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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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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 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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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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Learn Cuban salsa and other Cuban dance online during the pandemic

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 14/05/202006/02/2021

Missing your Cuban salsa classes while under lockdown? Some Cuban dance teachers all over the…

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Carlos Acosta begins his new role as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/01/202004/08/2020

In January 2020 Carlos began his first day at work as director of Birmingham Royal…

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  • Cuban Dance

Want to learn or improve your Cuban style dancing in 2020? List of classes here

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/01/202004/08/2020

Here are some of the many classes all over the country offering Cuban salsa or…

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  • Cuban Dance

Carlos Acosta on the extraordinary legacy of Alicia Alonso

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/10/201904/08/2020

Cuban dancer and director Carlos Acosta highlighted the extraordinary legacy of  Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso,…

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  • Cuban Dance

Acosta Danza: 28 October 2019 – 11 April 2020, UK tour

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/08/201919/05/2020

Following an exceptional career, acclaimed international ballet superstar Carlos Acosta brings his newly established company,…

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Win a free ticket to Cuban ALL STARS SALSA Festival, Bournemouth 2/3&4 August 2019

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/06/201912/10/2019

Enter our Cuba50 competition to win a ticket to Cuban ALL STARS SALSA Festival 2-4…

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  • Cuban Dance

Tribute to the pioneer of Cuban contemporary dance, Ramiro Guerra

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 03/05/201903/05/2019

The dancer, choreographer and Cuban researcher Ramiro Guerra, one of the great masters and theorists…

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  • Cuban Dance

Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story film goes on national release – check where you can see it

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/03/201919/12/2020

The film inspired by the life of Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta will be released…

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  • Past events

Want to learn or improve your Cuban style dancing in 2019? List of classes here

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/01/201915/01/2020

Here are some of the many classes all over the country offering Cuban salsa or…

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  • Cuban Dance

Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta nominated for a Goya Award

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  • Posted on 14/12/201804/08/2020

By ACN Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta has just been nominated for the Goya Prize, awarded…

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  • Cuban Dance

Dreaming big: interview with Carlos Acosta about new film ‘Yuli’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/12/201804/08/2020

Carlos Acosta talked with Cuban media Juventud Rebelde about his new film Yuli being presented…

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On a day like today 20 February the wonderful Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927. He passed away 15 years ago but his memory lives on with so many great Cuban songs. He was a great singer of son but sang many boleros with buena vista social club. Which is your favourite Ibrahim Ferrer track?
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Fatima Patterson is a top Cuban theatre actor, director and playwright, celebrating her 70th birthday this week. With her company Macuba she has dedicated the last 30 years to making amazing theatre embedded physically, narratively and spiritually in her home town of Santiago de Cuba. In this recent interview she talks about her approach to theatre, her themes, and her view on the way forward for artists out of the pandemic.
“Con todos, y para el bien de todos” (With everyone and for the benefit of everyone)
New documentary 'Castro's Spies' will make its debut in the UK screened online from 26 February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.
From 19-24 January Cuba's world-renowned festival #JazzPlaza2021 is offering many hours of live performances, descargas, master classes and discussions online. What is on offer is incredible so if you are a Cuban music or jazz fan you must feast on it now!

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