Ramon Ramos Alayo may be onto something here. And his Cuban dance party in the heart of the Mission this weekend perhaps signaled the beginning of a promising new venture. He created a program called ...

MIDDLETOWN — Local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month will begin early this year as SUNY Orange spearheads the annual event with an Afro-Cuban dance class slated to begin Saturday at its ...

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of ...

When Ariel Serrano was just 11 – growing up in Santiago de Cuba and not much interested in the classical ballet training the Cuban government had selected him for the year before – he saw a ballet ...

Canadian jazzwoman Jane Bunnett and her Spirits of Havana sextet celebrated the rich musical traditions of Cuba Thursday at Wesleyan University’s Crowell Concert Hall. The flutist and soprano ...

Like music in New Orleans and Louisiana, Cuban music runs generation to generation. Traditional music groups in the Caribbean island nation can consist solely of family members. Also like New Orleans ...

When the National Ballet of Cuba presents an excerpts program, it’s not just “mixed repertory night.” It’s billed as “La Magia de Alonso (The Magic of Alonso),” a tribute to Alicia Alonso, the ...

HAVANA – HAVANA (AP) — Three decades after he last played New York, Cuban legend Silvio Rodriguez is headed to Carnegie Hall, at a moment when he and other celebrated island folk singers are raising ...

Three decades after he last played New York, Cuban legend Silvio Rodriguez is headed to Carnegie Hall, at a moment when he and other celebrated island folk singers are raising unusually open questions ...

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of ...