{"id":17767,"date":"2026-10-16T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=17767"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:01:47","slug":"danza-fragmentada-opens-its-new-season-in-guantanamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/danza-fragmentada-opens-its-new-season-in-guantanamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Danza Fragmentada Opens Its New Season in Guant\u00e1namo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17768 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm2-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm2-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm2-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Guantanamo.- By candlelight and amid lilies and sunflowers, the headquarters of Danza Fragmentada opened its doors to launch the company\u2019s thirty-third season\u2014an event dedicated to artistic training, dance, and traditional Cuban music.<\/p>\n<p>The program began with a folklore workshop led by renowned instructor C\u00e9sar Reinier Sim\u00f3n Reyes. The workshop was designed for dancers from Guant\u00e1namo-based companies and students at the Alfredo Vel\u00e1zquez Carcas\u00e9s Professional Dance School.<\/p>\n<p>To the rhythm of drums and songs devoted to African deities, participants explored the techniques and distinctive elements of these traditions under the guidance of an instructor with an impressive career in arts education.<\/p>\n<p>The event also featured Improntus del Cuerpo, a recurring program by Danza Fragmentada, with contributions from the companies Danza Libre and Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico Babul.<\/p>\n<p>The performance presented a broad range of styles, from neoclassical and contemporary dance to folkloric forms and popular social dances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45735 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm7-452x600.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm7-452x600.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm7-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm7-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm7.jpg 965w\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The venue was packed throughout the event. The program also included T\u00fa, mi regalo (\u201cYou, My Gift\u201d), a work by the group Amanecer, led by musician Jes\u00fas Fern\u00e1ndez, and performed with students from the Antonia Luisa Cabal Professional School of Music. This segment was created specifically to promote knowledge and appreciation of Cuba\u2019s rural, or campesino, traditions.<\/p>\n<p>During the performance, the young artists shared the stage with accomplished singer Yaneisis Oquendo, presenting a repertoire that included songs associated with iconic figures of traditional Cuban music, including Compay Segundo, Los Compadres, and Celina Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45737 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm4-338x600.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm4-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm4-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/danzafragm4.jpg 720w\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the direction of dancer and choreographer Ladislao Navarro Tomas\u00e9n, Danza Fragmentada thus opened its thirty-third season. The program will continue tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at the company\u2019s headquarters, which will once again welcome Danza Libre and Babul, along with the G\u00e9nesis dance-theater project, students from the School of Dance, and dancer Felipe Adriano C\u00e1tala Bal\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the program will move to the Rub\u00e9n L\u00f3pez Sabariego House of Culture, where a performance for children will be held at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- By candlelight and amid lilies and sunflowers, the headquarters of Danza Fragmentada opened its doors to launch the company\u2019s thirty-third season\u2014an event dedicated to artistic training, dance, and traditional Cuban music. The program began with a folklore workshop led by renowned instructor C\u00e9sar Reinier Sim\u00f3n Reyes. The workshop was designed for dancers from Guant\u00e1namo-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-guantanamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17769,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions\/17769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}