Rosario Cárdenas & Danza Combinatoria: Tributo a El Monte. Havana 2013

It is a commonplace to say that El monte, by the Cuban anthropologist Lydia Cabrera, is the Bible of Afro-Cuban religions. This is why some people were surprised when Rosario Cárdenas—National Dance Prizewinner 2013—announced that she and her company Danza Combinatoria were working on Tributo a El monte [Tribute to El Monte]. Having said this, however, I dare say no one questioned Cárdenas's capability to delve into the dense plot of this iconic book of Cuban culture.