The Organizing Committee of the Havana International Ballet Festival "Alicia Alonso" announces the cancellation of its 27th edition, one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the dancing world.

Audrey Azoulay, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), highlighted this Wednesday, International Dance Day, the power of this art to generate joy, and recalled the legacy of the great Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso.

To remember the outstanding career of the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019), in her centennial year, will be dedicated the International Dance Day, which is celebrated every April 29 since 1982.

Juan Padron, a leading Cuban filmmaker who won the National Humor Award in 2004 and the National Film Award in 2008, and one of the country's most renowned cartoonists, died early Tuesday morning of a serious lung disease.

In accordance with the measures adopted in the country to prevent Covid-19, Cuba´s Politburo decided to significantly modify the Plan of National Acts and Events that had been approved for this year, in order to avoid carrying out activities that involve the concentration of people.

A group of Cuban musicians has joined the initiative of several international artists to give online concerts in order to spread a hopeful message to the millions of people around the world who are left at home with the advance of the new COVID-19.

The presentation of a series of books devoted to the traditions of Cuba is one of the most effective ways of taking the love of the Caribbean island to the hearts of Russian citizens.

The international tourism fair in Hungary opened at the Hungexpo fairgrounds in Budapest, capital city, with the presence of a Cuban delegation, headed by David Lobaina, representative for Central Europe of the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR).

Cuba will be the guest of honor at two major events to be held this year in Argentina: the 46th International Book Fair and the 25th Latin American International Tourism Fair.

The outstanding Spanish singer-songwriter Alex Ubago will perform for the first time in Cuba, as he will be one of the special guests at the 10th edition of the Festival Un Puente hacia La Habana (A Bridge to Havana), to be held April 26 to May 10 this year.

Acosta Danza, a company founded and directed by Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, will perform from today until April 11, in cities in the United Kingdom, invited by the Dance Consortium, an association of 20 major theaters that seeks to bring the best of international choreographic art to that country.

With a varied program of presentations, workshops, tours and other actions, the 6th Pista Joven International Circus Festival will start in Havana, March 2-6.

Puerto Rican singer Victor Manuelle recognized the great influence of Cuban musicians on all artists who produce salsa, as he closed the 5th International Salsa Festival in Havana, Prensa Latina reported.