January 28 - December 29, 2024

Modern Afro-Cuban Class

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Company: Ailey Extension
Venue: Ailey Extension
Location: New York, NY

Modern Afro-Cuban with Noibis Licea @ The Ailey Extension

Cuba possesses a wealth of African-derived dance traditions. This open-level class will introduce students to the rich vocabulary and technique of Afro-Cuban sacred and social dance, including those of the Orishas, deities of the Yoruba-based syncretic religion known in Cuba as Osha/Santo/Lukumi, Palo/Kongo, from the Bantu-speaking people of Central Africa and Arará, of the Ewe-fon, among others. Cuba’s secular, celebratory and popular dances such as Yuka/Makuta, the Rumba complex (Yambu, Guaguancó,and Columbia), and Son (ancestor of today’s Salsa/Mambo), will also be discussed and explored. 


Join Noibis Licea, a Cuban native, graduate of the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) in Havana, and an MFA in Dance and Choreography from New York University (NYU), for movement education that celebrates spirit, perseverance, and living history.

Ailey Extension
405 W 55th Street
New York, NY, 10019

Schedule
January 28, 2024: 1:00pm
February 4, 2024: 1:00pm
February 11, 2024: 1:00pm
February 18, 2024: 1:00pm
February 25, 2024: 1:00pm
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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

 

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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