Experiments in Cuban Music, Dance and Animation

Charanga del Norte

Cuban dancer-turned-animator Guillermo Davis and Sue Miller, director of Charanga del Norte discuss and present their collaborative projects in music, dance and animation film with screenings of animation shorts featuring music by Charanga del Norte (who will be performing live at Lawrence Batley Theatre on Sunday 28 July).

Films with music by Charanga del Norte include a world premier of Atilana alongside the animation Charanga Time made to celebrate the band’s 20^th anniversary in 2019. Other films by Guillermo Davis to be shown include The Little Rose Shoes based on a Cuban poem for children by Jose Marti and Grandad Go and Get the Bread!, an animation short about an old man who shuffles out to dance on Carnival day. Another film short When You Can Hear the River is an animation based on a devastating flood in Guillermo’s home town of Guantanamo.

Book for Experiments in Cuban Music, Dance and Animation and recieve £3 off Charanga del Norte