Download PDF by Suki John: Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Técnica Cubana as Revolutionary

By Suki John

The lens of dance delivers a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban adventure. Cuban modern dance, or técnica cubana because it is understood all through Latin the United States, is a hugely advanced hybrid of ballet, North American glossy dance, Afro-Cuban culture, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. in contrast to so much dance varieties, técnica was once created deliberately with executive backing. For Cuba, a dancing kingdom, it used to be natural—and hugely effective—for the progressive regime to hyperlink nationwide snapshot with the visceral strength of dance. Written by means of a dancer who traveled and labored in Cuba from the Nineteen Seventies to the current, this booklet offers an inside of examine everyday life in Cuba. From staring at the good Alicia Alonso, to describing the commercial trials of the Nineties “Special Period,” the writer makes use of heritage, humor, own event, wealthy description and huge interviews to bare modern lifestyles and dance in Cuba.

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