{"id":26346,"date":"2014-04-10T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oncubamagazine.com\/?p=26346"},"modified":"2014-04-12T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T14:24:00","slug":"dance-festival-begins-in-old-havana-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/dance\/dance-festival-begins-in-old-havana-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Festival begins in Old Havana (+images)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again the Arms Square in Old Havana became the perfect stage for the opening of the 19thInternational Urban Dance Festival \u201cOld Havana: City in movement\u201d.<\/p>\n

As usual, the dance company Danza Teatro Retazos was in charge of the opening with the piece \u201cRetornos: gente y ciudad\u201d by choreographer Isabel Bustos.<\/p>\n

Bustos, 2012 National Dance Award winner, also founder of the company and promoter of the Festival, explained that the piece is about \u201cgoing over the essence of things, regaining faith in mankind and the future, given that Cuba is always in the quest for human improvement\u201d.<\/p>\n

From Wednesday through Sunday, museums and squares in Old Havana, like the house of Benito Juarez and Osvaldo Guayasam\u00edn\u2019s, the House of Africa, and Las Carolinas, will become the venuesof the event and will host diverse proposals.<\/p>\n

During the mornings, the participants \u2013coming from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Switzerland and Venezuela \u2013 will share views and opinions in order to promote and encourage the developmentof dancers and choreographers, as stated in one of the objectives of the event.<\/p>\n

The Festival, has been organized by the Danza Teatro Retazos company and the City Historian\u2019s Office, with the support of Havana\u2019s Theater Center. One of its main achievements is that of promoting arts for the public by turning itinto co-star and creator of a certain cultural proposal.<\/p>\n

Inages: Yail\u00edn Alfaro<\/strong><\/p>\n