Guantanamo.- The opening of the 11th Young Choreographers Meeting in Guantánamo, an event sponsored by the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) and running from May 14th to 16th, took place in the traditional gathering Bajo La Ceiba, in the central José Martí Park, featured by dancers from companies Danza Libre, Fragmentada, Ballet Folklórico Babul, as well as Proyecto Loco and Rincón del Fénix.
The young members of the “Al Paso” Children’s Dance Academy, led by art instructor Daniela Guilarte Matos, were invited to the opening event, which featured performances of the following choreographic works: “Una mitad” (One Half), by Danza Libre; “Mambo,” performed by the amateur artists’ project Rincón del Fénix; and “México Lindo” (Beautiful Mexico), by the dancers of Proyecto Loco.
Likewise, the performances by Danza Fragmentada and the Babul Folkloric Ballet, titled “Rumba” and “Bembé-Rumba,” respectively, also characterized this opening moment of the Young Choreographers’ Meeting, which was attended by primary school students from educational centers in the Central People’s Council of Guantánamo City.
The community presentation by dancers and art instructors specializing in this field in the University District, as well as the inauguration on the Facebook page of the Guantánamo provincial branch of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) of the exhibition “Cartography of a Dream,” are also part of the first day of this 11th Young Choreographers’ Encounter, an event that will continue in the province until May 16.
