Myth has it that a Cuban who doesn’t dance is a rare creature. You could live a lifetime without seeing one, like the endangered Florida panther. “We come from a dancing island,” explains Fernando ...

When she was just 3 years old, Carolina Rodríguez was captivated by the ballerinas in a Cuban television show called “Eternal Dance.” She set her sights high, entering the government-run Cuban ...

The cultural exchange between Miami and Cuba has been mostly musical, followed by theater and visual art. But a visit last week by a riveting new Cuban dance company, presented by a new Miami group ...

The Cuban company’s program at the Joyce Theater includes three U.S. premieres. By Siobhan Burke Ayodele Casel leads a program celebrating Roach’s centenary that also includes works by Rennie Harris ...

After escaping Cuba for America, Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez started a ballet school. Now their son Francisco is a star at The Royal Ballet in London. In 1993, while on tour in Mexico with a ...

In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful ...

One of the most sought-after Cuban dance troupes, Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company, has returned to The Joyce Theater. This isn’t their first time performing at the prestigious venue—Malpaso is an ...

MIAMI (AP) – They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy’s restaurant in a strip mall in Miami. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching ...

Upon arriving in Cuba recently for the 3rd International Scientific Convention of Cienfuegos, SUNY Cortland junior Madison Houghton and classmates experienced something akin to Bollywood or the set of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest graduates from Carlos Acosta's Cuban Dance Academy will perform on June 9 and June 10, at 7.30pm at Lighthouse Poole.