On his recent trip to Cuba, photographer Omar Robles captured remarkable snapshots of ballet dancers expressing their art throughout the nation's culture-filled streets. With 135,000 Instagram ...

When he led the Washington Ballet to Cuba for a groundbreaking string of performances in 2000, Artistic Director Septime Webre was carrying a load of personal as well as professional baggage. As ...

STORY: "It’s an honor for it to be in Havana itself because, as we brought over 100 different countries into this, what is I guess a competition, but most importantly, is a space of communication," ...

Six more dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba defected during a performance abroad. Lester Tomé, a former Cuban dance critic, tells NPR's Scott Simon why Cuba can't hold on to its ballerinas. This ...

This was filmed prior to some COVID-19 restrictions. Please check out the websites of the attractions covered in the segment for visitor information.Malpaso is a private contemporary repertory dance ...

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NEW YORK— Danza Contemporánea de Cuba seems sure to become one of those phenomena, like mojitos and cigars, for which the island nation is justly famous. Making a splash at the Joyce Theater on ...

Lizt Alfonso’s Dance Cuba, a Cuban dance troupe –as well as its performance in Vail, scheduled to start Thursday –are the latest casualties of increased security in the U.S. The group’s visas had been ...

In Cuba, American artists and musicians are going where tourists and politicians cannot. In October, trumpet legend Wynton Marsalis came to Havana with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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HAVANA (AP) — As a young dancer compared with ballet legends Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rolando Sarabia made headlines around the world when he abandoned Cuba in 2005 for a career in the ...