The International Ballet Festival of Havana was included in mass dissemination plans in the arts following the Cuban Revolution.

The 18th festival was inaugurated by Fidel Castro, President of the State and Council of Ministers of Cuba.

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Spain, Russian Federation, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, West Germany, East Germany, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia.

Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, China, Israel, and Kazakhstan Angola, Algeria, Egypt, Guinea.

Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and United States.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.