The French ambassador in Cuba, Patrice Paoli, reported on the rescheduling of dance performances and other activities to be held in the current Month of French Culture on the island.
On this occasion, the organizers of the event decided to return to face-to-face activities and, in turn, maintain the space that Cuban television has given to offer the viewer the best in French films, series, and audiovisual projects.
Among the scheduled changes are those pertaining to the dance show by the Rosario Cárdenas Company, the play by director Didier Ruiz, the Rémy Ballot concert and the monthly meeting of the literary Cabaret.
«Today, Tuesday, the conductor Rémy Ballot, together with the Lyceum Mozartiano, will be presenting a repertoire of compositions by Mozart, Bach and Beethoven at eight o’clock at night in the Oratorio San Felipe Neri. Admission will be free of charge for anyone who wants to attend », he said.
He also spoke about the change of location of the dance work eat it, by Alexi Marimón together with the Rosario Cárdenas Company, which would take place at the Martí Theater, but now will take place at the Miramar Theater, in 5th. and 94, Beach.
The functions of that show will be on May 20 and 21 at 7 pm and May 22 at 5 pm. “I want to highlight the very interesting project that the stage director Didier Ruiz brings, entitled Give Memories XXXIII, which will take place on May 25 and 26 at seven at night in the Theater of the National Museum of Fine Arts,” he announced.
«This theatrical meeting will bring to the stage six men and six women over 75 years of age, who are not professional actors. They, through their memoirs, will lead the thread of history”, declared Paoli.
He also mentioned the literary Cabaret that takes place every month at the Paseo del Prado headquarters of the French Alliance of Cuba, this time with Abroad, by Albert Camus, which can be enjoyed on May 24 at 7 pm.
On the other hand, Paoli expressed: “there is an interest shared by both parties, an excellence, a political will to continue creating and the hunger to continue learning. I can say that it is a path with fertile land still, which has a long future ahead»
“We have to keep working, idealizing, but above all, reinforcing what is already there. Art and culture is part of what will always unite us”, said the ambassador.
Representing all members of the French diplomatic mission, the ambassador expressed his condolences to those who lost their families and friends in the accident that occurred on May 6 at the Saratoga hotel.
