El Tropicana is a cabaret in Havana, Cuba. It was launched on December 30, 1939 at the Villa Mina in Marianao and next door to El Colegio de Belen where Fidel Castro went to school. The Tropicana Cabaret is located in a lush, tropical garden six-acre (24,000 m²) estate.
Max Borges designed a building composed of five reinforced concrete arches and glass walls over an indoor stage.[3] When the indoor cabaret opened on March 15, 1952, it had a combined total seating capacity of 1,700 for the interior and outside areas. Its furniture designed by Charles and Ray Eames. The Arcos de Cristal won numerous international prizes
Nowadays Tropicana has also its own school where they are able to prepare talented young people eager to become professional dancers with the help of great teachers , most of them retired dancers ,some of them performed in Tropicana as well when they were younger , although this school helps many to make their dreams come true it also has the objective of providing Tropicana with good and prepared dancers ,as when these students graduate The company can select and hire some of them.