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- Enchanted by Cuba: Dance Magazine's editor in chief, Wendy Perron, travels to Havana for its International Ballet Festival. Dance Magazine, March, 2007 by Wendy Perron
- Video interview of Miguel Iglesias director of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba Company on Havana-Cultura
- Cuba Absolutely – Music and Dance - Cuba Dance – Cuban Danza Contemporary Company
- SkyArts – Carlos Acosta and the Danza Contemporanea de Cuba. Reviewed by Ian Palmer
- New York Public Library – Exhibition: Dance in Cuba