Cubans once learned to dance salsa at a young age at home and in their neighborhoods, but a grinding economic crisis and a ...
Cuban dancer Yankiel Vázquez thought his dream of dancing with Cuba's National Ballet was finished when a rare neurological disorder nearly crippled him several years ago. HAVANA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - ...
STORY: "It’s an honor for it to be in Havana itself because, as we brought over 100 different countries into this, what is I guess a competition, but most importantly, is a space of communication," ...
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A local dance studio is keeping Hispanic culture alive in New Orleans through the movements of Cuban casino. Inside a small ...
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta plans to treat London audiences to a novel fusion of classical dance and Afro-Cuban rhythms played by a live band. Sign up here. Acclaimed for his ...
HAVANA (AP) — As a young dancer compared with ballet legends Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rolando Sarabia made headlines around the world when he abandoned Cuba in 2005 for a career in the ...
In the early ’60s, as Fidel Castro took control of the Cuban educational system, parents fearful of the indoctrination of their children and the loss of their authority asked the United States for ...
In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful ...
Ball & Chain, Hoy Como Ayer, and El Mani are some of the spots in Miami where you can practice your salsa moves.
In Cuba, American artists and musicians are going where tourists and politicians cannot. In October, trumpet legend Wynton Marsalis came to Havana with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.