Orisha Dance Chicago at Global Dance Party at Old Town School of Folk Music
An exhilarating night of Afro-Cuban dance and music! Founded in 2010, by Victor Alexander Director of a Ruth Page School of Dance and Daniel Lopez, Orisha Dance Chicago is committed to promoting Cuban dance and music throughout the Greater Chicago community.
via 11/20 Orisha Dance Chicago (Afro-Cuban dance and music) – World Fusion Chicago
“Go before it changes!”
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard that charge since the thaw in relations between the U.S. and Cuba, which has prompted so many people to visit the island nation.
No doubt there will be quite a few changes in the coming years, especially economic ones. How it will all shake out is anyone’s guess. But what hasn’t changed is the close relationship that exists between the music of our two countries, which goes back at least to the 19th century. Spanish speakers use the phrase primos hermanos to refer to the relationship between familial first cousins, and that seems an appropriate description for the give-and-take that has been going on between the U.S. and Cuba, too.
via Cuba: While The Politicians Argued, The Musicians Jammed : Alt.Latino : NPR
En el Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, se desarrolló el espectáculo, que dedicado al cumpleaños 90 de Fidel, tuvo como hilo conductor poemas del primer presidente de la UNEAC, Nicolás Guillén.
Regalaron su arte, entre otros, el Coro y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba, la compañía Ecos, el Trío Lecuona, Yoruba Andabo y el Septeto Nacional.
via Felicita Raúl a la UNEAC por su aniversario – Radio Reloj
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/harlem-havana-festival#axzz4J24ufEoS
Bringing Cuba to New York is as easy as saying bienvenidos
BY #TEAMEBONY,
Models bring Cuban inspired culture and fashion to the Harlem/Havana Music and Cultural Festival (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Cuban Dance Troupe Compañía de Danzas Tradicionales de Cuba JJ (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
The colorful presentation featured wardrobe from several fashion designers who hail from Cuba (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Models wait to take the stage at the HarlemMusicFest with a special salute to the Harlem/Havana Initiative (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
New York radio personalites Imohotep Gary Byrd, Bob Slade, Bugsy, Lenny Green, and Debi B (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Afro-Cuban inspired dress hits the stage at the Harlem/Havana Music and Cultural Festival (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Recording Artist Renee Neuville (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Cuban Designer Mariela Caridad (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Cuban jazz pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco performs at the Harlem/Havana Music and Cultural Festival (Photo: Hakim Mutlaq)
The crowd enjoys the scenery at the Harlem/Havana Music and Cultural Festival (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
Recording Artist Eric Benet taking a selfie with a fan (Photo: Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)
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This month, representatives of Havana, Cuba came to Harlem, NY, to introduce the country’s rich tapestry of music, dance, art, and culture to audiences at the Harlem/Havana Music & Cultural Festival.
It was a first time initiative, led by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and Rep. Charles Rangel, but planners hope it will become an annual event.
In these photos, styles by fashion designers like Mariela Caridad and others and music from artists including pianist Jorge Pacheco and dance by Compañía de Danzas Tradicionales de Cuba JJ helped to bring the atmosphere of Cuba to New York City during the Harlem Music Fest.
Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/harlem-havana-festival#ixzz4J253cyVn
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El teatro América, a las 8:30 p.m., servirá de escenario para el homenaje a Benny Moré, en el aniversario 97 de su natalicio. Este concierto contará con la actuación de Mundito González, Martha Anglada, Sixto El Indio, el Conjunto Chapottín, Yoruba Andabo y el Grupo Folklórico de México Antorchas Campesinas, entre otros.
http://www.granma.cu/cultura/2016-08-29/la-uneac-en-sus-55-anos-de-historia-29-08-2016-15-08-50
El hilo conductor de los festejos por el aniversario 55 de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) es un verso de quien fuera su primer presidente, el poeta Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989): “Así hemos de ir andando”.
Las celebraciones comenzaron con el año, y aun cuando el 22 de agosto, día fundacional, tuvo un cenit con una Gala en la sala García Lorca del Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, las actividades continuaran hasta diciembre, incluyendo un Consejo Nacional, el máximo órgano de dirección, convocado para septiembre.
La Gala fue dirigida por el maestro Alberto Méndez quien utilizó versos de la extensa obra poética de Guillén como prólogo a la entrada de los artistas que participaron, entre ellos el Ballet Nacional de Cuba, el Coro Nacional, el grupo Yoruba Andabo, el Septeto Nacional, el Trío Lecuona y la soprano Milagros de los Ángeles.
SIEMPRE CUBA!!!
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 English — as he whips his long braids and demonstrates the proper way to do a cha-cha step, you can feel the room shed its collective inhibition.
“My father was a dance teacher, so it’s in my blood,” the Havana-born Insua tells The Post in Spanish. “He had me do my first performance when I was 4 years old. I danced the rumba onstage while holding these two lit candles — without getting burned!”
His father was the legendary Felix “Pupy” Insua, who performed all over the world and who was brought to New York City by “Mambo King” Eddie Torres to teach his troupe how to dance authentic Cuban salsa. Insua now has his father’s old job, teaching traditional Afro-Cuban dance at Ailey Extension, which provides classes to the entire New York City community.
Insua was born in 1976 in the artist and worker community Cayo Hueso in Havana. His mother was a flamenco dancer and singer, and for a while she performed with Insua’s father, before Stevie came along.
via How this Cuban dancer is honoring his legendary dad | New York Post
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