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Opened dance competition dedicated to Fernando Alonso

From October 1 to 5 the Eleventh Edition of Choreography and interpretation DanzanDos-2014 Contest, is going to be celebrated in Matanzas, this year dedicated to the maestro Fernando Alonso (1914-2013), an outstanding dancer, teacher, director and choreographer dance companies. Read More

Fito Páez concert in Havana

As part of the Sixth Festiva Leo Brouwer for Chamber Music the Argentine singer Fito Paez gave a concert at Havana's Karl Marx Theater that left more than one breathless and in tears. Read More

Hispanic Ballet of New York will participate in the International Ballet Festival of Havana

The XXIV International Ballet Festival of Havana will give the opportunity to witness, first in Cuba, the performances of the Hispanic Ballet of New York. Companies from the United States, France, Switzerland, Argentina and the island itself will also participate. Read More

Cuban musicians will give concert in Venezuela

Several Cuban musicians will visit Caracas Polyhedron to offer the concert “Cuba sings to Venezuela”. Among the artists participating are: Isaac Delgado, Los Van Van, Adalberto Álvarez, Aragon and Anacaona. Read More

VI International Poetry Prize Gastón Baquero has been announced

In commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Cuban poet Gaston Baquero, Madrid Verbum Publishing and Literary Society and Humanistic Studies of Salamanca have released the call to VI International Poetry Prize of the same name featured writer. Read More

Cubans take center stage at the Latin Grammy

Latin Grammys, to be held on November 20 in Las Vegas, among the 47 nominated artists with more than 10 Cubans. These include Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona, who along with Enrique Iglesias have five nominations with the theme "Dancing." Read More

Ivan Cañas opens a photo exhibition about Lezama Lina in Mexico

Titled "Lezama unpublished" photographer Ivan Cañas will present an exhibition where 30 portraits of Cuban writer José Lezama Lima, which will take place in Mexico City. The images are the result of Cañas’ visit made in 1969 to the poet's house in Trocadero 162, along with the painter and designer Raul Martinez. Read More

Roberto González Echevarría won Annual Critics Award

The book entitled "Reading and rereading. Studies in literature and culture" (Lecturas y relecturas. Estudios sobre literatura y cultura) of the famous writer Roberto González Echevarría was the winner of the Annual Critics Award, awarded by the Cuban Book Institute. The author himself expressed surprise and satisfaction at the recognition.  Read More

Cuban dancers applauded by Vladimir Malakhov

Between September 14 and 18 was celebrated in Cuba the first International Dance Contest North Atlantic, which was attended by 75 competitors. The driving force of the event, Vladimir Malakhov, confessed that more than one interpretation made him feel excited. Read More

Demian Bichir and family visit Cuba

The Bichir family is one of the most popular in the world of art in Mexico. One of its members, Demian, who was nominated for an Oscar, is in Cuba along with other family members presenting the cycle The Bichir in Havana. Read More

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