Photos: Alain Gutiérrez  y courtesy of Habana Compás Dance Just a few minutes onstage are needed for the spell to take effect. Twelve women dancers and four musicians captivate even the most demanding spectators with their drumbeats, sensuality and rhythm. Habana Compás Dance (HCD) is nourished by, fuses with and reinvents the basic essences of our nation. For Liliet Rivero, the company’s founder and director, it was only a dream back in 2004.

Photos: Arién Chang y Rodolfo Romero Visiting Camajuaní, especially during the season of Parrandas (traditional, carnival-like street parties), is an encounter with the most authentic part of Cuba, where traditions are preserved intact, and which tends not to be included in guide books.

Photo: Gabriel Dávalos “Because a song can be a kiss, it can be a caress, also the sharp edge of a dagger. So that after the attempt there is no shortage of good faith.”* We always called ourselves Buena Fe (Good Faith) because I was a lawyer. I believe that names don’t make the group but the group makes the name…