*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
*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.