AFRO-CUBAN DANCE BEGINNERS & ADVANCE
With Marisol Blanco
- Master in Arts, Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba, Cuba 1999
- Graduate of the National School of Art, Cuba 1995
Workshop: Every Sunday From 2:00 until 6:00 pm
CHECK OUR GALLERY OF AFRO-CUBAN DANCE
In Cuba, the African slavery took more than three hundred years. The main African and Haitian heritage in Cuban Culture came from:
“1. The Congolese from the Congo basin and SW Africa. Many tribes were involved, all called Congos in Cuba. Their religion is called Palo. Probably the most numerous group, with a huge influence on Cuban music.
2. The Oyó or Yoruba from modern Nigeria, known in Cuba as Lucumí. Their religion is known as Regla de Ocha (roughly, 'the way of the spirits') and its syncretic version known as Santería. Culturally of great significance.
3. The Kalabars from part of Nigeria and Cameroon. These semi-Bantú groups are known in Cuba as Carabali,[68] and their religious organization as Abakuá. The street name for them in Cuba was Ñáñigos.
4. The Dahomey, from Benin. They were the Fon, known as arará in Cuba. The Dahomeys were a powerful and terrible people who practised human sacrifice and slavery long before Europeans got involved, and even more so during the Atlantic slave trade.[11]p100 [69][70]
5. Haitian immigrants to Cuba arrived at various times up to the present day. Leaving aside the French, who also came, the Africans from Haiti were a mixture of groups who usually spoke creolized French: and religion was known as vodú.
6. From part of modern Liberia and the Ivory Coast came the Gangá.”
The Orishas are Yoruba’s Religion deities. Each of them has their own mythology, custom, music and dance
Orishas Beginners Dance Class
This class is designed to learn the basics steps of Orishas Dances such as Elegguá, Oggún, Oshosi, Yemayá y Oshún. Develops coordination, rhythm, spatial awareness and enriches the knowledge of Yoruba’s Culture.
Orishas Intermediate & Advance
In this class the steps of Orishas Dance are more complex and elaborated. Introduced more Orisha’s Dance with a big level of complexity such as: Agayú, Oyá, San Lázaro, Changó, and another afro cultural heritage as: Arará and Congo.
