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With an emotional ceremony held on Monday at the Juan Abrantes Stadium of the University of Havana, the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) commemorated the strong commitment that unites the company with the University Student Federation (FEU), 69 years after the organization's act of redress dedicated to Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso and the then Ballet de Cuba.

The Matanzas International Puppet Festival (Festitim) is already preparing for its 16th edition, scheduled for March 17-22, with a more focused format, focused on artistic quality and cultural experimentation.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, mourned today the death of Zenaida Armenteros, winner of the 2005 National Dance Prize.

Renowned artist Zenaida Armenteros, prima ballerina, singer, actress, and founder of the Cuban National Folkloric Ensemble (CFNC by its Spanish acronym), died on Sunday at 94, according to sources from the Ministry of Culture (Mincult).

Around 13 foreign artists from Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Spain have confirmed their participation in the 8th "Ella y Yo" Gathering of Female Singers, to be held from the 10th to the 14th of this month in different venues throughout Havana.

Exodus: Indigenous and Afro-descendant Ancestralities is the name of an artist residency project funded by Iberescena and made up of artists from Cuba, Ecuador and Chile devoted to theater, circus, rap music, and poetry.

On September 6 to 11, Cuban and foreign trova musicians will pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter Vicente Feliú’s mobilizing capacity around politically committed music through Canto de Todos, an initiative launched 25 years ago that several generations of artists will celebrated this month.

Celebrated singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez was the central figure of the culminating episode of the documentary series "Ruta ADN Cuba" (DNA Route Cuba), whose premiere took place this Thursday at the capital's Charles Chaplin Cinema, as part of the extensive program of the 9th Summer Film Festival.

The 17th International Festival “Timbalaye”, dedicated to exalting the culture of Congo and the African diaspora in the Caribbean as a pillar of Cuban identity, concluded in this city.

Prominent Caribbean academics and artists talked about Cuba's role in the region as part of the CARIFESTA Festival, held in Barbados.

The International Workshop of the Dance Department of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), directed by its director-general Viengsay Valdés and coordinated by Professor Mercedes Beltrán, opened its doors on Monday in this city with the participation of 150 students from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, the United States, Italy, Mexico, and Cuba.

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