Workshops
The Hedwig School of Dance develops new artistic talent and promotes dance as a discipline that strengthens body, mind and spirit. Each season, Hedwig Dances programs a series of intensive dance workshops in the dance studio at the Chicago Cultural Center in a variety of contemporary and world dance forms. These workshops are geared to professional dancers and serious students of dance. The excellent national and international artists selected to teach these workshops bring unique cultural perspectives to their work.
Touch Cuba 2013 Itinerary+ and Inclusions
2013 TOUR ITINERARY
Jan. 25 (Fri.) Independent arrivals in Miami – overnight
Jan. 26 (Sat.) Welcome to Havana
Jan. 27 (Sun.) Old Havana, Modern Art & Rumba Sunday
Jan. 28 (Mon.) Dance: Performance, Discussion, Education
Jan. 29 (Tues.) Cutting Edge Art and Contemporary Dance
Jan. 30 (Wed.) Art Stars – Music, Murals, Mosaics
Jan. 31 (Thurs.) Dance & Art Spaces in Old Havana
Feb. 1 (Fri.) Dance Workshops or Cuba Countryside Excursion
Feb. 2 (Sat.) Future Dance/Theater Stars
FEB. 3 (Sun.) Departures
+itinerary is subject to change
2013 TOUR INCLUSIONS
License to travel to Cuba on Art Encounter People-to-People Trip
Travel Visa
Airport assistance in Miami
Round trip Miami/Havana flight
Health Insurance while in Cuba
8 nights at Hotel Nacional in Havana
Private escort services of an English speaking guide and motor coach 12 hours daily as per itinerary
Daily program facilitated by Art Encounter co-founders, artists Joanna Pinsky & Ellen Kamerling
Water on bus for daily tours – 3 bottles per person daily
MEALS
Lavish daily breakfast at the Hotel Nacional
Welcome lunch- Café Oriente
Welcome cocktail reception
Welcome dinner
Lunch at Parque Central Hotel rooftop
Lunch at -Santo Angel-Plaza Vieja
Lunch at Jose Fuster’s art enclave in Jimanitas
Lunch at Aljibe
Lunch in Mantanzas
Buffet dinner at an artists’ studio
Farewell Dinner Party
NOT INCLUDED Tips, airfare to Miami, Havana exit tax (25 CUC)
“Beyond the troupe’s desire to bask in the rarely tapped well of blues music, it presented a sophisticated program that exhibited comedy and emotional depth.”
—Lucia Mauro, Special to the Chicago Tribune
