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Contemporary Dance In Cuba

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Author : Suki John
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-08-08

Contemporary Dance In Cuba written by Suki John and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-08 with Performing Arts categories.

The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience. Cuban contemporary dance, or tecnica cubana as it is known throughout Latin America, is a highly evolved hybrid of ballet, North American modern dance, Afro-Cuban tradition, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. Unlike most dance forms, tecnica was created intentionally with government backing. For Cuba, a dancing country, it was natural--and highly effective--for the Revolutionary regime to link national image with the visceral power of dance. Written by a dancer who traveled and worked in Cuba from the 1970s to the present, this book provides an inside look at daily life in Cuba. From watching the great Alicia Alonso, to describing the economic trials of the 1990s "Special Period," the author uses history, humor, personal experience, rich description and extensive interviews to reveal contemporary life and dance in Cuba.

Dance In Cuba

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Author : Elisa Guzzo Vaccarino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-31

Dance In Cuba written by Elisa Guzzo Vaccarino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-31 with categories.

In a single volume, Dance in Cuba is the one and only complete reference. It explores all the currents and genres of Cuban dance, from their beginnings to today: from the Ballet Nacional de Cuba to Danza Contempóranea de Cuba; from the many dance companies - such as the extraordinary Acosta Danza - to entertainment dancing. All the facets of the fa

Dance In Cuba

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Author : Gil Garcetti
language : en
Publisher: Balcony Press
Release Date : 2005-08-18

Dance In Cuba written by Gil Garcetti and has been published by Balcony Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-18 with Art categories.

Dance in Cuba is a visual chronicle of Cuba's little-known, yet extremely vibrant, dance culture. Working with Alicia Alonso, Director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Garcetti enjoyed unprecedented access to classical ballet and contemporary dance studios. Garcetti's dramatic duotone photographs capture the folk dancing and flamenco of Cuba's dance heritage as well as the thrilling modern street performances of Cuban daily life.

Rumba

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Author : Yvonne Daniel
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1995-06-22

Rumba written by Yvonne Daniel and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-22 with Literary Criticism categories.

Using dance anthropology to illuminate the values and attitudes embodied in rumba, Yvonne Daniel explores the surprising relationship between dance and the profound, complex changes in contemporary Cuba. From the barrio and streets to the theatre and stage, rumba has emerged as an important medium, contributing to national goals, reinforcing Caribbean solidarity, and promoting international prestige. Since the Revolution of 1959, rumba has celebrated national identity and cultural heritage, and embodied an official commitment to new values. Once a lower-class recreational dance, rumba has become a symbol of egalitarian efforts in postrevolutionary Cuba. The professionalization of performers, organization of performance spaces, and proliferation of performance opportunities have prompted new paradigms and altered previous understandings of rumba.

Acosta Danza Fusion

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Author : Carlos Acosta
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-06-07

Acosta Danza Fusion written by Carlos Acosta and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Performing Arts categories.

Taking readers behind the scenes of one of the world’s most exciting dance companies, this richly illustrated book also tells the incredible back story of its famed creator and his brilliant vision to weave Cuban culture and history into classical and contemporary dance. As a troubled teenager, Carlos Acosta was whisked off the streets of his native Havana and enrolled in the Cuban national ballet. From that time on he has emerged as one of the most influential dancers of the twenty-first century. Throughout his career, Acosta has striven to shine an international light on his homeland’s rich cultural traditions, while also exposing Cuba to choreographic innovations happening around the globe. With this aim, Acosta established ACOSTA DANZA in 2015. More than five years later the troupe continues to perform to rapturous accolades, both for the exceptional quality of its Cuban dancers and for its mission to highlight Cuban-influenced music and set design. Filled with more than one hundred photographs, many never-before- published, this book gives voice to the astonishingly diverse collection of dancers and choreographers, whose sensuous vitality and technical skill jump off the page—their experiences on and off the stage, their dreams and strategies, their emotions and challenges. In a deeply personal interview, Acosta himself shares a vision for giving young Cuban dancers the opportunities to express themselves creatively, and to give back to a country and community that gave so much to him.

Contemporary Dance In Cuba

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Author : Suki John
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-08-13

Dancing With The Revolution

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Author : Elizabeth B. Schwall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021

Dancing With The Revolution written by Elizabeth B. Schwall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.

Dancing With Cuba

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Author : Alma Guillermoprieto
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18

Dancing With Cuba written by Alma Guillermoprieto and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba’s National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever. In this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprieto–now an award-winning journalist and arguably one of our finest writers on Latin America– resurrects a time when dancers and revolutionaries seemed to occupy the same historical stage and even a floor exercise could be a profoundly political act. Exuberant and elegiac, tender and unsparing, Dancing with Cuba is a triumph of memory and feeling.

Rebel Dance Renegade Stance

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Author : Umi Vaughan
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2012-10-17

Rebel Dance Renegade Stance written by Umi Vaughan and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-17 with Music categories.

An ethnography of music and dance exploring the economic, social, and ideological constraints under which social classes and racial groups interact

Dancing With The Revolution

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Author : Elizabeth B. Schwall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-10

Elizabeth B. Schwall aligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later, revolutionary politics. Drawing on written and visual archives, including intriguing exchanges between dancers and bureaucrats, Schwall argues that Cubans dancers used their bodies and ephemeral, nonverbal choreography to support and critique political regimes and cultural biases. As esteemed artists, Cuban dancers exercised considerable power and influence. They often used their art to posit more radical notions of social justice than political leaders were able or willing to implement. After 1959, while generally promoting revolutionary projects like mass education and internationalist solidarity, they also took risks by challenging racial prejudice, gender norms, and censorship, all of which could affect dancers personally. On a broader level, Schwall shows that dance, too often overlooked in histories of Latin America and the Caribbean, provides fresh perspectives on what it means for people, and nations, to move through the world.

Contemporary Dance In Cuba

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