CULTURA Y CUBANIA 2010 (festival)
Date: 6 to 11 Oct
REVOLUTION (film)
Date: 6th Oct 7pm Venue: Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square , London SW1X 8PJ
(Hyde Park Corner tube)
Screening of “Revolution” – a rarely seen documentary approaching the world of Los Aldeanos, a controversial underground hip-hop group that leads the vanguard of their genre in Cuba, raising their points of view and criteria of the social, political and economical situation of today’s Cuba
CUBA: MUSICA TROPICAL
Date: 9th October
8pm - 2am Venue: Conway Hall –25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL
Special live music evening with two of the best Cuban bands from the UK : Rey Crespo & his Cuban Ensemble and Jesus Cutiño & Son de Cuba
+ the UK ’s No. 1 Cuban DJ Javier ‘La Maquina de Cuba’ on the decks until 2am. Cuban food and drinks available.
EL RUMBON CUBANO Date: 10th Oct Venue: At Nueva Costa Dorada,
47-55 Hanway Street, LondonW1T 1UX
(Tottenham Court Road tube) The festival closing party – wind down at London’s most authentic Cuban night, sponsored by Air Europa. Dance class and performance by CubanaDanza, DJ Green Papi, plus the chance to win an Air Europa flight to Havana, Cuba.
'Black Women in Cuba: Reflections on Identity and Diversity'
Date: Monday 11th October - 7pm, Free Entry Venue: 62 Marchmont Street, London, Russel Square WC1N 1AB Seminar and debate led by guest speaker from Cuba,
journalist and leading feminist Sandra Alvarez Ramirez Sandra Ramirez will be joining us from Havana, Cuba to host this seminar dealing with the realities faced by black women in Cuban society.
PIMPENELA Date: 14th oct Venue: Union Chapel
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SKA P Date: 14th Oct Venue: HMV forum
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4TH NATIVE SPIRIT FESTIVAL
Date: 12th to 22nd Oct
Venue: SOAS
This year we are celebrating our 4th Native Spirit Festival, bringing once more the voice of the indigenous people close to western societies. Covering a diversity of issues from the environment, identity, human rights to ancient traditions, shamanism, land, women and indigenous prophesies, this year Native Spirit Festival is a real celebration and exploration into the current and historical situation of indigenous Peoples worldwide.
NOVEMBER
JOSE MERCE Date: 25 nov Venue: Barbican
Uno de lo cataores de flamenco de más éxito vuelve al Barbican para presentar su último trabajo, “Ruido”, un impresionante álbum cargado de bulerías, tangos, alegrías, rumba y soleá, con guitarras que quitan el sentío, la delicada y apasionada voz de Mercé y modernos arreglos que elevan el flamenco a un nuevo nivel.
José Soto Soto, conocido internacionalmente como.
Su carrera comenzó a la temprana edad de 13 años, cuando grabó su primer álbum acompañado de las guitarras de Luis Habichuela y Enrique Melchor. Más tarde entró en la compañía de baile de Antonio Gades y comenzaron las giras internacionales con el Ballet Nacional, al tiempo que aparecía en las películas “Bodas de sangre” (1.981) y “Flamenco” (1.995) de Carlos Saura.
DECEMBER
ROSANA Date: 5th Dec Venue: Koko
La canaria Rosana Arbelo es una de las cantautoras más consolidadas en lengua latina viene a Londres a presentarse en la sala KOKO de la capital Britanica.
Desde su primer álbum en 1996, Lunas Rotas, Rosana ha vendido más 8.000.000 de copias en todo el mundo y ha dado más de 800 conciertos en España, Europa, América y Asia. El optimismo y la energía de su música, sumado al tono veraz y directo de sus poéticas letras son la clave de su éxito, que traspasa fronteras y culturas. Su música nos transporta a un mundo acogedor, cercano y personal, un lugar de reencuentro con la sensibilidad de las historias cotidianas pasadas por el tamiz de una interprete capaz de susurrarnos al oído y elevar nuestro ánimo.