Despite knowing in advance that they were headed for the semi-finals at the top of Group A, Cuba's Domadores team pulled no punches on April 16 and defeated the British Lionhearts 5-0 in the penultimate weekend of the regular season of the 5th World Series of Boxing.

Talking about human relations which develop in extreme situations and bring a sensitive reflection on the question of war, ‘The Ambush'(La Emboscada), film by the Cuban director Alejandro Gil, will arrive at the big screen in Cuba on 23 April, for its national premiere.

The principal dancers Alejandro Virelles and Yonah Acosta will take on the protagonist leading roles in the classics Swan Lake, The Corsaire and Coppelia, with which the English National Ballet, directed by the Benois de la Dance prizewinner Tamara Rojo, will be touring internationally in China, Singapore and Spain.
The British company starts from Tuesday in the Chinese cities of Tianjin, Guangzhou and Beijing, it will travel to Singapore 14 to 17 May to put on its version of The Corsaire, and later Swan Lake in Barcelona. On return to the UK the English National Ballet will present the show ‘Lest we Forget' from 28-30 May.
It is a programme which received spectacular praise in 2014, for bringing together neoclassical pieces with contemporary pieces in order to, using the language of dance, get close to the human tragedy of the second world war. It consisted of pieces such as No Man's Land by Liam Scarlett, and Dust by Akram Khan. Khan's piece was awarded the prize of Best Modern Choroegraphy of the Year, by the National Circle of British Critics.

New York artist, Duke Riley, is scheduled to "install" an ice skating rink at Havana's Seaside Drive during Havana's 22nd Art Biennial set to kick off on May 24th.

The passing away on 13 April of renowned Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano was a sad piece of news that filled Cuban writers and his readers here with dismay.

WORLD class dancer Carlos Acosta has announced his retirement from the classical ballet repertoire.

World Routes was an excellent series of 3 programmes about Cuban traditional music forms Son, Changui and Rumba made by Lucy Duran. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 programme in 2008 but available again now in their archive

"Our land, our image, what we are…" Cuban artist Kcho explains the message of mural he made along with other top artists at the Americas Summit in Panama.

Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa interviewed by Channel 4 news while in the UK in April for their Adios tour.

This is a great video just out with Cuban salsa group Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco collaborating with singers and dancers of Puerto Rican rap group F-clan – Yo soy bueno!

Conducta, the Cuban film that won the Choral Award during the 2014 Havana Film Festival is still winning awards when it was recognized during the 17th edition of the Rencontres du Cinéma Sud-Americain of Marseille with the Audience Award for the Best Film and Best Performance, this latter awarded to the child actors in the film.

Cuban wrestling squad leaves today for the United States to compete this weekend in the World Cup of that sport, to be held in Los Angeles.

the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) Young Filmmakers Festival concluded its 14th edition by supporting the creation of a Film Law that protects national film production.

The short film "La profesora de ingles" (The English Professor) was awarded the first fiction prize in the 14th Youth Film Festival of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) in April.

Can't wait for Pupy y los Que Son Son to come to London & Glasgow at the end of May? Watch this lovely video from 2014 to make you need to dance – Que rico!