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POPULAR DANCES FESTIVAL
September 27 - October 3
Havana City
The IV Popular Dances Meting of Cuba will display all the
knowledge about the popular Cuban dances, as well as its
background and impact around the world. Genuine personalities
of the Ball Dance, famous dancers and important Folk Companies
will participate at the event, drawing the attention to
the JJ Company which has been the main impulse in all this
meetings during its four years of its inauguration.
The event will have among its activities debates about the
popular dance roll in the Cuban culture, conferences, prime
classes and workshops of the main Cuban dances. It will
be a great opportunity regarding the popular dance and its
influence among other dance performances.
Venue: Teatro Nacional de Cuba
Organizer: Centro Provincial Escenarte
President: Virgilio Martinto
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INTERNATIONAL
WORKSHOP ON THE ORGANIZATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION
October 16 - November 16
Havana City
The Association of Scenic Artists of the Union of Writers
and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and the Artistic Agency
Caricatos in coordination with the Cuban Convention
Bureau and the Cultural Tourism Agency Paradiso, offer
the Workshop on the Organization of Cinematographic
Production in 2006. The workshop has been conceived
for people that are interested in knowing about the
fundamental aspects on said themes, such as the professional
development of those who have participated in some of
these activities without having had an ample corresponding
experience or academic formation.
Venue: Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba (UNEAC)
Organizer: UNEAC
President:Eduardo Valdés
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XX INTERNACIONAL HAVANA BALLET FESTIVAL
October 28 – November 5
Havana City
Presided over by the absolute prima ballerina Alicia Alonso,
this event convenes important companies and ballerinas from
all over the world who will present before an appreciative
public together with the National Ballet of Cuba, as host,
as well as other groups of the island. As in previous occasions,
the festival includes theoretical events, artistic galas,
expositions, and an important repertoire of classic and
contemporary ballet. The Ballet Festival first took place
in 1960 and since then has included the present of important
companies, personalities and lovers of dance who have brought
the best of their art to the Cuban stage.
Venue: Gran Teatro de la Habana Garcia Lorca
Organizer: Cuban Nacional Ballet
President: Alicia Alonso
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21ST INTERNATIONAL HAVANA CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
October 1-9
Havana City
In every edition, this event offers a different and dynamic
program aimed at promoting new and recognized contemporary
musical pieces, as well new Cuban bands, composers, directors,
and soloists of high artistic level. The best concert halls
in Havana, such as the Amadeo Roldán Theater, the
National Theater, and the Casa de las Américas, are
the habitual scenes for this meeting. In addition to symphonic,
electroacoustic and choir concerts, there are also lectures,
auditions, and working meetings, where composers, singers,
and experts on music from different generations, express
their opinions concerning the most recent aesthetic trends
in our continent, illustrated with recordings and live performances.
Venue: Amadeo Roldán Theater & Casa de las Américas
Organizer: The Cuban National Union of Writers and Artists
(UNEAC)
Chairman: Guido López Gavilán
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MATAMOROS
SON INTERNATIONAL SON FESTIVAL
October 16 – 20
Santiago of Cuba
«Son» is a musical and dance genre that’s
an indispensable part of Cuban culture and its constant
evolution and enrichment. The origin of Son is in the eastern
area of Cuba. The 19th century Santiago streets and balconies
saw it born – it arrived to the capital in 1920 -,
reason enough for the beautiful Santiago de Cuba city to
be the principal site for this event that convenes the great
figures of popular and tradicional Cuban music and its most
awarded interpreters.
The quality of the cultural event is ensured by the presiding
figure, Adalberto Álvarez, awarded Cuban musician
and composer, principal cultivator and defendor of today’s
Cuban son.
Venue:Heredia Theatre
Organizer:Ministtry of Culture of Cuba
President:Adalberto Álvarez
IBEROAMERICAN
CULTURE CELEBRATION
October 24-30
Havana City
An essential component of the Cuban ancestral mix is Spanish
culture, which arrived to us - during a foundational coexistence
of more than four centuries –from the Castilian language
to expressions of daily life, present today in our cultural
storehouse. The Iberoamerican Culture Celebration is an
event that rescues and promotes roots and Hispanic background
in the Cuban nation. The streets and parks of the city of
Holguin will serve as the living scene -lively and natural-
for a week for the development of a wide program of concerts,
expositions, workshops and popular celebrations, with the
presence of important solists, creators, Cuban groups and
those invited from the whole Iberoamerican region. The hospitality
and cultural/tourist installations in Holguin will guarantee
the enjoyment of these meetings.
Venue: Casa Iberoamericana
Organizer: Province Culture Administration of Holguìn
President: Jesús Trilles
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FIESTA
DEL TAMBOR
October 24-29
Havana City
This Festival of the Tambor, the «Guillermo Barreto
in memorial» is a unique opportunity to enjoy the
strength, variety, and talent of the Cuban drum players
in concerts and other activities, as well as of the new
generations who will compete to obtain the top awards in
the Contest, giving them also the possibility to share the
scene with top figures of the genre during the closing show
of the event. Contests, concerts, theoretical sessions,
the playing of drums, master lectures on percussion and
of folkloric dances are the activities to be enjoyed. Different
overseas musicians, of high international prestige, will
also participate in this Fest, which will constitute one
of the most important events of the Cuban culture, and of
percussion, worldwide.
Venue: Teatro Nacional deCuba
Organizer: The Havana Provincial Center of Music «Antonio
María Romeu»
Chairman: Giraldo Piloto
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CASA
DE LAS AMERICAS» MUSIC COMPOSITION AWARD
October 20- 26
Havana City
With the aim of encouraging and spreading the most recent
productions of symphonic, camera and choral music of the
continent, Casa de las Americas calls upon the Caribbean
and Latin American composers to attend the second edition
of the Composition Award. On this occasion, symphonic format
works will be presented following the stylistic concepts
of the contemporary production parameters detailed in the
official call. The participating works will enter the contest
under a pen name and admissions will be open until September
1st 2006.
Venue: Casa de las Américas
Organizer: Casa de las Américas
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AUTHOR WEEK
November 21 – 24
Havana City
The Casa de las Americas, among its multiple events, hosts
«Author Week», a space which has become habitual
in recent years, which is dedicated to the study and promotion
of the works of writers of the region, including book presentations,
films or theatre works based on the selected author, as
well as the most anticipated of the encounter: direct dialogue
between the writer and the public.
Similar encounters have been dedicated to the intellectuals
of the field including Ricardo Piglia, Luisa Valenzuela,
Diamela Eltit, Ernesto Cardenal and Rubem Fonseca, all of
continental relevance.
With this Author Week, we’ll reaffirm a tradition
of selecting many of the most prestigious writers of the
second half of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st
century.
Venue:Casa de Las Américas
Organizer: Casas de Las Américas
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CUBADANZÓN
November 21 -23
Matanzas
In 1879 Miguel Failde first played the Danzón, a
danceable music genre. This encounter’s objective
is to maintain the scope, knowledge and permanence of this
genre as an important cultural legacy of the nation. Theoretical
meetings, dance contests and artistic presentations by important
dance groups will take place.
Organizer: Cuban Music Institute
President: Reynaldo Domínguez
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JO
JAZZ» FESTIVAL
November 23 - 27
Havana City
One of the most significant meetings of the Cuban Musical
Program is Jo Jazz Festival, which will be a special opportunity
to present the new musicians cultivating this genre, as
well as to promote the contribution of prestigious Cuban
musicians who have a longstanding jazz experience and tradition
such as Bobby Carcasses, Alexander Brown, Martha Cuarte
and Bellita, among others.
Venue:Teatro Auditórium Amadeo Roldán
Organizer: The Cuban Institute of Music
President:Jesus «Chucho» Valdes
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INTERNATIONAL «JAZZ PLAZA 2006» FESTIVAL
November 30-December 3, 2006
Havana City
This is an encounter of great figures and new talents of
Jazz at world level. This time, during its 23rd edition,
the huge Latin contribution to the genre, and the Cuban
track in its foundation stages—in New Orleans, then—and
in New York in particular, will be confirmed once again.
Master Chucho Valdés is soul and motion, and the
most complete symbol of the Cuban piano in Jazz; thanks
to his promotional activity in the international arena,
the presence of so many great musicians in these tournaments
has turned out to be something habitual.
Event grounds: Karl Marx, Amadeo Roldán, and Mella
Theathers & Casa de la Cultura de Plaza
Organizer: The Cuban Institute of Music
Chairman: Master, José Chucho Valdés
