“No one in Buffalo was consistently teaching rueda, so this became an opportunity to grow the community’s knowledge of Cuban dance and music,” Pitts says. Aceto hopes the practice group encourages ...

Chill Out & Read-Ice Cream Social & Summer Reads: Mix and mingle with members, local authors and neighbors to find out about ...

Lisa Portes, an acclaimed Cuban American theater director, has been named the new chair of UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance. She started her new position on Jan. 1. Portes fills a ...

The final piece performed is called ‘Gaga.’ Gaga is a Franco-Haitian dance and music that became one of the many Afro-Cuban dances. Its origin is Vudu, and it has a competitive character.

Ocandeniye Dance Company is based on all Cuban styles such as salsa, Cuban Reggaeton (dancehall), Mambo, Cabaret, Cha, Cha, Cha, Conga, Cuban Rumba, and Afro-Cuban dances.

Afro-Cuban dance orchestras flourished in the 1950s after the decline of the jazz big bands. But the golden age of mambo was cut short by Cold War politics and the United States embargo of Cuba.

Malpaso Dance Company Emerson Paramount Center | Jan. 17-18 Founded in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company is a renowned Cuban dance company that merges traditional Cuban dance with contemporary global ...

HAVANA -- President Raul Castro's daughter led hundreds of Cuban gays in a street dance Saturday to draw attention to gay rights on the island. Participants formed a carnival-style conga line ...

On Thursday December 31st at 9pm La Pena presents their New Years Eve Dance Party with Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion for the eighth New Years Eve in a row. This event takes place at 3105 Shattuck ...