Founded in 1988 in Havana, the DanzAbierta company began under the direction of Marianela Boan. Considered a precursor to Cuba’s avant-garde dance movement, the company was known for its experimental ...

Dissatisfied with quality of the material they were performing, soloists Osnel Delgado and Daileidys Carrazana decided to leave Cuba's leading modern dance troupe to develop their own choreographic ...

Although it’s commonly believed that the indigenous Taíno were extirpated after Spanish conquest in 1511, their bloodlines, identity and customs were never completely extinguished. A commonly repeated ...

HAVANA — If dance could end political strife between Cuba and the United States, the first steps were taken this weekend by American choreographer Ronald K. Brown at Havana’s Mella Theater. The ...

Chosen names can reveal a lot. Take the Malpaso Dance Company of Havana, Cuba, which is now on tour and coming to Pittsburgh. Malpaso is a funny name for a dance company because it means misstep in ...

Dance from Cuba, like its music, has a hot reputation – beautiful bodies powered by rhythm, sensuality, and instinct. But “Possible Impossible,” which Havana troupe Retazos and Swedish company Memory ...

Condoleezza Rice may call the forbidden island, Cuba, an "outpost of tyranny," but to many Bay Area travelers, it looms in the imagination like Shangri-La. In Havana, music is everywhere; there are ...

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Three Taíno Indian sisters pose during a family pig roast in eastern Cuba, where there’s a small but growing movement to explore the indigenous culture that Columbus encountered in 1492. Maggie Steber ...