FEET ON EXHIBITION: The original ‘Mambo King,’ Pedro Aguilar, also known as Cuban Pete, danced with partner Barbara Craddock as artist Erich Padilla painted their moves on canvas at the Byron-Carlyle ...
From Cuba to the Catskills, the mid-20th century saw the rise of an improbable partnership between American Jews and the mambo. And with its popularity, a Yiddish-inspired term entered the lexicon to ...
The Cubans have invaded the United States. Don’t worry. It’s entirely friendly — and artistic. More than five decades after its founding, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba concludes its first U.S. tour ...
In its third year, the CubaCaribe Dance Festival fuses folkloric and traditional dances from Cuba and the Caribbean with those of other cultures, including Brazil, as it blends in modern dance ...
When Amy Bernabeo and her friends are in the mood for authentic Cuban mambo, mojitos and sandwiches, they head on over to Corazon de Cuba, a restaurant two blocks from Long Beach's Boardwalk. Bernabeo ...
Critically-acclaimed documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker (“Wasteland”, “Countdown to Zero”) has been spending a lot of time in Cuba. She is on board to direct a sequel to Wim Wenders’ groundbreaking ...
Get your dancing shoes on! French horn virtuoso Sarah Willis follows up her wildly successful Mozart y Mambo album with a foot-tapping sequel. The Berlin Philharmonic's French horn player danced up a ...
A national Cuban modern dance troupe is visiting America for the first time since the United States imposed an embargo on the island nation. The Danza Contemporanea de Cuba will perform in ...