Biennale de la Culture Cubaine - 2ème édition

The Biennale of Cuban Culture returns to the Couvent for an exceptional evening dedicated to Cuban women’s creativity. Featuring a dance performance, an original concert, a fashion show, a photography exhibition, a percussion workshop, a DJ set and food, The 2026 edition puts women in Cuban culture in the spotlight. Musicians, dancers, creators, performers and composers take center stage to demonstrate their essential role in transmitting and renewing Cuban artistic traditions. This program also celebrates emblematic musical heritage, particularly the Cuban tres, an iconic instrument of Cuban popular music, through unprecedented encounters between musicians from different backgrounds. P R O G R A M 5:00 p.m. _ Opening of the Hip-Objectivo: La Habana exhibition A photography exhibition created in 2012 about young hip-hop artists and dancers from Havana, highlighting the vitality of Cuba’s urban scene. + Cuban food truck by Daris Duany, offering traditional homemade cuisine. 5:30–6:30 p.m. _ Cuban percussion workshop Led by Yoandy San Martin An introduction to Afro-Cuban rhythms open to everyone. Maximum 12 participants – €15 per person – booking required at the following address https://www.helloasso.com/associations/latino-on-the-move/evenements/atelier-de-percussion-afro-cubaine-avec-yoandy-san-martin-2 7:00 p.m. _ DJ Set Lily de Cuba A musical journey through Cuban son, salsa, timba, Latin house and Afro-Caribbean music to accompany the opening of the evening 8:00 p.m. _ Fashion show Original creation by Aïna Adrover Aina Adrover and Maylis Mendousse Le Bihan present an unprecedented fashion show of 16 silhouettes, driven by a shared desire to celebrate women through clothing. Aina presents 10 creations inspired by Cuban women, where fashion, performance, visual storytelling and environmental commitment meet. Maylis unveils 6 silhouettes from her PEAU SALÉE collection, an ode to Marseille and the Mediterranean, where draping, volumes and materials evoke the marks of sun, salt and wind on the body. Together, they weave a dialogue between Marseille and Havana, between the Corniche and the Malecón, making fashion a meeting ground where identity, memory, freedom and contemporary creation respond to one another. 8:30 p.m. _ Les Queeneuses dance performance An original choreographic creation centered on Reparto, a Cuban urban musical movement driven by contemporary energy. A committed performance celebrating freedom of expression, the power of the collective and the place of women in Cuban popular cultures. 9:00 p.m. _ “La Femme Cubaine” concert (original creation) Around Ruben Paz and his orchestra, this creation honors exceptional women musicians from different musical traditions (Isabel Ramos, Jany Quiñones, Maura Isabel Garcia, Zurley Diaz Montalvo, Thaïs Llopiz, Sarah Wassef). The concert celebrates the richness of women’s journeys in Cuban music and offers a journey between Cuba, Spain and Egypt, blending son, salsa, flamenco, Afro-Cuban music and original creations. The evening will also feature unprecedented musical encounters: mano a mano between tres players, dialogues between trumpeters, and a spotlight on the Cuban tres, an iconic instrument of Cuban musical heritage.