CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music April 16, 2010

The Sixth Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music: from Katrina to Port-au-Prince celebrates the exuberant spirit of the Caribbean by bringing together master artists from Haiti, New York, New Orleans, and Cuba (by way of the Bay Area) for a three-week extravaganza that promotes the life-affirming practices of the Caribbean Diaspora. Founded in 2003, CubaCaribe has grown into a beloved annual event that preserves time-honored, rarely seen Caribbean art forms; curates diverse emerging and veteran talent from the U.S. and abroad; and taps into the Bay Area’s large Cuban and Caribbean-born artistic population to celebrate tradition while giving space for innovation.

Each weekend of performances by master artists will be characterized by a different theme, ranging from folkloric, modern and popular dance and music from the Caribbean Diaspora. Additional activities include master classes, a film screening of “Fauborg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” by Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie, and two lectures about the music of Puerto Rico and Haiti by respected scholars. The CubaCaribe Festival will take place in San Francisco at Dance Mission, with additional events happening at partner sites Museum of African Diaspora and Baobab Village.



DATES*: Fridays – Sundays, April 16-May 2
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8PM; Sundays @ 7PM
(for detailed schedule: cubacaribe.org)

Special CHILDREN’S MATINEE:
April 25 @ 3pm, $10 kids 12 and under, $15 adults

TICKETS: $18.50 advance; $22 at the door; $12 for kids 12 and under
$50 for a three week festival package

BOX OFFICE: 415-273-4633 and brownpapertickets.com