2023
CubeArt Festival brought color, performance and music to Havana that has not been showcased before.
WEEK 01
23 - 24 Nov
The Well in the Lake
Location: Teatro Nacional de Cuba. Time: 19:00
Piece by Julio Cesar Iglesias Ungo (CU/DE) & Helder Seabra (PT/BE) | Live Music : Christoph Faust Heinze (DE) & Stijn Vanmarsenille (BE) | Technic and scenography : Lennart Aufenvenne (DE)
Coproduced and funded by Tanzhaus NRW , Pumpenhaus Münster, Kunststiftung NRW and Goethe-Institut Havanna.
23 Nov
Opening Night Reception.
Location: H Bar Havana’s Top Jazz Bar, Ave 23 esquina H, Vedado. Time: 22:00
Coproduced and funded by Goethe-Institut Havanna.
24 Nov
Post-show drinks.
Location: H Bar Havana’s Top Jazz Bar, Ave 23 esquina H, Vedado. Time: 22:00
25-26 Nov
CRACKS
Location: Teatro Nacional de Cuba. Time: 25 November 19:00, 26 November 17:00
Performance by: Urban Art Ensemble Ruhr (DE)
Choreography: Rauf Yasit | Choreography Assistance: Christian Zacharas | Dance: Gelya Andryushyna, Wenta Ghebrehiwet, Tonia Kyriakou, Stefan Stiller, Melena Tortoh, Leo Vara, Maxim Kuznetsov | Dramaturg: Sebastian Bös | Stage Design: Aaron Stratmann | Costume Design: Frederike Coors | Sound Design: Kilian Unger | Lighting Design: Birk Andre Hildebrand | Lighting Technician: Moritz Bütow | Artistic Direction: Zekai Fenerci | Assistant to the Artistic Director: Uta Graßhoff | Production Management: Maryline Ogboko | Production Assistance: Eva Pageix | Photos: Young-Soo Chang.
25 Nov
Workshop/class with Helder Seabra (PT/BE)
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 13:00 - 15:00. Format: Interactive.
Free attendance for local Cuban dancers and choreographers.
Post - show drinks
Location: H Bar Havana’s Top Jazz Bar, Ave 23 esquina H, Vedado. Time: 22:00
26 Nov
Masquerade of the Immortals
Location: Los Jardines de la Tropical. Time: 17:00 - 4:00
CubeArt’s Masquerade of the Immortals celebrate’s the island’s Afro-Cuban spiritual tradition of Santeria where the mask bearer will dance at the intersection of life and death, this world and the Otherworld.
Line up: Stijn Vanmarsenille (BE) Live | Christoph Faust (DE) DJ Set | Jardinero De La Boca (AT) DJ Set | J-Lawton (CU /DE) DJ set | AKKE (SWE) DJ Set | Yansam (CU) DJ set | Dailirium (CU) DJ set.
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26 Nov
WEEK 02
28 Nov
Workshop with Christoph Faust (DE)
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 13:00 - 15:00. Format: Interactive.
Free attendance for local DJs and producers.
29 Nov
HIP HOP Battle, hosted by Urban Art Ensemble Ruhr with invited local Cuban dancers.
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Free attendance.
1-3 Dec
Exposure (Research Premiere)
Location: Teatro Nacional de Cuba. Time: 1, 2 December 19:00, 3 December 17:00.
A piece directed by Julio César Iglesias Ungo (CU/GE) and Hans Van Den Broeck (BE) in collaboration with Australian director and composer Ben Frost. Performed by Danza Contemporánea de Cuba and Urban Art Ensemble Ruhr.
Coproduced by KHIDI Art & Music Event Management and Danza Contemporánea de Cuba. Funded by Exportförderung, Kooperationsförderung und Auslandsstipendien, fördert das Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW and Goethe-Institut Havanna.
1-2 Dec
Post - show drinks
Location: H Bar Havana’s Top Jazz Bar, Ave 23 esquina H, Vedado. Time: 22:00
3 Dec
Exposure After-Party
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 22:00 - 02:30
Line up : Stijn Vanmarsenille (BE) Hybrid Set | X-Alox (CU) DJ Set | Yansam (CU) DJ Set | Jardinero De La Boca (AT) b2b Christoph Faust (DE).
WEEK 03
5 Dec
Rose Garden Workshop with Hans Van den Broeck (BE)
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 13:00 - 15:00. Format: Interactive.
Free participation for local Cuban dancers, performers and actors of all ages.
Workshop with Ben Frost (AUS)
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 15:00 - 17:00. Format: Interactive.
Free participation for local electronic producers.
6 Dec
Inner Tools Workshop with Julio César Iglesias Ungo (CU/DE)
Location: Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Time: 13:00 - 15:00. Format: Interactive.
Free participation for local Cuban dancers, performers and actors of all ages.
8 Dec
CubeArt Closing Event
Location: Jardines de la Tropical. Time: 14:00 - 04:00
Ben Frost (AUS) LIVE | Christoph Faust (DE) DJ Set | J-Lawton (CU /DE) DJ set | Yansam (CU) DJ Set | X-Alox (CU) DJ set | Sangre Fría (CU) DJ set | Dailirium (CU) DJ set | Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Performance | RubberLegz (DE/USA) Performance | RHEIA (PL/DE) Performance.