MoAD & CubaCaribe present a panel discussion and reception celebrating Afro-Latino & Carribean Dance Companies.

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Join 6 artistic directors of local Afro-Latino / Caribbean dance companies. Each artist will delve into what their first memory of dance / movement / music was, when their creative spark ignited, how it was realized and how the drive to create continues. Featuring Denise Solís of Batey Tambó, Pedro Gomez of Batuki, Laurie Fleurentin of Folklo Ayisyen Lakay, Samuel Cortez Balderas of Los Lupeños de San Jose, Ryan Mead of Rueda Con Ritmo and Deborah Vaughan of Dimensions Dance Theater. After you see their performances March 28-30, then come learn more about them and the creative process.

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This program is presented in conjunction with CubaCaribe's 19th Annual Festival of Dance and Musicfrom March 28th-April 4th. This year's theme is A Fire Within: A celebration of the passion and drive that artists must carry for their art that propels their work out into the world and ultimately moves and inspires us.  Each artist will delve into when this spark ignited, how it was realized and how the drive to create continue

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

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