Cuban President Raul Castro acknowledged the significant role played by renowned Cuban dancer and professor Ramiro Guerra as the founder of and source of inspiration for Cuban modern dance.

The tenth edition of the International Choir Festival, CORHABANA, is scheduled to be held in the Cuban capital from July 3 through 7.

Cuban salsa musician Will Campa and his Gran Union band are on an intense program of concerts at several Latin music festivals in Canada and the United States.

Young Cuban poet Sergio García Zamora (Esperanza, 1986), has just been granted the Manuel Navarro Luna National Poetry Award for his unpublished book of poems Caballería insurrecta or Rebel Cavalry.

With the attendance of Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, a photo exhibition entitled Saved Images opened in the western city of Pinar del Río.

The popular Cuban reggaeton group Gente de Zona was a hit at the Opera House in Toronto, with more than 16 musicians on stage. 

The choir Camerata Vocal Música Áurea from Santiago de Cuba has been invited to take part in the welcoming of the Olympic torch in Sheffield, England, before the 2012 Olympic Games begin in London.

World known Cuban bands, including Grammy Award winning Los Van Van, plus NG La Banda and Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, performed in New York on June 16 at the First Cuban Timba Festival.

The 11^th Havana Fine Arts Biennial wound up in the Cuban capital over the weekend, confirming its place as one of the most important arts events of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean, and with the most popular attendance.

The United Nations Children’s Fund –UNICEF- is sponsoring the First Step Hip Hop Festival, scheduled for June 12 and 13, dedicated to children and adolescents.

An art gallery named Gran Café will soon open in Newark, New Jersey, with original works by Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, who recently visited the United States for the fourth time.

The "British Week" Culture Festival in Havana is underway in the Cuban capital until June 10, sponsored by the British Embassy and the city’s Historian Office.

The Camagüey Ballet –Cuba’s second most important ballet company- wound up a successful season of its version of The Flames of Paris at Havana’s Mella Theater over the weekend.