Friday Evening, May 18, 2018, 6:00 Please be advised:

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN, Chairman
DEBORAH F. RUTTER, President
Presents
ARTES DE CUBA
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event on the Kennedy Center’s website.
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Cuba Goes Tap
Featuring Keyla Orozco and Max Pollak

About ARTES DE CUBA

Sound. Movement. Magic. Brilliance. Taste. Calor. Experience all the
exuberance of Cuban arts and culture on the stages of the Kennedy
Center. This unprecedented gathering brings some of the world’s
greatest artists from the Island and the Diaspora for a two-week
celebration featuring 400-plus artists in more than 50 events. Our
festival features music, dance, theater, film, fashion, design, and
cuisine. From traditional to contemporary, Cuba is bound to dazzle
and delight with the vividness of its artists’ imaginations. Showcasing
many of Cuba’s finest artists and leading Cuban American
creators, Artes de Cuba encompasses the breadth and vibrancy of
one of the most dynamic cultures in the world. Indulge yourself in its
abundant pleasures—you will be inspired!
Program (subject to change) About Cuba Goes Tap
Created by Cuban-Dutch composer Keyla Orozco and featuring
Rumba-Tap Solo Improvisation acclaimed tap-dancer Max Pollak, Cuba Goes Tap merges American
rhythm tap with Afro-Cuban music and dance. The central focus of the
Two Contradanzas program is Orozco's Traveling Shoe Stories, a work for tap dancer
by Manuel Saumell (1818-1870), adapted by Keyla Orozco
and chamber ensemble, in which Cuban and Venezuelan folk music,
Tu Sonrisa
La Quejosita western classical tradition, pop, jazz, improvisation, and tap come
together. Written and improvised music and dance have equal roles in
Danza Lucumí the show, which includes works by Cuban composers from the 19th
by Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940) and 20th centuries, reimagined alongside tap improvisation.

Son Número Dos

by Carlos Fariñas (1934-2002) Performers
Traveling Shoe Stories Keyla Orozco, director, composer, curator
by Keyla Orozco (1969) Max Pollak, dancer (tap dance)
Arrivals Ana Rosa Henández, piano
Horses Ilmar López-Gavilán, violin
Sad Moments Diana Rosa Alvarez, clarinet
Exotic Birds
Mariana Ramirez-Alvarado, marimba, drums, percussion
Feeling Older
Celebrating Life

The Presenting Underwriter of Artes de Cuba is the HRH Foundation.

Major support is provided by David M. Rubenstein.
Additional support is provided by
Amalia Perea Mahoney and William Mahoney and
The Irene Pollin Audience Development and Community Engagement Initiatives.
International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through the
generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.
 Upcoming Artes de Cuba Events

Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet

Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. at the Kennedy
Center Cubano Club (Terrace Gallery)

The López-Nussa Family

Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Theater

Guantanamera Celebration
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. on the Millennium
Stage

Argos Teatro: 10 Million

Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Family
Theater

Los Van Van

Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. at the Eisenhower
Theater

Tiempo Libre
Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. on the Millennium
Stage

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