Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight While avoiding stepping on any political toes, "Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight" elegantly documents the emotional and artistic ties between Cuban and American dancers and ...
When he led the Washington Ballet to Cuba for a groundbreaking string of performances in 2000, Artistic Director Septime Webre was carrying a load of personal as well as professional baggage. As ...
Even with social distancing restrictions relaxing, many people probably won’t feel like heading to clubs or concerts for the foreseeable future. The men are from Cuba but have resided in Italy for ...
Insua is following in his father’s dancing footsteps by teaching at Alvin Ailey.Zandy Mangold Stevie Insua (right) with his dad, Felix “Pupy” Insua, in 2010 at Bronx rumba club El Fogon.courtesy of ...
America’s premier ballet company paid tribute in Havana to Cuban dance legend Alicia Alonso as two cultures separated by a half century of political animus came together – for an evening at least – ...
Critically-acclaimed documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker (“Wasteland”, “Countdown to Zero”) has been spending a lot of time in Cuba. She is on board to direct a sequel to Wim Wenders’ groundbreaking ...
SHEBOYGAN - It will be a hot night, even though it's in November, when Cuba’s most popular dance company, Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, comes to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday ...
Ra-ka-TAN, ra-ka-TANRA-ka-tan. This rhythm propels the members of the Cuban dance troupe Havana Rakatan as they mark tempo during rehearsals. “ ‘Rakatan’ means rhythm, power and movement,” said ...
Lizt Alfonso’s Dance Cuba, a Cuban dance troupe –as well as its performance in Vail, scheduled to start Thursday –are the latest casualties of increased security in the U.S. The group’s visas had been ...
In the best of times, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival has served as San Francisco’s most democratic cultural institution, presenting a vast array of free cultural events in an eminently accessible ...
Upon arriving in Cuba recently for the 3rd International Scientific Convention of Cienfuegos, SUNY Cortland junior Madison Houghton and classmates experienced something akin to Bollywood or the set of ...