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Stevie Insua is one of the most popular instructors at Alvin Ailey, where he teaches Afro-Cuban dance on Friday nights to the general public. It doesn’t matter that the 40-year-old barely speaks ...
“Dance Cuba,” which is accompanied by a languidly elegant soundtrack by Cuban jazz great Chucho Valdez, will screen Jan. 12 and Jan. 14 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
One of the first breakthroughs came in 2013 when the Joyce, the Ludwig Foundation and the Brooklyn Academy of Music supported a trip to Cuba by American black-dance pioneer Ronald K. Brown.
Cuba has one fairly old, fairly large modern-dance company, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, founded in 1959, the year of the Revolution, and numbering thirty-odd dancers. Though state-supported, it ...
An Afro-Cuban Modern dance class with Alayo and Marco Palomino is available April 1 at ODC Theater, and Afro-Cuban folklore classes with Emilio Hernandez González, a dancer, ...
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 dance companies, even as it ...
Cuba has long had a vibrant and even dazzling dance culture. But surprisingly, the island nation is also recognized internationally as an important center for training in and appreciation of ballet—a ...
BILLIONAIRE Mark Cuban is reportedly joining the cast of the next “Dancing with the Stars.” E! Entertainment’s Web site reports that Cuban – who made shiploads of dough in t… ...
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 ...