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WHAT’SON HAVANA ! NOV 2012 23INTERNATIONAL Ballet Festival OF HAVANA from 28 th / November 7 th / 2012 PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY International Havana Ballet Festival Presided over since 1960 by the legendary Alicia Alonso, the International Havana Ballet Festival gathers outstanding ballet stars, companies and celebrities of ... DATES. Oct 28 - Nov 7 WHERE. Teatro Karl Marx, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Teatro Mella, Teatro Nacional. photo by Sven Creutzman WHAT’SON HAVANA ! In THIS issue ART Mariano: vuelo y arraigo | 2 CINEMA Movies | 4 DANCE International Havana Ballet Festival | 6 MUSIC XXV Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea | 8 NATIONAL DAYS Foundation of the Havana | 16 PHOTOGRAPHY Rene Peña | 17 PERFORMING ART Gotas de aguas sobre... | 18 OTHERS International Chorus Festival | 19 page 1 | Nov www.CubaAbsolutely.com .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY WH T A ’SON ART HAVAN A ! Mariano: vuelo y arraigo. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Edificio de Arte Cubano). Through December. Tribute on the centenary of painter Mariano Rodríguez, one of the most significant Cuban artists of the 20th century. The 37 pieces that make up the exhibition include paintings and drawings made from 1950 to 1966- according to experts, a key period in the work of the artist, in which abstract painting has a definite influence. GLENDA LEÓN - MINIMAL ACTION by Ricardo Alberto Pérez Glenda León is a visual artist who asks us to hear what she sees, or see what she hears, or think about what we hear and see when we look at one of her works. In a relatively short period of time she has managed to gain recognition around the world for her particular ability to cast sound in a visual medium. … Read full article Biblioteca Opens Ciudad saudade Centro de Through SATTVA Pública November Arte November Rubén 16 exhibition by Carlos Contempo 27 a Buddhist term used to Martínez Guzmánmás Nú, Toñez ráneo refer to beings who have Villena (Johny) and Eduardo Abela, Wifredo feelings and conscience, is who through different Lam the name of the exhibition formats and techniques, of paintings and approach the essence of the installations by 10 young city with a profound artists from Shanghai who conceptual view, humorous reflect their problems and and ironic, too. concerns. Casa Opens En el sofá Centro de Throughout Historias de elefantes November Oswaldo November Desarrollo collective exhibition by de las Guayasamí 9 exhibition by the painter ELESTUDIO, a group of Artes n Yasbel Pérez, which is young designers, includes Visuales presided by poetic lyricism. several areas of graphic The painter depicts topics design: posters, record of women when they arrive albums, promotional at their 40th birthday: leaflets, illustrations, web satisfactions/dissatisfactio design, commercial spots, ns, insecurities, absence… and other. page 2 | Nov www.CubaAbsolutely.com .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY WH T A ’SON ART HAVAN A ! Espacio Through Deporte, derecho del La Acacia Throughout Todavía amanece gratis Revolución November arte2 November y Cultura 23 large-scale landscapes by Group exhibition of artists the artist Yaciel Martínez. Adonis Flores, Franklin Through hyperrealism and Álvarez, Reynerio Tamayo, the exquisite treatment of Grupo Nudo (Eduardo light and color, Martínez Marín & Vladimir Llaguno), gives us his personal view José A. Figueroa, Sandra of the Cuban countryside. Ramos, Aimée García, Carlos Montes de Oca, Memorial Opens El silencio del miedo Rocío García, Douglas José Martí November Pérez and René Peña, who 9 Video-art by the young use sports elements to artist and philosopher delve into different topics. Yamel Santana on domestic violence. Galería Throughout Nueva figuración Latinoame November española Museo Throughout Animales del planeta ricana Nacional November focuses on works by de Bellas Exhibition of 45 pieces in Antonio Saura, Josep Artes bronze, iron and resin by Guinovart i Bertran, Manuel the French sculptor Pascal Millares Sall and Equipo (Edificio Masi, who with an de Arte Crónica, notable admirable formal synthesis, Universal) representatives of Spanish expresses an attractive figuration. conceptual and human universe depicted in works, Galería Los Throughout Divertimentos which, according to the Oficios November artist, are not anatomical is a collective exhibition representations of the organized by the painter animal world, “but rather an Nelson Domínguez in which elegance of life.” 35 artists display paintings, Pintura tradicional china sculptures, installations and photographs connected to Exhibition of traditional the universe of ballet, Chinese paintings from the especially the one that is museum’s collection, dating hidden to audiences. back to the 16th and 19th Galería Throughout Unintended centuries, and which use Luz y November different materials and Oficios exhibits the work of artist mediums, including ink, Alejandro Jurado, who silk, paper and glass. experiments with paintings Villa Throughout Caja negra and the spontaneity of Manuela November gesture in the stream of solo exhibition by Jorge consciousness.. Pardo, which focuses on Galería Throughout Ideas ininteligibles drawings on canvas and Orígenes November bristol board on a black exhibition of paintings by background, accompanied Alejandro Serrano. The by an installation in which critic Yuris Nórido has said an airplane plays the center that it is “Pure role and is used as a symbol surrealism…but surrealism or metaphor of different that is openly committed to issues of contemporary an era, to circumstances, to man. the testimony of a great crisis.” page 3 | Nov www.CubaAbsolutely.com .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY WH T A ’SON CINEMA HAVAN A ! This month the Chaplin cinema has various series of films of which our pick is Colombian film week during which they will be showing the excellent Apaporis, en busca del río (in search of the river) a Colombian documentary film directed by Antonio Dorado. The movie was produced by Antonio Dorado, Juan Carlos Paredes and Omar Dorado. A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES by Georgia Schrubbe As John Travolta once famously said, ‘it’s the little differences’, after all going to the movies is going to the movies. Wholesome family entrance basically free, film program completely indecipherable, love- seats somewhat absent and lets not mention the bathrooms… Read full article photo by Sven Creutzman CHAPLIN THEATER COLOMBIAN FILM WEEK Nov 1- 8:30 pm Apaporis, en busca del río Nov 7, 5:00 pm, Del amor y otros demonios 8:00 pm Nov 2, 5:00 pm, Apaporis, en busca del río La lectora 8:00 pm Del amor y otros demonios Nov 8, 5:00 pm, La cara oculta 8:00 pm Nov 3, 5:00 pm, La sombra del caminante Mamá tómate la sopa 8:00 pm La cara oculta 7TH BELGIAN FILM WEEK Nov 4, 8:00 pm Sanandresito Nov 9, 5:00 pm, El hada 8:00 pm Nov 5, 8:00 pm La lectora Science Fiction Nov 6, 5:00 pm, Mamá tómate la sopa Nov 10, 5:00 pm, El caso Chebeya 8:00 pm 8:00 pm Sanandresito Podium page 4 | Nov www.CubaAbsolutely.com .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY CINEMA 7TH BELGIAN FILM WEEK JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO FILM SERIES Nov 9, 5:00 pm, El hada Nov 21, 5:00 pm, el cazador 8:00 pm 8:00 pm Science Fiction el rey del timo Nov 10, 5:00 pm, El caso Chebeya Nov 22, 5:00 pm, el marginal 8:00 pm 8:00 pm Podium el profesional Nov 11, 5:00 pm, Science Fiction Nov 23, 5:00 pm, El solitario 8:00 pm 8:00 pm El hada El solitario Nov 12, 5:00 pm Calle Santa Fe Nov 24, 5:00 pm Los miserables Nov 13, 5:00 pm, Podium Nov 25, 5:00 pm, Los actores 8:00 pm 8:00 pm El caso Chebeya Los profesionales 30 YEARS OF CECILIA ADVENTURE FILMS Nov 19, 5:00 pm Cecilia Nov 3, 2:00 pm El barón Munchausen Nov 4, 2:00 pm JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO FILM SERIES El Tulipán Negro Nov 14, 5:00 pm, los novios del año II Nov 10, 2:00 pm El Zorro 8:00 pm stavisky Nov 11, 2:00 pm Cartouche Nov 15, 5:00 pm, el cazador Nov 17, 2:00 pm 8:00 pm Las tribulaciones de un chino en China el rey del timo Nov 16, 5:00 pm, el marginal Nov 18, 2:00 pm El séptimo viaje de Simbad 8:00 pm el profesional Nov 24, 2:00 pm Ulises Nov 17, 5:00 pm, el solitario Nov 25, 2:00 pm Los vikingos 8:00 pm los miserables Nov 18, 5:00 pm, los profesionales 8:00 pm los actores Nov 20, 5:00 pm, los novios del año II 8:00 pm stavisky page 5 | Nov www.CubaAbsolutely.com .COM PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY WH T A ’SON DANCE HAVAN A ! International Havana Ballet Festival Presided over since 1960 by the legendary Alicia Alonso, the International Havana Ballet Festival gathers outstanding ballet stars, companies and celebrities of the ballet world, as well as critics and entrepreneurs. The festival which is not competitive, focuses on the fraternal meeting of ballet artists from all ovee the world. (See complete program) BALLETOMANIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL by Juliet Barclay Blind but beady-eyed, beaky-nosed, old, imposing and profoundly glamorous, Alicia Alonso stands in a single spotlight at the front of the dress circle of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, bathed in waves of applause. She is eternal, timeless, a legend inside and out of Cuba. The epitome of a Grand Dame. Juliet Barclay explores this enigmatic figure and the photo by Sven Creutzman Ballet Company she has created as well as presenting highlights of the Ballet Festival.