Matanzas, Cuba Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The Danish theater company Odin Teatret, considered one of the most important theater groups of the contemporary scene will perform today in this city, informed the National Council of the Performing Arts (CNAE).

The group of artists led since by Italian maestro Eugenio Barba, with base in Danish city of Holstebro, is returning to Cuba in a visit similar, for its intensity and extension, to the one they did in 2002, it was reported.

Organized the CNAE, the Tablas-Alarcos Publishing House along with other cultural institutions, the tour also includes several Cuban provinces, informed the source.

In this occasion the group will perform at Papalote room the work Tierra de Fuego, by Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, with the participation of Carolina Pizarro, directed by Julia Varley, as well as the work Ave María, with Varley herself.

Meanwhile artistic exhibitions and master lectures will take place at the Fragata room of El Miron Cubano theater.

The previous visit of the European company was during the last Theter Festival of Havana when they performed Ave Maria, a uni-personal by Varley, a work included in the current program.