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

By Suki John

The lens of dance grants a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban event. Cuban modern dance, or técnica cubana because it is understood all through Latin the USA, is a hugely advanced hybrid of ballet, North American glossy dance, Afro-Cuban culture, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. in contrast to such a lot dance varieties, técnica used to be created deliberately with executive backing. For Cuba, a dancing state, it used to be natural—and hugely effective—for the innovative regime to hyperlink nationwide photo 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 e-book offers an inside of examine way of life in Cuba. From staring at the nice Alicia Alonso, to describing the industrial trials of the Nineties “Special Period,” the writer makes use of background, humor, own adventure, wealthy description and vast interviews to bare modern lifestyles and dance in Cuba.

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