira.

NO VEO NADA  

NO VEO NADA
Galería Galiano
Galiano esquina a Concordia, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 862 5365
THROUGH 15 MARCH / 2009

Seemingly breaking away from his figurative style and the themes that dominated his known work—childhood, play, exploration into the psychic and emotional structure of man—for this exhibition, the young painter Maykel Herrera has included brilliantly coloured abstract pieces that had been subtly suggested as a background to his figures in previous works.

Musas del lente  

Musas del lente
Museo de Arte Colonial
Plaza de la Catedral, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 6440
Opens 11 march / 2010

Exhibition of Cuban photographs from old daguerreotypes to woks by contemporary artists allfocusing on the female figure.

EXPOSICIÓN DE WILLIAM HERNÁNDEZ  

Memoria instructiva para penetrar la pie
Biblioteca Pública Rubén Martínez Villena
Obispo 59 entre Baratillo y Oficios, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9037 al 3
Opens 25 march / 2010

Solo exhibition by the photographer María Cienfuegos Leiseca, who last October was awarded theCasa de las Américas-CLACSO Prize in Photography for her work Una pulgada de Tierra.

Formato roto  

Formato roto
Sede de la revista La Jiribilla
Calle 5ta. Esquina a D. El Vedado
THROUGHOUT March / 2010

Works by the painter and engraver Diana Balboa, who, according to the artist, “I separate humanfigures, add elements from the animal or plant world, integrate musical instruments…My entirevisual memory projects itself and comes out when I face the canvas.”


UN RASGUÑO EN LAPIEDRA  

UN RASGUÑO EN LAPIEDRA
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Arte Cubano)
Trocadero entre Monserrate y Zulueta, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0140 / 861 3858 / 863 948
OPENS 19 FEBRUARY / 2010

To commemorate the 100th birthday of the great Cuban poet, essayist and narrator José Lezama Lima, the National Museum of Fine Arts, with the collaboration of the Lezama Lima House-Museum, has organized the exhibition of paintings by significant Cuban artists to whom Lezama dedicated critical reviews and, sometimes, even poems, and who had also illustrated several of his publications, including Amelia Peláez, Mariano Rodríguez, René Portocarrero, Victor Manuel García and Wifredo Lam.

MEMORIADELPERÚ: TEXTILES YCERÁMICAS PRECOLOMBINAS

MEMORIADELPERÚ: TEXTILES YCERÁMICAS PRECOLOMBINAS
Galería Mariano
Calle 15 núm. 607 entre B y C, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 838 270
THROUGHOUT MARCH / 2010

Exhibition of valuable pieces from the cultures that inhabited the region that comprises Peru today—zoomorphic and anthropomorphic vessels and beautiful textiles

Antecomienzo

Antecomienzo
Galería Factoría Habana
O´Reilly 308 entre Habana y Aguiar, La Habana Vieja
Throughout March / 2010

The recently opened Factoría Gallery exhibits a representative sample of Cuban art of the 1990swith works by artists Aimée García, Sandra Ramos, Abel Barroso, Carlos Montes de Oca, FernandoRodríguez, Lázaro Saavedra, Ibraim Miranda, Luis Gómez, Osvaldo Yero and René FranciscoRodríguez.

Poética de la línea

Poética de la línea
Convento de San Francisco de Asís
Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 96831
Opens 26 march / 2010

Retrospective exhibition of the work of the painter Leonel López-Nussa (1916-1924), with over 80pieces of different formats and techniques in which one can see a strong Picassian imprint insertedin a Cuban environment. Anew edition of the book El dibujo, by López-Nussa, who was an artcritic of Bohemia magazine for several decades, will be launched.

Some three

Some three
Galería Carmen Montilla
Oficios 162 entre Amargura y Churruca, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 4114
Throughout march / 2010

Collective exhibition of the young painters Janet Hevia Amador, Jurgen Rodríguez García andMichel Martínez Challout, who have recently graduated from the San Alejandro Art Academy.

Nueva galería

Nueva galería
Colegio Universitario San Gerónimo de La Habana
San Ignacio, entre Obispo y O’Reilly, La Habana Vieja
Throughout march / 2010

The new gallery José Nicolás de la Escalera has recently opened with the exhibition of valuableworks by Cuban and international artists, all from the collection of the City Historian’s Office.

NUEVAS OBRAS EN BELLAS ARTE

NUEVAS OBRAS EN BELLAS ARTE
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Centro Asturiano (Colección Universal)
San Rafael entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0140 / 861 3858 / 863 948

The Brownstone Foundation, directed by the American gallery owner Gilbert Brownstone, recently made a donation to the Museo de Bellas Artes of nine paintings by 19th- and 20th-century avant-garde painters, which were not represented in the museum’s collections: Camille Pisarro, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miró, André Masson, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.


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Octubre en la Basílica


January en la Basílica
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís
Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683
6:00 pm / 2009

3 March, 4:00 p.m Graduation recital by Liliana López, a student of oboe at Havana’s Art Institute.

6 March The violinist Evelio Tieles and the pianist Leonardo Gel will play sonatas by Beethoven forboth instruments.

12 March María del Henar Navarro (piano) and Javier Zalba (saxophone) will perform works byFrench composers Paul Maurice, Darius Milhaud and Eugéne Bozza, and Cuban composers JorgeLópez Marín and Javier Zalba.

13 MarchRecital by the pianist Yamilé Cruz, with works by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Lisztand Bach. 24 March, 4:00 pmGraduation recital by Ayamey Castañeda, a student of oboe at Havana’s ArtInstitute.

26 March, 5:00 pm The musician family of Cubans Ernán, Ruy and Harold López-Nussa willdedicate this concert to the artist, writer and critic Leonel López-Nussa (1916-2004). An exhibitionwith a selection of his works will open at the Convento de San Francisco de Asís, next to theBasílica.

27 March Concert Canciones sin palabras dedicated to tradicional Cuban trova, by the pianist andcomposer José María Vitier, with guest guitarist Víctor Pellegrini, cellist Amparo del Riego andpercussionists Adel González and Luis Bárbaro Rodríguez.

31 March Performance by the S
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Festival de música de concierto atempo con caturla


Festival de música de concierto atempo con caturla
Santa Clara and Caibarién, Villa Clara Province
3-7 March / 2010

Dedicated to one of the greatest Cuban composers of the 20th century, Alejandro García Caturla,representative of the first musical avant-garde in the Island, Performances by young composersand singers from all over Cuba.

Peña del Ambia


Peña del Ambia
Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)
Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53

Wed 11 and 25, 5:00 pm / 2010

The best place to go for those seeking to become acquainted with authentic African-Cuban traditions, hosted by the poet Eloy Machado, aka. El Ambia.

El Jardín de la Gorda


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 / 2010

Sara González, emblematic voice of the Cuban Nueva Trova, at her monthly gatherings where the audiences can enjoy, in an informal atmosphere, the performances of some of the best Cuban troubadours.



Fiesta del tambor guillermo barreto in memoriam


Fiesta del tambor guillermo barreto in memoriam
Teatros Amadeo Roldán
Teatro América
Salón Rosado de La Tropical
Palacio de la Rumba

9-14 March / 2010

Afestivity of percussion that includes a competition, theoretical meeting, lectures, guest speechesand concerts with popular Cuban bands, including Muñequitos de Matanzas, Pupy y los que Son Son,Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, and Klímax, plus guest performers frtom Canada, the United Statesand the Netherlands.


Peña de Rochy


Peña de Rochy
Balneario Universitario El Coral
Calle 1ra. esquina a 42, Miramar

Last Thursday of the month, 8:30 pm / 2010

Performance by Cuban singer Rochy with her group and guests.

Concierto Abierto


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 / 2010

Concert and electroacoustic music for soloists and chamber music ensembles, under the direction of Guido López Gavilán.

XIII festival internacional de música electroacústica primavera de la habana


XIII festival internacional de música electroacústica primavera de la habana
Old Havana’s Historical Centre, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Casa de las Américas,Complejo Cultural Bertolt Brecht and Instituto Superior de Arte, Ciudad de La Habana

15-21 March / 2010

Organized by composer Juan Blanco, a pioneer of electroacoustic music in Cuba, the VaraderoSpring Festival--as it was first called--gathered important figures which included Jon Appleton, MaxMatthew, Leo Kupper, Ahmed Malek, Nicola Sani, Lejaren Hiller, Manuel Enríquez, Ricardo Dal Farraand Andrew Schloss. In 1998, the event moved its venue to Havana's Historical Centre. Thefestival’s program will include electroacoustic music concerts, electronic music sessions,performances and lectures.

Peña de Los Kents


Peña de Los Kents
Café Cantante, Teatro NacionalCalle Paseo y 39, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651


2-6 December / 2010

Los Kents, another “dinosaur” of Cuban rock, play their own hits from the 60s and 70s.

Festival internacional de la trova pepe sánchez


Festival internacional de la trova pepe sánchez
Casa de la Trova and Sala de Conciertos Dolores in Santiago de Cuba
17- 21 March / 2010

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 poetrythat is usually accompanied by a guitar). Several generations of musicians from different musicaltrends 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 personalcommentary influenced by British, US and Brazilian popular music). Santiago de Cuba—the cradleof trova—hosts this festival which takes the city’s streets and parks by storm in a celebration wheremusicians and singers from abroad join their Cuban counterparts. On Troubador Day, March 19th,the city awakes to the sound of colourful serenades to commemorate the anniversary of the birthof Pepe Sanchez.

Tardes del Jazz


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 / 2010

Jam sessions with important Cuban jazz musicians and bands.

Peña de Rembert Duharte


Peña de Rembert Duharte
Jardines del teatro Mella
Línea entre A y B, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 4987


Last Friday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010

The young jazz musician Rembert Duharte plays the different forms of Cuban jazz.

Noche de Boleros


Noche de Boleros
Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)
Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53


Saturdays, 9:00 pm / 2010

Lovers of this romantic genre par excellence have the opportunity of meeting and enjoying the performances of the best Cuban boleristas.

Hombres Verdes


Hombres Verdes
Pabellón Cuba
23 y M, El Vedado

Third Friday of the month, 9:00 pm / 2009

A gathering for electroacoustic music sponsored by the organization of young Cuban creators: Asociación Hermanos Saíz.

Peña de la Trova


Peña de la Trova
Patio de La Casona de Línea
Calle Línea entre D y E, El Vedado

Sunday, 7:30 pm / 2010

As a confirmation of the old Cuban saying “The trova is not dead”, singers from different generations and different styles get together to sing their songs.

Trovando


Trovando
Patio-bar of the EGREM record label
San Miguel 410 entre Campanario y Lealtad, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0673


Wednesday, 5:00 pm / 2010

A place where troubadours and poets get together for a unique performance in a bohemian atmosphere, combined with the launching and sale of record albums, books and magazines.

La Trova sin Traba


La Trova sin Traba
Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)
Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53

Wed 4 and 18, 5:00 pm / 2010

Different generations and styles converge in a natural combination of traditional, new and very new trova.

La Bella Cubana


La Bella Cubana
Sala Villena, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)
Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53

Wed 4 and 18, 5:00 pm / 2010

Dedicated to highlight the presence of women in Cuban music.

Peña de Enfusión


Peña de Enfusión
Patio-bar of the EGREM record label
San Miguel 410 entre Campanario y Lealtad, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0673

Every Monday, 5:30 pm / 2010

A trova get-together hosted by Enfusión.

Líricos en San Felipe


Líricos en San Felipe
Oratorio San Felipe Neri
Aguiar esquina a Obrapía, La Habana Vieja

7:00 pm unless otherwise indicated / 2010

4 March, 7:00 pm Artd’Voces will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban National Choir.

6 March, 4:00 pm Concert by the duet Calamus, with Paula Suárez (piano) and Néstor Calvo(clarinet).

11 March, 7:00 pm Lírica Intramuros proposes Voces graves en concierto [Deep Voices in Concert].

13 March, 4:00 pm Concert by the chamber music orchestra Nuestro Tiempo, conducted by theItalian maestro Francesco Belli.

16 March, 7:00 pm The pianist Ana Gloria Peñate will give a recital based on Chopin’s waltzes.

20 March, 4:00 pm The Orquesta Sinfónica del Lyceum Mozartiano de La Habana, conducted byVerónica del Puerto and Sandra Cerero, will play works by Bach, Mozart and Weber.

23 March, 3:00 pm Graduation recital by Dania Pérez, a student of the horn at Havana’s ArtInstitute.

25 March, 7:00 pm Tenors in Concert by Lírica Intramuros.

26 March, 7:00 pm The trio White, with cellist Amparo del Riego, the pianist María Victoria delCollado and the violinist Alfredo Muñoz, have prepared a program based on works by Beethoven.

27 March, 4:00 pm Voces Nuevas--New Voices--a space for young operatic talents, directed by thesoprano María Eugenia Barrios


Charangueando


Charangueando
Café Cantante, Teatro Nacional
Calle Paseo y 39, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651

Every Thurday at 5:00 pm / 2010

Aregular space for Cuban charanga dance bands--ideal instrumental format for the danzón,mambo and cha-cha, hosted by the legendary América band.

VERDADERO COMPLOT


VERDADERO COMPLOT
Third Saturday of the month, 4:00 pm / 2010
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282

Third Saturday of the month, 4:00 pm / 2010

Aspace for young trova talents, and the live recordings of their performances. This month with thetrovadora from Holguín province, Aliannys Abad Bonet

PEÑADE LYNN MILANÉS YSU GRUPO


PEÑADE LYNN MILANÉS YSU GRUPO
Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate
Calle 23 esquina a 12, El Vedad

Every Saturday, 6:30 pm / 2010

Lynn Milanés—daughter of the famour singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés—with a selection of well-liked Cuban songs, which range from bolero to pop.

PEÑADE PANCHO AMAT


PEÑADE PANCHO AMAT
Sede provisional del Museo Nacional de la MúsicaObrapía 509, entre Bernaza y Villegas, La Habana Vieja
Third Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010

The popular tres player Pancho Amat and Cabildo del Son with a sample of the most Cuban ofCuban song and dance styles, son.


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La Oveja Negra


La Oveja Negra
Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht, Sala Tito Junco
Calle 13 esquina a I, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359
Every Tuesday, 8:30 pm / 2010

Adifferent show every Tuesday by the comedians that form the popular group La OvejaNegra.

JOSEFINA LA VIAJERA


JOSEFINA LA VIAJERA
Sala Adolfo Llauradó
Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 5573
Viernes y sábados a las 8:30 pm; domingos a las 5:00 pm / 2010

Directed by Carlos Díaz, Teatro El Público opens this play by the Cuban narrator, poet and playwright Abilio Estévez, with one of the most talented, intelligent and versatile actors of today’s Cuban stage—Osvaldo Doimeadiós. the playwright and critic Norge Espinosa points out that “The main character of this mask ball is Josefina Beauharnais, a Cuban woman from eastern Cuba and French descent…She says she is 120 years old with 103 on her own since she was 17 and left the family home to try her luck in Havana, a place she never reached. The character’s conflicts fashion the suffering of a long life with hurt, pain, nostalgia and loss.”

LALA Y LILASE CONFIESAN


LALA Y LILASE CONFIESAN
Sala Hubert de Blanck
Calzada 657 entre Ay B, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 1011
Fri and Sat, 8:30 pm; Sun, 5:00 pm / 2010

Written by the Cuban playwright Humberto Arenal, directed by Pedro Valdés Piña and produced by Julio César Ramírez, Teatro de Muñecos Okantomí continues this month with this thought-provoking play of the relationship of a Cuban émigré in Spain, who has been hired as a maid, and her wealthy employer

FOTOS TEATRALES


FOTOS TEATRALES
Casona de Línea
Línea 505 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 8562
Through March/ 2010

Exhibition of the best photographs of Cuban the atrical shows from the 1960s to thepresent.

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II bienal de danza del caribe
II bienal de danza del caribe
Gran Teatro de La Habana
Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077-79

Teatro Mella
Línea entre Ay B, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 4987

Sala Adolfo Llauradó
Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 5573

Casona de Línea
Línea 505 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 8562

Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht
Calle13 esquina a I, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359
23-28 MARCH / 2010

Dancers, choreographers, teachers and students from the Caribbean and other parts of the worldwill meet during the 2nd Caribbean Dance Biennial as a way of promoting dance in a historically,ethnically and linguistically diverse region. The event will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy theperformances of important soloists and companies

Companies who have confirmed their presence:

Maravillosa (Jossie Cáceres and Federica Folco, Ecuador-Uruguay)
ATP(Tamara Cubas, Uruguay)
Bull dancing (Marcelo Evelin, Brasil)
Cómo se dice en Martinica “la arena de la playa” (Mexico-Martinique)
Ecos (Colectivo La prenda, Colombia)
Peso (Sandra Rami/Teatro El Público, Cuba)
Malson (Susana Pous/DanzAbierta, Cuba)
Project (Kettly Noel, Nelly Xaba and Luis de Abreu/Mali-South Africa-Brazil)
Comamos, all inclusive (Christiane Emmanuel, Martinique)
Ecume (Annabel Guérédrat/Artincidence, Martinique)
Una pieza selecta (Colectivo Coliflor, Brazil)

Solos

Tengo autorización de la policía para quedar desnudo aquí (Ricardo Marinelli, Brazil)
¿Es el cuerpo un medio de danza? (Vanilton Lakka, Brazil)
Carne (Micheline Torres, Brazil)
Sobrenatural (Natalia Tencer, Argentina)
Shagaa (Hélène Cathala, France)
Instinto de conservación (Abel Berenguer/DanzAbierta, Cuba)
Lea (Janoski Suárez, Ad Libitum, Cuba)
¡Non! (Lisbeth Sad, Ballet Rakatán, Cuba)
Haití en preguntas (Jean-Aurel Maurice, Saint Martin)
Oroyo So (Julie Adami, Guyana)

Opening gala: 23 March, Gran Teatro de La Habana, 8:30 pm, with the performance of the BalletNacional de Cuba and Teatro de la Danza del Caribe.

Awards and closing ceremony: 27 March, 9:00 pm Special performance by the prize-winning dancers:28 March, at 5:00 pm at the Mella Theatre. The exhibition AfricaDanzAfrica, by the French-Americanphotographer Antoine Tempe, the forum, “Maneras de ser Caribe y algo más” plus performances,public interventions, guest lectures and workshops will also take place during the event.



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Festival internacional de danza en paisajes urbanos:“habanavieja, ciudad en movimiento” 

Festival internacional de danza en paisajes urbanos:“habanavieja, ciudad en movimiento”
OLD HAVANA

7-11 April

This unique International Urban Dance Festival was first held in 1996 in two or three smallmuseums located in Havana’s Historical Centre, eventually bringing into play most of theinstitutions, plazas and streets of Old Havana. Aiming to link dance choreography with the visualand 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.

Taller internacional de teatro de títeres

Taller internacional de teatro de títeres
MATANZAS

12-18 April

Based on the successful experience of the puppet troupes from Matanzas, especially the manytimes prizewinning Teatro de las Estaciones, this International Puppet Theatre Workshop willinclude lectures, guest speeches, exhibitions, launching of specialized texts, a theoreticalevent, and the opening of new plays.

Festival de la trova Longina

Festival internacional de cine pobre
GIBARA, HOLGUÍN PROVINCE

19-25 April

Since 2003, the International Low-Budget Film Festival has been held in the small town of Gibaraclose to the eastern city of Holguín. Besides the competition itself, which awards prizes forfiction 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 alternativeto commercial filmmaking - promoting artistic quality with production costs kept to a minimum.

Festival internacional de coros corhabana 2010

Festival internacional de coros corhabana 2010
TEATRO AMADEO ROLDÁN AND BASÍLICAMENOR DELCONVENTO DE SANFRANCISCO DE ASÍS, HAVANA

21-25 April

Founded in 1999 as the Havana Choral Meeting, for three years the event was the meeting placefor choruses from Cuba and the United States. In 2002, however, it became an internationalfestival and changed its name to Corhabana. Presided by Digna Guerra, who is the director ofthe National Chorus, this year the festival has programmed its customary concerts, plusworkshops on the performance and staging of works from the Cuban and international choralrepertory.



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