Cuba, Havana celebrates its 505th anniversary with a ballet festival

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*Artist from 15 nations were present at the festival *Several artists of different nationalities present works in different artistic manifestations *The Biennial is an ideal space to reflect on how to confront colonization in the current context

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00:00In Cuba, this November, Havana celebrates its 505th anniversary with several cultural events.

00:05Our colleague Fabiola Lopez with the details.

00:10Besieged by hurricanes and blockades, this amazing Caribbean city refused to stop dancing.

00:16So magical were the nights in this capital during the 28th Alicia Alonso International

00:22Ballet Festival of Havana. Despite the heavy rains and fierce winds that came with Hurricane

00:28Rafael, the dance festival was never suspended, only postponed.

00:40The ballet, although for some countries it is an elitist expression, for Cuba it cannot be,

00:45because it has been at the service of the Cuban people since Alicia Alonso gave it validity.

00:49To have a figure like Alicia, who gave herself so much to the people,

00:53made it impossible for them not to follow her.

00:58This time artists from 15 nations from the five continents shared the poetry of the movement.

01:18I loved everything about the beauty of the body and how beautiful it is to move

01:22and express art with the body. It was really incredible for me.

01:28In these difficult times for Cuba, I believe that two things have come together,

01:35the tenacity and validity of the National Ballet of Cuba

01:39and the gesture of solidarity of those great artists who have been with us.

01:50The 15th Havana Biennial began with this very Cuban drumming.

01:54This is not an elite event that stays in the museums. According to its directors,

02:00here art comes into contact with the people and becomes part of their lives.

02:06I think it is a very human biennial. I like biennials like this,

02:10where you are not the artist who comes to show off, but you are part of a society of a community.

02:19Magical things happen here, there's no doubt about it.

02:23Everything seems like it's not going to happen,

02:25and in the end, I don't know how people get around that eventually make things happen.

02:34The master Juvenal Ravello, one of the most notable kinetic artists of our American continent,

02:40invites us to enter the creative universe, where art becomes a vehicle for social transformation.

02:46Samia Halabi, pioneer of digital art and abstract painting,

02:51returns with the installation organizes, reorganizes, constructs.

02:55Peruvian Sonia Cunliffe presents Operation Peter Pan, from absence to absence,

03:01bringing to life the only remaining mobile cinema truck.

03:04Mexican artist Victoria Molina brings state of uncertainty,

03:09this collaborative mural made with the community.

03:11It is necessary to understand that from the culture nothing will be able to separate us,

03:16nothing will be able to finish with our countries, and much less with our peoples,

03:21with our people who are built from that beautiful diversity of culture.

03:28These are just some of the many proposals of this biennial, which according to experts,

03:34not only aims to showcase the creations of the peoples of the South,

03:38but also becomes the ideal place to reflect on how to deal with colonization in the current context.

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