MoAD and CubaCaribe Present Cuban and Brazilian Music & Dance: Cultural Resilience and Adaptation in the Afro-Diaspora.

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Five centuries of colonial oppression and a century and a half of post-colonial reality have forged a relentlessly harsh environment for generations of enslaved and abused working class communities throughout the Americas. How has cultural expression and identity played a role in addressing this historical dilemma? This brief presentation by John Santos focuses on some traditional and contemporary examples from Cuba and Brazil.

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MoAD Members please contact programs@moadsf.org to receive your discount on tickets.

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This program is presented in conjunction with CubaCaribe's 18th Annual Festival of Dance and Musicfrom June 5th-16th. Dance and music have been and continue to be a way to resist oppression, release joy, alleviate suffering collectively, all critical to human survival and built into the fabric of Cuban, Brazilian, Haitian, Afro-Peruvian, Puerto Rican cultures. CubaCaribe honors that celebration of joy is revolutionary and how living art forms evolve and respond to the changing world.

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‍Learn more about the festival's full schedule of events.