VIDEO ARCHIVE
2024
18TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Mixed Program
Cunamacué - Pregoneros
Yamulee Project San Francisco - Yamulee San Francisco's Dance Journey
Folklo Ayisyen Lakay - A Haitian Journey of Uprising and Love
Herencia Guantanamera - Tumba Francesa (The Fusion)
Rueda Con Ritmo - Como Se Toca Se Baila
Dance Mission presents Fredrika Keefer & Marco Palomino - Flor
Agua Doce Dance - As Ondas da Vida
Los Lupeños de San José - Yoremadas Sierreñas, Fiesta en el Pochotal
​Week 2 - Alayo & ABADÁ
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco - Spirited Acts of Resistance
Alayo Dance Company - Esperanza Negra
2023
17TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Mouth of a Shark
Alayo Dance Company - Mouth of a Shark
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Week 2 - Reunión/Gathering
Agua Doce Dance - Uma Flecha So
Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico - Son Jarocho Contemporáneo "Emprendiendo El Vuelo"
Embodiment Project - There's a Lemon Tree Growing Inside Her Belly
Batey Tambó - Bambula! De Borinquen a la Bahia, La Bomba es Vida
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Forças da Natureza
La Union Matancera - Odde Niwe Tafá Tafá
Los Lupeños de San José - Boda de Pueblo en Sinaloa
2023
20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
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20th Anniversary Gala - Highlight Reel
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2022
2022
16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Ada Ara / She Who is Queen
Arenas Dance Company - She Who is Queen
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Eggun
Yemaya Universal Mother
Salsa for Yemayá
Ola the Warrior
Revolutionary Women
Ochun and Women Artists
Manos de Mujeres a la Obra / Women's Hands at Work
Adá Ará: Cuban Women Demand Respect
¡Mujeres!
2021
MOUTH OF A SHARK (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Online Premiere and Discussion
Mouth of a Shark Video
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Alayo Dance Company - Mouth of a Shark (work in progress)
2020
POWER OF RESILIENCY ONLINE SERIES
2020 The Power of Resiliency Page
Week 1: Bobi Céspedes - Song Class (no video)
Week 2: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 3: Elio Villafranca - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 4: Adia Whitaker - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 5: Interview Shorts (no video)
Week 6: In Depth Interviews (no video)
Week 7: Virtual Performance Videos (no video)
Week 8: Live Collaborations (no video)
2019
15TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Tradiciones Cubanas
Arenas Dance Company - Baila mi Son
Las Alturas de Simpson - Tradiciones
Vission Latina
Arenas Dance Company - Que Rico ChaChaCha
Los Lupenos de San Jose - Salon Mexico
Arenas Dance Company - Ahora Que La Habana es Mia
Ara Irawo and Theater Flamenco of San Francisco - Del Flamenco a la Rumba
CubaCaribe Carnaval Contigent - Conga Santiaguera
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2018
14TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Movements of Migration
View Performance Videos
View Festival Program
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Week 1 - Alayo Dance Company
​Alayo Dance Company - Calle
Alayo Dance Company - Manos y Vida Cotidiana de Una Mujer Cubana
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye
Alayo Dance Company - What is Happening Here?
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Mixed Program
Dimensions Dance Theater - Ain't No Turning Back
The Cali Dance Company - Fiesta Cubana
El Wah Movement Dance Theater - Maafa - Revealing the Story
Hijos Del Maiz - Nicaragua Multiétnica: Cultura Garífunas
Dandha da Hora & Yabas Dance Company - Our Roots
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Supplication
Águas Dance Company with Filhas das Águas - Yansa
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2018
2018 BOUND together
Aguas Dance Company and Alayo Dance Company
Alayo Dance Company - Grief
Aguas Dance Company (no video)
Flor de Café Dance Company - Adentro Cojutepeque, Las Cortadoras, Las Salvadoreñas (no video)
Ramon's Salsa Ensemble - Ya No Hace Falta (no video)
Audaz Dance Company - La Lupe (no video)
Audaz Dance Company - Oriente (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - What is Happening Here? (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Yansã Oya (no video)
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2017
13TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Manos de Mujeres
Los Lupeños de San José - Comala
Almazônica Dance Collective - Floresta Feminina
Arenas Dance Company - Manos de Mujer a la Obra
Cunamacué - Mis Manos
Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala San Francisco - Mulheres Livres
Amor Do Samba - Under Pressure: Asi Hicieron Las Mujeres Diamantes
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Sunday Matinee
Quenepas - Inspirados: de Boriken a la Bahia
Maracatu Pacífico - Mulheres no Maracatu: Do Terreno ao Sagrado
Cuicacalli Dance Company - Raices Sin Limites
Bolivia Corazón de América - Death of Slavery
Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala SF - Mulheres Livres
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2016
12TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Cuba on My Mind
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Week 1 - Cuba on my Mind
Teatro Brasileiro de Dança: the Bahia in Oakland Collective - CUBAHIA meu Amor! (no video)
Tika Morgan Dance - Transformations
Ballet Folklorico Odduara - AfreYemaya (no video)
Cuicacalli Dance Company - Veracruz "Son Jarocho" (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Fé (no video)
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Week 2 - Cuba on my Mind
Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go
Embodiment Project - Chalk Outlines (excerpts)
Kissy Keefer - Gracias a La Vida
Alayo Dance Company - 24/7
Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye
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Week 3 - Cuba on my Mind
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Reine Kongo (no video)
Los Lupeños de San José - Pasión Jarocha (no video)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Company - Tradições Afro-Brasileiras (no video)
Duniya Dance and Drum Company - Badala & Liberté (no video)
Gafierira Brasil Dance Group - A Night in Rio (no video)
Aguacero - Barriles Cantan Cuentos (no video)
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2016
ALAYO DANCE COMPANY AND BAN RARRÁ 2016
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Alayo Dance Company and Ban Rarrá
Alayo Dance Company - 24/7
Alayo Dance Company - Piece of White Cloth
Ban Rarrá - Dos Bandos - Gagá
Ban Rarrá - El Solar - Rumba
Ban Rarrá - Papa Guede
Ban Rarrá - PoutPourri De Bailes Populares
Ban Rarrá - PoutPourri De Bailes Populares 2
Ban Rarrá - Tajoneros - Tajona
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2015
11TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
In Search of Soul
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Week 1 - African Souls: Cuba & Brasil
Arenas Dance Company - Rumba y Candela (no video)
Teatro Brasileiro de Dança - The Bahia in Oakland - De Corpo e Alma (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Love Me or Hate Me (no video)
Arenas Dance Company - Oya: La Mujer Guerrera / Oya: The Female Warrior (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Amor ao Mar
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement (no video)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Company - Maculelê and Capoeira (no video)
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Week 2 - Soul Caribe
Colombian Soul - Ritual and Profane (no video)
Bravissimo Youth Ensemble - A Blessing (no video)
Dimensions Dance Theater - The Town on Notice (no video)
Aguacero - Mi Alma Habla Bomba
Grupo Experimental Nago - Guateque Campesino (no video)
Cunamacué - Cantando y Bailando
La Mezcla - Convivencia
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Soley (no video)
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Week 3 - Alma
Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go
Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Defective Deflection Devotion
Duniya Dance and Drum Company - Yamama
Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Witness
Alayo Dance Company - House of Water
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2014
10TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Moving Forward
Las Puras - Riki Bum
Cuñamacue - Intertwined Dreams / Sueños Entrelazados
Alafia Dance Ensemble - 1952 Saga, 3 Movements 1) Free in Africa 2) The Trade 3) Slave Time
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo / Always Running
Embodiment Project - Dare to Love
Duniya Dance & Drum Company - Badala and Tiriba
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Week 1 - Moving Forward (matinee)
Boroboletas Dance Troupe​
Muriel Johnson - The Clever Woman and The Pumpkin
Conceicao Damasceno’s Borboletas Dance Troupe - Hoje e Dia de Nossa Senhora / Keni Je & Samba Da Roda
Swing Kids - Acrobatic Rock & Roll
Faces SF - Passages
Dimensions Extensions - Suite Solo
Loco Bloco’s Pocos Locos - Loco en el Coco
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco - Let’s Dance
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Week 2 - Alayo, Aguas and Arenas
Aguas de Bahía - Movendo com Capoeira
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
Arenas Dance Company - Olomidara
Alayo Dance Company - On Top of the Beat / Sobre El Tiempo
Alayo Dance Company - House of Water
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2013
9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Tributes to Our Teachers
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Week 1 - Our Teachers
Las Que Son Son - Underneath It All
Arenas Dance Company - Las Dos Aguas
Aguacero - Huellas
Ritmo y Movimiento - Tren Bala
Las Puras - El Cuarto de Tula
Rompe y Raja - Amador
Sambaxe - Spirit of Carnaval
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Week 2 - El Maestro
Teatro de la Danza del Caribe - El Maestro
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Week 3 - El Discípulo
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo
Alayo Dance Company - What About Love?
Alayo Dance Company - A Piece Of White Cloth Excerpt
Danza Del Caribe - Sulkary
Alayo Dance Company - On Top of the Beat
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Family Matinee
Conceição Damasceno's Butterflies - Fanfarra
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2013
QUALITY OF MOVEMENT
View Quality of Movement Program
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Alayo Dance Company - Qué Pasa Con El Amor? / What about Love?
Alayo Dance Company - Te Quedarás / You Will Stay
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo / Always Running
Alayo Dance Company - Grief: Depression
Alayo Dance Company - Grief: Acceptance
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
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2012
8TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Poder Popular
Cunamacué - Zamacaueca
Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango
Las Puras Dance Company - Mambo Cha
Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Aguas de Oxalá
Aguacero - Goze mi Bomba
Star Studded Entertainment
Rueda con Ritmo - El Pillo
Grupo Experimental Nago - Masun y Petro
Arenas Dance Company - Ciclo Palo Makuta
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Week 1 - Poder Popular Matinee
Star Studded Entertainment (no video)
Rueda Con Ritmo (no video)
Muriel Johnson (no video)
Quenepas (no video)
Cunamacue (no video)
Dimensions Dance Theater (no video)
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Week 2 - Oil and Water
Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes
Alayo Dance Company - Layers of Love
Alayo Dance Company - Oil & Water
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2011
7TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
La Tierra de Arara
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Week 1 - La Tierra: Descendents of the Dahomey
Colette Eloi and El Wah Movement
Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble - Identidad
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Week 2 - El Agua: Transatlantic Tongues
Yagbe Awolowo Onilu - Opening Prayer
Heritage - The Vision Continues
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Chicago, Sudan
Liberation Dance Theater - Guerra
Cunamacué - Libera Tu Danza
Aguas Da Bahia - Movendo con Capoeira
Afoutayi Dance Company - Damballah
Grupo Experimental Nago - Merengue del Cafetal
Muriel Johnson - How Goat Got Out of Trouble (no video)
Yosvany Terry - Arará Music from Cuba and its fusion with Jazz: The Concept of Ye-de-gbe & Afro-Caribbean Legacy (no video)
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Week 3 - La Orilla: Loss & Acceptance
Alayo Dance Company - La Madre
Alayo Dance Company - Grief
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2010
6TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
From Katrina to Port-au-Prince
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Week 1 - Perseverance of Spirit
ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Libation
Afoutayi - O Chan Neg Nago
ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Uncle Freddie
Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective - The Spirit of New Orleans
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Week 2 - Legacies & Liberation
Alafia Dance Ensemble
Liberation Dance Theater
Los Que Son Son
Los Lupenos de San Jose
Poco Gomes Dancers
Tata Kaya Art
Muriel Johnson *matinee
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Week 3 - Migrations
Alayo Dance Company - Migrations
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2010
2010 BOUND together
Afoutayi Dance Company and Alayo Dance Company
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Afoutayi Dance Company - Ayiti Pap Mouri! (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Adonde Vas Amor (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Momento (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Metamorphosis (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Traces (no video)
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2009
5TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - 50 Years of Performance Since the Cuban Revolution
Jeff Chambers & Ramón Ramos Alayo - Grace Notes
Juan Carlos Blanco & Omo Ache
Chancleteros
Las Que Son Son
Napoles Ballet Theater
Las Que Son Son
Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way
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Week 2 - 500 Years of Cultural Continuity and Revitalization in the Americas
Nsamina Kongo - Nkanda Nvoula
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Libetè
Rica Salsa Dance Company
Aquarela Dance Group - Colors of Brazil
Jaranón y Bochinche Performance Company - Expression Negra: Recordando nuestra historia
Mind Over Matter - Untamable
Pasión Habanera
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Week 3 - 5 Years of Supporting the Arts at CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music
Alayo Dance Company - Three Leaders, One Idea
In the Hands of Spirit (no video)
Embracing the Fire (no video)
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2009
2009 BOUND together
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Alayo Dance Company and Aguas de Bahia
Alayo Dance Company - A Piece of White Cloth
Aguas de Bahia
Alayo Dance Company - Layers of Love
2008
4TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Spring Begins to Move
Urban Jazz Dance Company
Nsamina Kongo (Light of the Congo) - Makela ha Mbongi
Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way
Tou Limen Youth Ensemble - Being the Change
Napoles Ballet Theatre - Retazos (Pieces)
Aguas da Bahia - Jomada (Journey)
Loco Bloco’s Las Locas y Los Locos por Samba - Soul To Sole
Las Que Son Son (no video)
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Week 2 - Haiti!
Konpayi - Nanchon Nago
Oyu Oro - Cubaila
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Week 3 - Blood + Sugar
Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes
Alayo Dance Company - Blood + Sugar
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2007
3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Shaking off the Dust
Konpayi - Muzik Gede
Konpayi - Papa Legba, Ouvre bare pou nou (…we begin)
Konpayi - Banbouche! (…we continue)
Bateria Bay-Lleza de San Francisco y Grupo los Locos por Samba - Bay-Lleza
Las Que Son Son - Banda Gagá
Rara Tou Limen - Manbo Ayizan
Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 1 - Neg Daome
Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 2 - Evolution
Rara Tou Limen - Viv Rara!
Las Que Son Son - Return to Orient (no video)
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Week 2 - 3 Threes & Traces
Alayo Dance Company - 3 Threes
Alayo Dance Company - Traces
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2006
2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Yo Soy Cuba (no video)
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Week 2 - Africa Here
Alayo Dance Company - Everything Comes From the Earth
GRRRL Brigade - We are the Daughters
GRRRL Brigade - A Praise to These Young Dancers
Michelle Martin & Konpayi - Kombit Zaka
Timbea! - Rueda de Casino
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Week 3 - After Rain
Alayo Dance Company - After Rain
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2005
1ST ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
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Week 1 - Vamos Andar (no video)
Dear Fidel (no video)
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Week 2 - Yo Soy Cuba (no video)
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Week 3 - A Piece of White Cloth (no video)
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Week 4 - La Madre
Alayo Dance Company - La Madre
2004
PIECE OF WHITE CLOTH
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Alayo Dance Company - Piece of White Cloth
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2003
CUBA CAMP
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Cuba Camp - Classes
Cuba Camp - Lecture
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2003
CubaCaribe is founded by Jamaica Itule Simmons (Executive Director) and Ramón Ramos Alayo (Artistic Director).
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MIS SUENOS, MIS IDEAS
2003 Mis Suenos, Mis Ideas video
Questions? Please email contact@cubacaribe.org