From left to right, Leandro Soto, Linda Bair and Jorge Luis Morejon.
The event took place in the NuEdge Gallery, at the Limegrove Lyfestyle Centre Holetown,
St. James, Barbados on October 26, 2012
Video: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/232984234
The performance piece Carpentier en Barbados: El siglo de las luces was part of Café XV: the Journeys of Cuban Artists, a yearly event curated and directed by visual and performance artist Leandro Soto and Dr. Grisel Pujala respectively. Dr. Pujala is also a lecturer at UWI, Cave Hill. As part of Solodos Dance, Dr. Jorge Luis Morejon was able to play three of the male characters of Carpentier’s novel El siglo de las luces (literally The Century of Enlightenment), titled in English Explosion in the Cathedral, while Ms. Linda Bair played Sofia, the most important female character in the story. Leandro Soto played Alejo Carpentier, the writer himself. The event invited dancer, chorographer and lecturer Neri Torres, who interpreted a dance for Afro-Cuban goddess Oshun.
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Saludos:
Que recuerdos.
Orestes
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