Cubans

Browse features on famous Cubans who work in art, comedy, dance, fashion, festivals, film, food, music, sports, and theater.

Cuban Culture in New York City

OKAN Sings Joyful Afro-Cuban Alternative at Lincoln Center

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM at Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ A World Premiere Saheem Ali musical, with a famous creative team, a great New York cast, and a truly inspiring story. “Chan Chan” 🇨🇺

Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz

HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺

Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World

HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺

Omara Portuondo, the Last of the Buena Vista Social Club, Brings Her “Farewell World Tour Vida” to Sony Hall and NJ PAC

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District 🇨🇺
NEW JERSEY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇺

Luis Santeiro’s “Dancing With Dictators” is a Heartfelt Cabaret with the Music and Rhythms of Cuba

The multiple Emmy Award-winning writer for “¿Qué Pasa, USA?” and “Sesame Street” tells his family story from pre-Castro Cuba to Latino All-American. He is the American Dream!

HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Thursday, May 4, 2023
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Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles Revisit “Suba” and the Connections Between Cuba and Mother Africa

Thursday, May 4, 2023
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
Boerum Hill (Downtown), Brooklyn
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Graciela of Machito & His Afro-Cubans Was Great Latin Jazz Singer

Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Axel Tosca Trio Featuring Xiomara Laugart Play Cuban Jazz at Zinc Bar

Thursday, September 29, 2022
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
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Los Van Van Plays Cuban Timba at La Boom

Friday, May 13, 2022
LA BOOM
Woodside, Queens
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Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros Play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7

TERRAZA 7, Elmhurst, Queens 🇨🇺

Xiomara Laugart Celebrates Mi Salsa Kitchen’s 1st Anniversary with Cuban Timba

MI SALSA KITCHEN, Lower East Side, Manhattan ~ From Guantamano, to Yerba Buena, to Broadway, Xiomara will sooth your soul. 🇨🇺

Arturo Sandoval Thinks of Dizzy Gillespie Every Day

Wed-Sun, December 4-8, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ The jazz legend of Irakere, Dizzy Gillespie and Danzón plays the Blue Note

Zilia Sánchez: Eros is a Cuban Artist Who Lives in Puerto Rico

November 21, 2019 – January 18, 2020
GALERIE LELONG
Chelsea, Manhattan
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Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla at El Museo says “I am an Island”

November 20, 2019 – March 22, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, Manhattan
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Carlos Acosta, the Cuban Ballet Legend, is “Yuli”

Sunday, July 14, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ This inspiring movie tells the life story of Cuban ballet dance legend Carlos Acosta (Royal Ballet, Acosta Danza)

Tiempo Libre Plays Cuban Timba at Purchase College

Sunday, April 7, 2019
PURCHASE, New York ~ Three-time Grammy nominees play Cuban timba dance music at Purchase College

Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos

Saturday, March 30, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ One of the great families of Cuban bolero singers. ‘Contigo Aprendi,’ ‘Me Voy Pa’l Pueblo,’ ‘La Longina’ and ‘Total.’

Ballet Contemporáneo de Camagüey Brings Cuban Contemporary Dance to Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College

UPPER EAST SIDE; Wed, Mar 13, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ U.S. debut dancing three Pedro Ruiz ballets

Elio Villafranca Tells Stories of the African Diaspora on His Piano

BELMONT, THE BRONX, Sun, Jan 27, 2019 ~ The jazz composer of the African diaspora joins Mary Ann Sweeney & Bronx Arts Ensemble to play one of the jazz greats, Charles Mingus. African Cuban jazz live music. FREE

Compañia Irene Rodríguez, One of Cuba’s Leading Flamenco Companies, is at the Joyce Theater

Friday-Sunday, January 18-20, 2019
JOYCE THEATER, NYC
One of Cuba’s leading flamenco dance companies returns to New York
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Los Hijos del Director Cuban Contemporary Dance at The Joyce

CHELSEA, Tue-Wed, January 15-16, 2019 ~ One of Cuba’s most daring contemporary dance makers, George Céspedes, makes his U.S. debut at the Joyce Cuba Festival.
# cuban contemporary dance festival

Malpaso Cuban Contemporary Dance at the Joyce Theater

CHELSEA, Jan 9-13, 2019, Wed-Sun ~ Cuba’s leading international contemporary dance company opens the Joyce Cuba Festival with Ohad Naharin’s “Tabula Rasa.”
# cuban israeli contemporary dance

Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director (Interview)

NEW YORK CITY; Dec 3, 2018; Cuban ballet leader ~ Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director, former New York City Ballet Principal, talks about being a Cuban immigrant, family, opportunity, dancing for Balanchine and Robbins, the future of ballet and who we really are