Guantanamo. – As part of the 45th Caribbean Festival, popularly known as the Fiesta del Fuego, taking place in the province of Santiago de Cuba from July 3 to 5, actor and theatre director Ury Rodríguez Urgellés, is representing the eastern Cuban province at the Popular Theatre Workshop: Paths of Caribbean Theatre.
Rodriguez Urgellés, who is also the president of the Guantánamo Provincial Committee of the Associatiin of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC), exchanged in the forum in which participants share knowledge and experiences gained through their community-based artistic work.
The leader of the theatre company La Barca, presented his experiences on the transformative role of the performing arts within communities.
The workshop also featured distinguished theatre figures, including Fátima Patterson Patterson, awarded with the Cuba’s National Theatre Award (2017); fellow eastern Cuban theatre director Juan González Fiffe, head of Teatro Andante in Granma Province; and invited artists from Colombia, the guest country honored at this year’s Caribbean Festival for its rich ethnic and cultural diversity.
During his participation in the 45th edition of the Fiesta del Fuego, Rodríguez Urgellés also presented the stage production “Minefield” (Campo Minado) at the Macubá Theatre Studio, where he served as artistic director.
The production is based on the play of the same title by renowned playwright and researcher Ulises Rodríguez Febles, from the province of Matanzas.
Also representing Guantánamo Province at the 45th Caribbean Festival in neighboring Santiago de Cuba is the musical ensemble Robertico y su Síncopa Uno, devoted to preserving the authentic and deeply rooted traditions of changüí, the music-and-dance genre recognized as part of Cuba’s National Cultural Heritage since 2018.
