Myth has it that a Cuban who doesn’t dance is a rare creature. You could live a lifetime without seeing one, like the endangered Florida panther. “We come from a dancing island,” explains Fernando ...
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, the artistic director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, grew up in Miami’s Hialeah neighborhood surrounded by the music, dance and fierce love of her tight-knit Cuban-American ...
They are members of Los Hijos del Director, a Cuban company that made its U.S. debut at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday as part of the two-week Cuba Festival. NEW YORK — At the end of George Céspedes’ ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Cuban company’s program at the Joyce Theater includes three U.S. premieres. By Siobhan Burke This is the 10th season that Malpaso Dance Company, ...
When Ariel Serrano was just 11 – growing up in Santiago de Cuba and not much interested in the classical ballet training the Cuban government had selected him for the year before – he saw a ballet ...
Isaac Delgado, one of the greatest and most significant protagonists of Cuban popular dance music, an icon of timba and ...
For Katherine Knowles, seeing Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba for the first time was "a transformative experience." Part of the thrill were the dancers -- 18 women backed by musicians, creating a perfectly ...
Community connections are being made through dance in UB’s Alumni Arena. It’s the gathering place for 20-30 people who regularly take part in a Cuban dance called rueda de casino. Similar to square ...
NEW YORK — At the end of George Céspedes’ “El Último Recurso,” dancers stand and stare at the audience for the full duration of a song. That extended staring in stillness, with baleful or at least ...