{"id":16809,"date":"2026-07-05T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:06:39","slug":"guantanamo-represented-at-the-45th-caribbean-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/guantanamo-represented-at-the-45th-caribbean-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Guant\u00e1namo Represented at the 45th Caribbean Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0008-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0008-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0008-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0008-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0008.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> Guantanamo. &#8211; As part of the <strong>45th Caribbean Festival<\/strong>, popularly known as the <strong>Fiesta del Fuego,<\/strong>\u00a0taking place in the province of Santiago de Cuba from <strong>July 3 to 5<\/strong>, actor and theatre director <strong>Ury Rodr\u00edguez Urgell\u00e9s<\/strong>, is representing the eastern Cuban province at the <strong>Popular Theatre Workshop: Paths of Caribbean Theatre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez Urgell\u00e9s, who is also the president of the Guant\u00e1namo Provincial Committee of the <strong>Associatiin of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC)<\/strong>, exchanged in the forum in which participants share knowledge and experiences gained through their community-based artistic work.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the theatre company <strong>La Barca<\/strong>, presented his experiences on the transformative role of the performing arts within communities.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop also featured distinguished theatre figures, including <strong>F\u00e1tima Patterson Patterson<\/strong>, awarded with the Cuba&#8217;s National Theatre Award (2017); fellow eastern Cuban theatre director <strong>Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Fiffe<\/strong>, head of <strong>Teatro Andante<\/strong> in Granma Province; and invited artists from <strong>Colombia<\/strong>, the guest country honored at this year&#8217;s Caribbean Festival for its rich ethnic and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG-20260705-WA0007.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>During his participation in the 45th edition of the Fiesta del Fuego, Rodr\u00edguez Urgell\u00e9s also presented the stage production <strong>&#8220;Minefield&#8221; (Campo Minado)<\/strong> at the <strong>Macub\u00e1 Theatre Studio<\/strong>, where he served as artistic director.<\/p>\n<p>The production is based on the play of the same title by renowned playwright and researcher <strong>Ulises Rodr\u00edguez Febles<\/strong>, from the province of Matanzas.<\/p>\n<p>Also representing Guant\u00e1namo Province at the 45th Caribbean Festival in neighboring Santiago de Cuba is the musical ensemble <strong>Robertico y su S\u00edncopa Uno<\/strong>, devoted to preserving the authentic and deeply rooted traditions of <strong>chang\u00fc\u00ed<\/strong>, the music-and-dance genre recognized as part of Cuba&#8217;s National Cultural Heritage since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo. &#8211; As part of the 45th Caribbean Festival, popularly known as the Fiesta del Fuego,\u00a0taking place in the province of Santiago de Cuba from July 3 to 5, actor and theatre director Ury Rodr\u00edguez Urgell\u00e9s, is representing the eastern Cuban province at the Popular Theatre Workshop: Paths of Caribbean Theatre. 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