It all started when Pollak realized he not only wanted to play Afro-Cuban music, he wanted to dance it. Not dance to it; but audibly create the rhythms with his feet and hands. Its as if Fred Astaire ...
“I’ve got one foot in Miami and one foot in the Caribbean,” says Neri Torres, the founder and director of the Ifé-Ilé Dance Company, which will host its 16th annual Ifé-Ilé Afro-Cuban Dance Festival ...
Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban perspective will be given a platform for celebration and meaningful academic exploration at this month’s Ife-Ile Afro-Cuban Dance Festival on ...
The cultural enthusiasm of Ibbu Okun, a dance troupe from Havana, Cuba, was so captivating that members of the audience joined the dancers on the stage last night for the performance of their final ...
A gathering of Cubans in the United States recently held a religious ceremony to honor Oshún, one of the most revered deities ...
Recently, the White House took historic first steps to end travel restrictions to Cuba. But until an epic Capitol Hill battle, which will likely end in blood, tears, and airline tickets, lifts the ...
In its third year, the CubaCaribe Dance Festival fuses folkloric and traditional dances from Cuba and the Caribbean with those of other cultures, including Brazil, as it blends in modern dance ...
CubaCaribe presents its 16th Annual Festival of Dance & Music featuring the world premiere of She Who is Queen/Ada Ara, choreographed and directed by Susana Arenas Pedroso and performed by Arenas ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Afro-Colombian company Sankofa Danzafro presents “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” at the Joyce Theater. By Brian Seibert The people are on ...
In the final movement of “Dancing Spirit,” by choreographer Ronald K. Brown, the women of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater step forward boldly. They lift their chests, and snap their right hands ...
A dancer of the Afro-Cuban IFE-ILE Dance Company performs at its annual dance festival in 2014. Courtesy of Nelson Alvarez/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban ...
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