Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban perspective will be given a platform for celebration and meaningful academic exploration at this month’s Ife-Ile Afro-Cuban Dance Festival on ...

Recently, the White House took historic first steps to end travel restrictions to Cuba. But until an epic Capitol Hill battle, which will likely end in blood, tears, and airline tickets, lifts the ...

Marisol Blanco performs in the traditional Afro-Cuban dress inspired by Yemayá, an African mother deity of the seas." For the last 12 years, Marisol Blanco has been fighting against numbers.

Afro-Cuban On-Demand with La Mora lets dancers explore the various forms of Afro-Cuban dance tradition in a warm and welcoming environment. Filmed with live music accompaniment in the beautiful Ailey ...

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. Now a ...

MARLBORO -- Marlboro College presents a performance by Afro-Cuban dance group Iroko Nuevo, with lead dancer and Cuban native Miguel Periche, on Monday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m., in Whittemore Theater.

Whether you're an accomplished dancer yearning for direction from the masters, a novice wanting to give it a try or a dance lover content to take it in from a seat in the audience, you might want to ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

*(Los Angeles, CA) It never ceases to amaze me at the variety of cultural events that are held in LA’s Leimert Park throughout the year. I recently attended Arts in the Park: Celebration of Dance, Art ...

A dancer of the Afro-Cuban IFE-ILE Dance Company performs at its annual dance festival in 2014. Courtesy of Nelson Alvarez/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban ...