Film on Dancer Carlos Acosta

Havana, July 24 (RHC) -- Acosta Danza has announced that the film Yuli, inspired by the life of famous Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta is set to compete at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain... More


Vocal Luna sings in Africa

Pretoria, July 11 (RHC) -- The female choir Vocal Luna, led by Wilmie Verrier, gave a special concert in Pretoria, South Africa, early this week, with a varied repertoire of sacred music, Cuban songs and a traditional Zulu wedding chant... More


Havana, July 4 (RHC) -- The 14th Gibara International Film Festival is underway in the eastern coastal Cuban city with a tribute to festival founder Humberto Solás and with more than 40 movies in competition... More


Havana, June 20 (RHC) -- Gente de Zona has confirmed that Italian singer Laura Pausini will perform with the Cuban duet at a Havana concert on Tuesday... More


Italian actor Franco Hero

Havana, June 9 (RHC) -- Veteran Italian actor Franco Nero has thanked the Cuban audiences and staff of the co-production Havana Kyrie, currently being shot here... More


Alicia Alonso with Arencibia and Abreu bowing at Kennedy Center's Opera House

Washington, June 1 (RHC) – A new generation of Cuban dancers were a hit at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House with the classic Giselle Thursday night... More


Washington, May 28 (RHC) -- Cuban National Ballet Company director, ballet legend Alicia Alonso, travelled to the US Monday to close important Cuban Festival in Washington... More


Cuban National Ballet in Don Quixote

Washington, May 19 (RHC) -- The Cuban National Ballet Company, directed by Alicia Alonso, will close the Arts of Cuba Festival with seven shows at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House May 29/June 3... More


art and fashion show

Washington, May 15 (RHC) – Art and Fashion, the project which combines the best of Cuban fine arts and creative design thrilled audiences at the Kennedy Center Monday evening... More


Young contemporary dance company Malpaso

Malpaso at the Kennedy Center

Washington, May 12 (RHC) -- The young Cuban contemporary dance company Malpaso received standing ovations at the John F. Kennedy Center as part of the Arts of Cuba Festival... More


Ethiel Faílde, Director of Miguel Faílde orchestra

Washington, May 12 (RHC) -- The renowned Miguel Faílde orchestra and pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco took their music to a popular Washington site as part of the Arts of Cuba Festival currently underway there... More


Washington, May 11 (RHC)-- The city council of the District of Columbia in Washington passed a resolution recognizing the Cuban arts festival going on at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.... More


Adalberto Álvarez y su son

Havana, May 9 (RHC) -- The Cuban band Adalberto Álvarez y su son has launched a new album to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Álvarez’s artistic life... More


  Martin Espada wins Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.  Photo: File

New York, May 7 (RHC)-- Martín Espada, known as the “People’s Poet,” has won the prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors a living U.S. poet for outstanding lifetime achievement. ... More


Bárbara Llanes

Havana, May 3 (RHC) – Cuban soprano Bárbara Llanes will star a Cuban Lyric Theater production of Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod in Havana in May... More


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