{"id":267535,"date":"2023-04-02T03:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T07:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=267535"},"modified":"2023-04-01T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T21:24:30","slug":"ethiel-failde-of-the-danzon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/ethiel-failde-of-the-danzon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiel Failde: \u201cWorking every day to be the world capital of the danz\u00f3n\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the commemorations for the 330th anniversary of the founding of the city of Matanzas, the 160th anniversary of the Sauto Theater, a national monument, the centenary of the birth of Richard Eg\u00fces, the 45th anniversary of the creation of the system of houses of culture, and the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of the danz\u00f3n as intangible heritage of the Cuban nation, the 5th Miguel Failde International Danzonero Meeting will be held between March 30 and April 30, with venues in Matanzas and Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among other events of interest, this edition opens a space for theoretical discussion, while promoting composition and dance competitions, the very heart of the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immersed in the intense organizational tasks we find Ethiel Failde, director of the orchestra that bears his last name, which is, in turn, that of Miguel Failde, author of \u201cLas alturas de Simpson\u201d (1879), the first danz\u00f3n of which there is news. Ethiel gives us a few minutes of his scarce time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Official poster of the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the gates of the 5th Miguel Failde in Memoriam International Danzonero Meeting, what would be the main achievements in the dissemination of the danz\u00f3n, our national dance? Do you think young people are beginning to feel closer to the genre?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I like to think that there are many of us doing something for the danz\u00f3n, from anonymous spaces to large events. The school, the community, are the base of everything. A great concert or television program should be celebrated with the same enthusiasm as the workshop of an art instructor or a natural promoter member of the Amigos del Danz\u00f3n clubs throughout Cuba, in a small school or house of culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

In these last ten years, let\u2019s say since the declaration of the danz\u00f3n as cultural heritage of the nation, spaces such as the Danz\u00f3n Habana, led by maestro Loyola, have been maintained; unpublished scores have been rescued and recorded that recover missing links in the evolution of the genre and its derivatives, such as the danzonete; new radio and television programs have appeared; even Danzoneando TV reached the select stellar segment of the channel with the highest audience in the country; new orchestras have emerged and others, such as the \u201ctypical orchestras,\u201d have maintained their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, the danz\u00f3n continues to be played in concerts and phonograms, some of which have been nominated and awarded in competitions such as Cubadisco and the Latin Grammy. We even have new danzones, the work of Alejandro Falc\u00f3n would suffice to exemplify it.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the National School of Art, in recent years, with the emergence of the chair of popular music and the commitment of another magnificent young man, Janio Abreu, firm steps have been taken in an effort to bring this treasure to future musicians. I am especially excited to see young people and children dancing danz\u00f3n, assuming that legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The International Danzonero Meeting wants to be a party and a reflection of the best experiences of which we have news, mainly in Cuba and Mexico. It emerged in 2016 and has spaces not only for concerts, but also for thought, debate, dance, fashion, and musical creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Promoting the meeting of generations is a transversal premise for the design of each activity and each edition of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this edition\u2019s musical composition contest, we have received some twenty works, all unpublished, from authors who continue to express their vision of the world to the rhythm of danz\u00f3n, danzonete the and cha-cha.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matanzas, its danz\u00f3n community, artists and institutions, have a great responsibility to maintain the health of the danz\u00f3n in all its expressions. It is not enough that we are the cradle of the genre, that has been won by history, from that elderly Failde. It is necessary to work every day to be the world capital of the danz\u00f3n, something that is earned and sustained with real actions throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n