• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 09 / 08 / 2011

---

2011.09.07 - 10:23:13 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. La Colmenita in Venezuela. (Photo: Yander Zamora / Juventud Rebelde)

LAS TUNAS, Cuba.- The Cuban Children’s Theater Group La Colmenita has replicas in several nations and others are in the process of being formed or have made requests for the creation of new groups.

In the interest of the Spanish Communist Party, the first one to be founded abroad was that of Seville, and the following one at the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, composed of humble children.

Carlos Alberto Cremata, director of the Cuban group, founded in 1990, told ACN that 10 “Colmenitas” have been organized in six Venezuelan states and one in Colombia, in the neighborhood of San Cristobal, in Bogotá.

At present, conditions are created to form one in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Mexico, and another one in Buenos Aires, added Cremata,  who specified that requests coming from Qatar, Algeria and Kuwait are also under study.

Given the interest in having new groups, professors of La Colmenita contact these countries for the creation of troupes, generally made up of children affected by poverty.  

Key for the example of La Colmenita to find replicas on the planet have been its teachings: to share, do good, perform in places where their presentations are most needed, and find solutions to problems as a group.

Several Cuban provinces and municipalities have created companies, which Cremata applauds, provided that the perform in communities and have the objective of having fun and learn to appreciate art without trying to form actors, because that’s what art schools are for, he clarified.

Throughout its over two decades of existence, some members of La Colmenita, have followed the path of performance, but the vast majority are now physicians, engineers, professors, technicians and skilled workers, asserted its director. (ACN)