The Gran Teatro de La Habana first opened in 1915 and has been an important landmark in Cuban history and culture. It is a theater located in Havana, Cuba and is home to the Cuban National Ballet. The theater was designed by a Belgian architect named Paul Belau. This theater was built around the historic Tacon Theater. It features a highly ornate neo-baroque architectural style that give it a classic almost church like appearance. There are also four statues on display representing Charity, Education, Music, and Theatre. The theater hosts a ballet every weekend and is home to a concert hall and an art gallery. You can also go on one of the daily tours around the theater. There are a wide variety of dance styles presented at the Gran Teatro de La Habana like ballet, contemporary, and Spanish inspired dance. The theater was also recently renovated in 2015.
The building itself is beautiful looking and reminds me a lot of historic buildings in Europe. It looks like the type of church or palace that may be used in a movie and the concert hall looks massive in photos I have seen online. The venue seems to be massive as it can seat 1,500 people. Ballet is something that doesn’t really interest me much, however it seems this venue offers so much more than this with all the various types of dance provided. The venue also seems like a nice one to take an afternoon tour and just admire all the painstaking detail put into the architecture on display. Everything looks so ornate and like it was crafted with care and precision.
I couldn’t find an official website for this location, but I found a listing on Tripadvisor which also provides contact information and a link to their Facebook page. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147271-d662838-Reviews-Gran_Teatro_de_La_Habana-Havana_Ciudad_de_la_Habana_Province_Cuba.html
It seems like admission cost varies between the show, but I did see a consensus listing costs around 30 CUC.
Does this seem like a destination you would want to go to?
Is there a type of dance that interests you?
I love these type of buildings because they also remind me of old buildings in my country that were built by Spanish people during colonization and they are beautiful and although they were built for the Spanish we use them now for our benefit. I also agree that these buildings should be used in movies because of how beautiful they are. I would like to see this building at night it looks so pretty with the lights.
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