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The Ayagba will continue to reign

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/09/202518/09/2025

The passing of Cuban dancer Zenaida Armenteros not only leaves the legacy of her art,…

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  • Cuban Dance

Audience review of ‘Nutcracker in Havana’ by Acosta Danza

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/05/202506/06/2025

Lowry Theatre Salford, 28 January 2025 Nutcracker in Havana was one of the best dance…

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  • Cuban Dance

Ramona de Saá, Great Master of Cuban Ballet

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/05/2024

Ballet maître Ramona de Saá Bello, one of the most important figures in Cuban dance,…

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  • Cuban Dance

Alfredo O’Farril Pacheco, National Dance Award 2024 winner: “Folklore is made by the people”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/05/202403/11/2024

The dancer, choreographer and teacher Alfredo O’Farril Pacheco was awarded the 2024 National Dance Award…

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Viengsay Valdés: the balance between tradition and renewal, office and stage at Cuba’s National Ballet

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/11/2023

The director and prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Viengsay Valdés, seeks…

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  • Cuban Dance

Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, 2-6 July 2024, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/07/202313/05/2025

A passionate, classic tale of Carmen, reimagined by Carlos Acosta and his Cuban dance company…

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  • Cuban Dance

ON BEFORE Carlos Acosta – 29-30 July 2022, Norwich

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/06/202215/08/2022

Carlos Acosta CBE is the world’s favourite dancer and On Before, which sees him dance a…

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  • Cuban Dance

‘Ciberdanz’ 3D animation that will make you dance – made in Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/01/2022

‘Ciberdanz’ is one of the new productions of the Animation team at Cuba’s national film…

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  • Cuban Dance

60 years of the Conjunto Folclorico Nacional de Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/01/2022

This year Cuba’s national folkloric group celebrates its 60th birthday and despite the restrictions of…

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  • Cuban Dance

Watch 7 top Cuban salsa groups perform their latest tracks

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 31/12/2021

“Tira tu pasillo” translates roughly as “throw down your dance moves!” Watch this very recent…

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  • Cuban Dance

Carlos Acosta announces performances of his show ‘On Before’ in UK theatres from July

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 03/05/202109/09/2021

Carlos Acosta has announced live performances of his show ‘On Before’ at the Norwich Theatre Royal for July, launching a…

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  • Cuban Dance

Interview with two young Cuban dancers about “dancing like in another dimension”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/11/2020

Mario and Víctor Varela are brothers and co-workers. For some years now, they have danced…

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  • Cuban Dance

A conversation with Cuba’s 2020 National Dance Award winner Johannes Garcia, maestro of AfroCuban dance theatre

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 11/10/202023/10/2020

Johannes García, director of the Cuban Traditional Dances company (Compañía de Danzas Tradicionales JJ), will…

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  • Cuban Dance

Cuban Carlos Acosta receives Dance Magazine award in US

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/09/202023/09/2020

Dance Magazine, from the US, on 23 September recognized the solid international career of top…

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  • Cuban Dance

The story of Ruedo de Casino

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/05/2020

“No one invented Casino… it was created collectively by people…” This brilliant short film ‘La…

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