Cuban music and dance is more than salsa dancing. Cuba’s African roots hold worlds of rhythm and dance opportunity and a lifetime of learning.
Learn some of the basic fundamentals of Afro Haitian drumming from my good friend Oliener Pereria of Santiago de Cuba. Olie is one of my teachers and closest friends in Cuba. He is a dedicated musician, dancer and a pure…
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Trinidad´s culture invites to stay home Ysabel Muñoz Martínez July, 2020 The isolation imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic affects Trinidad's cultural landscape quite significantly, compared with the rest of Cuba. The charming Historical Center, always full of life, music and…
The Breath of Cuba Travel Presents The Return to the Roots™ Rhythm Series with your instructor "La Cubana Pura" Maylenis from Camagüey, Cuba. Subscribe to The Breath of Cuba You Tube Channel for more videos on Cuba and if you…
This lovely couple has been dancing and sharing life together for almost a half a century in Trinidad, Cuba. I love to celebrate with them on Sundays, they always bring snacks and food and share it with us, crackers, cookies…
https://youtu.be/sMoCCMXgL6g https://youtu.be/Z9kphOu1fzA Just another amazing night dancing with friends I adore. This is a dancer and artist I have long since admired in Trinidad and our first dance together after many years of seeing each other out and around. A…
Meet Oliener Pereira Ramirez Born in a humble family, descendants of Haitians, in a rural community inhabited by Haitians and their descendants, emigrated to Cuba in search of economic improvements, in the golden age of the sugar industry in Cuba.…
A share from Maylenis Ortega. The complexity of their movements and rhythm makes it more difficult to achieve good performances of Afro-Cuban dances, but what is needed for your understanding? Knowing how they lived, what they ate, their tools, their…