The Amics de La Rambla Association, which annually grants the Ramblista of Honor awards, has chosen to award us this year’s Ramblista of Honor distinction: “in recognition of its artistic trajectory, its relationship with and affection for La Rambla, and its contribution to the happiness and well-being of Barcelona’s residents.”

The other recipients of this distinction are Joan Oliveras Bagués and Cristina Caparrós. The award ceremony took place this Wednesday, October 23rd, in the Saló de Cent at Barcelona City Hall, presided over by the Mayor of Barcelona, Mr. Jaume Collboni, and the president of the Amics de la Rambla Association, Pau Bosch.

The founder and director of La Cubana, Jordi Milán, expressed his gratitude on behalf of the entire company for this recognition and highlighted La Rambla’s importance to our trajectory. After leaving Sitges, we set up our operations headquarters very close by, on Carrer del Carme.

La Cubana has had and continues to have a deep relationship with La Rambla, which we hold dear: it was there that we performed for the first time in a theater, at Teatre Romea, with La Tempestad (1986); the Capitol became a theater when we performed Cómeme el coco, negro (1990), and we produced and rehearsed Cegada de Amor in commercial spaces on Carrer del Carme and Carrer de la Junta de Comerç. La Rambla has also been the setting for many of our street performances, celebrations, and press conferences.