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 ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Wednesdays, SALSAthens hosts Cuban salsa dancing lessons at El Carretonero event ...

The passing of celebrated Malian flautist, composer and arranger Boncana Maïga at the age of 77 truly marks the end of an era ...

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 ...

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 company’s program at the Joyce Theater includes three U.S. premieres. By Siobhan Burke Ayodele Casel leads a program celebrating Roach’s centenary that also includes works by Rennie Harris ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THREE dance pieces, each one with a distinctive – and thrillingly dissimilar – dynamic and movement vocabulary. One company, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, responding to the shifting demands of this ...

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 ...