Thursday, February 2, 2017
Another full day that started in the morning with a visit to the Teatro Principal, home of the Ballet de Camaguey and ended with our return for the full performance, and in between a pedicab tour of the city and its squares that took us to several artists studios as well.
We began the day with a walk from our hotel through the Calle Maceo pedestrian walkway to the Teatro Principal home of the Bellet de Camaguey.
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| A group of us awaiting departure in the morning. |
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| As I look at these images, lots of street scenes. |
There we were able to observe a rehearsal of that evening’s performance of Carmen and speak with the ballet’s director, Regina Balaguer.
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| So we're going to see a rehearsal. I have a camera. I have a fast lens. Do I bring it? No. |
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| But, I was able to crank the ISO up to 25,600 and still got some interesting shots |
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| and interesting effects |
From there we were loaded into a convoy of pedicabs for a rolling tour of the city which featured visits to several artists studios, including that of Martha Jimenez.
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| Pedicabs await |
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| Street scenes. |
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| A group of us in a gallery |
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| The one that got away. I really wanted this, but Sharon did not and in bronze, it was heavy. |
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| The gallery of Martha Jimenez, on the left |
Later in the afternoon we went to the studio and workshops
of Orestes Larios, a Cuban artist with an international reputation and a member
of Cuba’s small Jewish community. From both a cultural and artistic perspective
it was one of the two highlights of the day.
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| Larios to the right and José translating, though the artist's English was plenty good. |
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Behind the gallery were a warren of individual workshops and galleries
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In the evening a few of us decided to go back to see the
full performance of Carmen.
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