Cuban culture is very rich in spiritual and music/dance sources and living traditions. In Cuba, dancing is always a spiritual and somatic healing experience of some sort that can also be shared ...

By Marina Harss Companies at the Joyce Theater’s Cuba Festival share a similar issue: The country produces wonderful dancers but, as of yet, no great choreographers. A look at contemporary dance ...

Both plays reveal the intransigence of gender in Cuba as well as the unyielding race/class hierarchies to which it is inextricably connected. As I have been suggesting throughout this book, these ...

Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight begins with the historic coming together of American and Cuban dance companies in Havana. The heart and soul of the film rests in the human stories that revolve around ...

“The Cuban motion of the hips is an essential feature, and the dance is characterised by small, precise footwork paired with fast, upbeat music. “It is a high-energy dance that provides a ...

Originating from Cuba, this dance has a time signature of 4/4. It is based on a repeated rhythm, called clave rhythm, and follows a repeated pattern of chords. The piano is prominent, playing ...

Migrant men find an unconventional path in erotic dancing that offers the possibility of economic stability—and unique ...

Composer brothers George and Ira Gershwin launched their careers in 1924 with two works that turned modern musical theater on ...

Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami founder Pedro Pablo Peña has offered safe haven more than once to dancers fleeing Cuba. He himself arrived in Miami on the 1980 Mariel boatlift. In fact ...

A man and woman are facing charges after police said they smuggled Cuban women into the United States then forced them into prostitution in Miami-Dade. Vicenta Polanco, 30, and Luis Ariel ...

SeptemberA Very Royal ScandalAmazon Prime VideoGiven that Netflix’s feature-length drama Scoop covered very similar ground ...