CubaCaribe presents
The 11th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music
April 9 – April 26, 2015
"In Search of Soul"
The acclaimed annual folkloric and contemporary dance and music Festival will feature three exuberant weeks of Caribbean dance and music performances, master classes, film screenings, lectures and celebrations throughout the Bay Area.
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Week 1 - April 10-12: African Souls: Cuba & Brasil
Featuring: Abadá Capoeira San Francisco; Aguas Dance Company; Alayo Dance Company; Arenas Dance Company; Teatro Brasileiro de Dança: the Bahia in Oakland.
ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Friday-Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 7 pm
Tickets: $25 online; $28 door
http://www.odcdance.org/events
Week 2 - April 17-19: Soul Caribe
Featuring: Aguacero; Alafia Dance Ensemble; Bravisimo Youth Ensemble; Colombian Soul; Cunamacué; Dimensions Dance Theater; La Mezcla; Grupo Experimental Nago
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, SF
Friday-Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 7 pm
Tickets: $22 online; $24 door
www.brownpapertickets.com
Week 3 - April 24-26: Alma
Alayo Dance Company; Dance Brigade; Duniya Dance Ensemble
Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland
Friday - Saturday @ 8 pm
Tickets: $25 online; $28 door
www.brownpapertickets.com
More information on the event's Facebook Page
SPECIAL EVENTS
April 9 - Opening Reception 6-7 pm; Film Screening: Dancing with the Drum, directed by Ashley James, Produced by Roberta Singer 7-9 pm. Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission St., San Francisco.
April 12 - Batey Boricua - celebrate life through Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena music and dance at a community jam session. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 4 - 7 pm
April 16 - Umi Vaughan Lecture/Demo: De Curros a Especuladores: Black to the Future in Cuba. Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission St., San Francisco. 7-9 pm
April 19 - Dance Workshop: Guede/Papa Guede or Gaga/Rarra co-taught by Collete Eloi (Guede of Haiti) and Cheo Rojas (Papa Guede of Cuba). Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco. 3:30 - 5:00 pm