MIAMI (AP) – They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy’s restaurant in a strip mall in Miami. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching ...
When she was just 3 years old, Carolina Rodríguez was captivated by the ballerinas in a Cuban television show called “Eternal Dance.” She set her sights high, entering the government-run Cuban ...
The Cuban National Ballet returned to the stage with its emblematic repertoire, reaffirming its commitment to art despite the ...
One of the most sought-after Cuban dance troupes, Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company, has returned to The Joyce Theater. This isn’t their first time performing at the prestigious venue—Malpaso is an ...
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 ...
After escaping Cuba for America, Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez started a ballet school. Now their son Francisco is a star at The Royal Ballet in London. In 1993, while on tour in Mexico with a ...
The cultural exchange between Miami and Cuba has been mostly musical, followed by theater and visual art. But a visit last week by a riveting new Cuban dance company, presented by a new Miami group ...
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 ...
Since its founding in 2012 by Daile Carrazana, Osnel Delgado, and Fernando Sáez, Malpaso Dance Company has remained committed to nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. With its dancers ...
Acosta Danza’s program Cuban Ecléctico ran in the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center for just three days, but the show deserved much more stage time, both to receive a greater audience and to ...
Tran Thi Mai, 32, of Ninh Binh had once dreamed of marrying a tall, fair-skinned man, but everything changed when she fell ...