The ballet star Carlos Acosta has said British companies must do more to extend opportunities to dancers from ethnic minority backgrounds. The acclaimed performer is bringing his new Cuban dance company to Sadler's Wells for its first UK show. The former principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet said he wanted talented British hopefuls to train at his Acosta Danza Academy in Cuba, which will help young dancers from deprived backgrounds prepare for the international stage.

Join the Cuban Salsa Flashmob at Grand Central station, Birmingham (the new New Street station) main concourse at 3pm – with members of the VAMOS Cuba cast from Havana and local salsa dancers this Saturday 29 October.

Cuban actor Jorge Perugorria, star of 'strawberry and chocolate' and many other great Cuban films, has been invited to become a member of the Film Academy in the US as part of Hollywood's attempt to have a more diverse membership judging the Oscars.

The animation studios of the ICAIC will present a video game inspired by the popular Cuban TV knowledge quiz programme ‘El Selecto Club de La Neurona Intranquila' in August, in the context of the Art Fair in the Rampa, Havana.

A 24-hour TV Satellite broadcast of Cuban audiovisuals will reach US audiences on the CubaMax TV channel following a joint accord reached between the Cuban Radio and Television Institute and Dish Network TV.

A new Cuban film arrived in cinemas in May: Esteban, Jonal Cosculluela's debut picture, which has seen the director deviate from sex and violence to tell a beautiful, moving story.

Cuba50 competition – Free ticket to see Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor in London + Meet Maykel and the band!!

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (Contemporary Dance of Cuba – DCC) has always been characterized by its distinctive style, creativity and mixture of techniques, all tied together by a universal language.

Mayra and Esteban fell in love with each other when they were very young. They promised to love each other in spite of the physical distance, and when this actually occurred, they were only able to meet again 40 years later. How everything changes after 40 years! The body, the way of thinking, hopes… People grow old and the process is cruel, whether you live alone or not, but the need to love and be loved never changes.

Renowned Cuban filmmaker Julio Garcia Espinosa sadly died in May. As a filmmaker he was famous for his theory of 'incomplete cinema'. He was the 2004 National Film Award winner, and was the only founder of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) -which he directed from 1983 to 1991- that was still alive.

The Scottish Saltire and Union Jack flags flutter in the breeze. They fly directly above a line of contemporary banners fixed between the columns of the Royal Scottish Academy, a neo-classical William Henry Playfair-designed building at The Mound in central Edinburgh. These banners are part of Michael Barr's ‘FREE CULTURE!' project and echo the colours of the Cuban flag. Indeed, the star from the Cuban flag is used in the central banner, which proclaims ‘Here Today'. The linking banner message – ‘Grand Art Sale – Here Today', renders the star reminiscent of a neon price tag from a market stall. Barr's artwork is to be found at the rear of the building, above the workers' entrance. A tartan-trewed attendant is stationed inside, directing traffic to lower galleries but also there to answer the back door to the many people knocking to ask where the art sale is.

For Pavel Giroud, boredom doesn't work. Nor does he like radicalism. For that reason he doesn't understand the fact that certain film directors, with the goal of opposing the commercial cannons of Hollywood, make films incapable of being enjoyed by the public. "Always stick to entertainment. Making a serious film does not mean making a boring one."
His drama ‘The Companion' which was shown in the 37th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana in December 2015, has humour and action.

Trip Builds on President Obama's Recent Visit – "Todos Somos Americanos"