Vladimir Malakhov en una de sus presentaciones en el Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana. Foto: Raúl Pupo

A contest will win ... or lose. That's why so many people do not like competitions. But struck by the enthusiasm with which dancers and choreographers from across the country host the Dance Competition North Atlantic Vladimir Malakhov Grand Prix, which takes place every autumn in the city of Holguin.
There are artists and companies that have participated in the three editions so far. "And while convene keep coming," says the guantanamero Yoel Gonzalez, one of the most awards and recognitions obtained in these conflicts.
By the efforts of the company and its director Codanza Marisel Godoy, the city of Holguin it is already for a long time one of the centers of reference of dance art in Cuba. Thanks to the support of the famous dancer Vladimir Malakhov Ukrainian and his agent Paul Seaquist have begun to look beyond, although still some sets of relevance not participate.
But for many groups and artists of the country it is a unique opportunity.
It is that this call is occupying a space that for a long time are calling for artists and researchers of dance in Cuba: that of a national festival, allowing confrontation, dialogue, debate. A quote that gives much more visibility to the work of groups, radiquen where situated.