VIDEO ARCHIVE
2023
17TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Mouth of a Shark
Alayo Dance Company - Mouth of a Shark (video coming soon)
Week 2 - Reunión/Gathering
Agua Doce Dance - Uma Flecha So
Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico - Son Jarocho Contemporáneo "Emprendiendo El Vuelo"
Embodiment Project - There's a Lemon Tree Growing Inside Her Belly
Batey Tambó - Bambula! De Borinquen a la Bahia, La Bomba es Vida
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Forças da Natureza
La Union Matancera - Odde Niwe Tafá Tafá
Los Lupeños de San José - Boda de Pueblo en Sinaloa
2023
2022
16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Ada Ara / She Who is Queen
Arenas Dance Company - She Who is Queen
Eggun
Yemaya Universal Mother
Salsa for Yemayá
Ola the Warrior
Revolutionary Women
Ochun and Women Artists
Manos de Mujeres a la Obra / Women's Hands at Work
Adá Ará: Cuban Women Demand Respect
¡Mujeres!
2021
MOUTH OF A SHARK (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Online Premiere and Discussion
Mouth of a Shark Video
Alayo Dance Company - Mouth of a Shark (work in progress)
2020
POWER OF RESILIENCY ONLINE SERIES
2020 The Power of Resiliency Page
Week 1: Bobi Céspedes - Song Class (no video)
Week 2: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 3: Elio Villafranca - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 4: Adia Whitaker - Artist Talk (no video)
Week 5: Interview Shorts (no video)
Week 6: In Depth Interviews (no video)
Week 7: Virtual Performance Videos (no video)
Week 8: Live Collaborations (no video)
2019
15TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Tradiciones Cubanas
Arenas Dance Company - Baila mi Son
Las Alturas de Simpson - Tradiciones
Vission Latina
Arenas Dance Company - Que Rico ChaChaCha
Los Lupenos de San Jose - Salon Mexico
Arenas Dance Company - Ahora Que La Habana es Mia
Ara Irawo and Theater Flamenco of San Francisco - Del Flamenco a la Rumba
CubaCaribe Carnaval Contigent - Conga Santiaguera
2018
14TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Movements of Migration
View Performance Videos
View Festival Program
Week 1 - Alayo Dance Company
Alayo Dance Company - Calle
Alayo Dance Company - Manos y Vida Cotidiana de Una Mujer Cubana
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye
Alayo Dance Company - What is Happening Here?
Mixed Program
Dimensions Dance Theater - Ain't No Turning Back
The Cali Dance Company - Fiesta Cubana
El Wah Movement Dance Theater - Maafa - Revealing the Story
Hijos Del Maiz - Nicaragua Multiétnica: Cultura Garífunas
Dandha da Hora & Yabas Dance Company - Our Roots
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Supplication
Águas Dance Company with Filhas das Águas - Yansa
2018
2018 BOUND together
Aguas Dance Company and Alayo Dance Company
Alayo Dance Company - Grief
Aguas Dance Company (no video)
Flor de Café Dance Company - Adentro Cojutepeque, Las Cortadoras, Las Salvadoreñas (no video)
Ramon's Salsa Ensemble - Ya No Hace Falta (no video)
Audaz Dance Company - La Lupe (no video)
Audaz Dance Company - Oriente (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - What is Happening Here? (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Yansã Oya (no video)
2017
13TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Manos de Mujeres
Los Lupeños de San José - Comala
Almazônica Dance Collective - Floresta Feminina
Arenas Dance Company - Manos de Mujer a la Obra
Cunamacué - Mis Manos
Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala San Francisco - Mulheres Livres
Amor Do Samba - Under Pressure: Asi Hicieron Las Mujeres Diamantes
Sunday Matinee
Quenepas - Inspirados: de Boriken a la Bahia
Maracatu Pacífico - Mulheres no Maracatu: Do Terreno ao Sagrado
Cuicacalli Dance Company - Raices Sin Limites
Bolivia Corazón de América - Death of Slavery
Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala SF - Mulheres Livres
2016
12TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Cuba on My Mind
Week 1 - Cuba on my Mind
Teatro Brasileiro de Dança: the Bahia in Oakland Collective - CUBAHIA meu Amor! (no video)
Tika Morgan Dance - Transformations
Ballet Folklorico Odduara - AfreYemaya (no video)
Cuicacalli Dance Company - Veracruz "Son Jarocho" (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Fé (no video)
Week 2 - Cuba on my Mind
Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go
Embodiment Project - Chalk Outlines (excerpts)
Kissy Keefer - Gracias a La Vida
Alayo Dance Company - 24/7
Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye
Week 3 - Cuba on my Mind
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Reine Kongo (no video)
Los Lupeños de San José - Pasión Jarocha (no video)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Company - Tradições Afro-Brasileiras (no video)
Duniya Dance and Drum Company - Badala & Liberté (no video)
Gafierira Brasil Dance Group - A Night in Rio (no video)
Aguacero - Barriles Cantan Cuentos (no video)
2016
ALAYO DANCE COMPANY AND BAN RARRÁ 2016
Alayo Dance Company and Ban Rarrá
Alayo Dance Company - 24/7
Alayo Dance Company - Piece of White Cloth
Ban Rarrá - Dos Bandos - Gagá
Ban Rarrá - El Solar - Rumba
Ban Rarrá - Papa Guede
Ban Rarrá - PoutPourri De Bailes Populares
Ban Rarrá - PoutPourri De Bailes Populares 2
Ban Rarrá - Tajoneros - Tajona
2015
11TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
In Search of Soul
Week 1 - African Souls: Cuba & Brasil
Arenas Dance Company - Rumba y Candela (no video)
Teatro Brasileiro de Dança - The Bahia in Oakland - De Corpo e Alma (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Love Me or Hate Me (no video)
Arenas Dance Company - Oya: La Mujer Guerrera / Oya: The Female Warrior (no video)
Aguas Dance Company - Amor ao Mar
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement (no video)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Company - Maculelê and Capoeira (no video)
Week 2 - Soul Caribe
Colombian Soul - Ritual and Profane (no video)
Bravissimo Youth Ensemble - A Blessing (no video)
Dimensions Dance Theater - The Town on Notice (no video)
Aguacero - Mi Alma Habla Bomba
Grupo Experimental Nago - Guateque Campesino (no video)
Cunamacué - Cantando y Bailando
La Mezcla - Convivencia
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Soley (no video)
Week 3 - Alma
Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go
Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Defective Deflection Devotion
Duniya Dance and Drum Company - Yamama
Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Witness
Alayo Dance Company - House of Water
2014
10TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Moving Forward
Las Puras - Riki Bum
Cuñamacue - Intertwined Dreams / Sueños Entrelazados
Alafia Dance Ensemble - 1952 Saga, 3 Movements 1) Free in Africa 2) The Trade 3) Slave Time
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo / Always Running
Embodiment Project - Dare to Love
Duniya Dance & Drum Company - Badala and Tiriba
Week 1 - Moving Forward (matinee)
Boroboletas Dance Troupe
Muriel Johnson - The Clever Woman and The Pumpkin
Conceicao Damasceno’s Borboletas Dance Troupe - Hoje e Dia de Nossa Senhora / Keni Je & Samba Da Roda
Swing Kids - Acrobatic Rock & Roll
Faces SF - Passages
Dimensions Extensions - Suite Solo
Loco Bloco’s Pocos Locos - Loco en el Coco
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco - Let’s Dance
Week 2 - Alayo, Aguas and Arenas
Aguas de Bahía - Movendo com Capoeira
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
Arenas Dance Company - Olomidara
Alayo Dance Company - On Top of the Beat / Sobre El Tiempo
Alayo Dance Company - House of Water
2013
9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Tributes to Our Teachers
Week 1 - Our Teachers
Las Que Son Son - Underneath It All
Arenas Dance Company - Las Dos Aguas
Aguacero - Huellas
Ritmo y Movimiento - Tren Bala
Las Puras - El Cuarto de Tula
Rompe y Raja - Amador
Sambaxe - Spirit of Carnaval
Week 2 - El Maestro
Teatro de la Danza del Caribe - El Maestro
Week 3 - El Discípulo
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo
Alayo Dance Company - What About Love?
Alayo Dance Company - A Piece Of White Cloth Excerpt
Danza Del Caribe - Sulkary
Alayo Dance Company - On Top of the Beat
Family Matinee
Conceição Damasceno's Butterflies - Fanfarra
2013
QUALITY OF MOVEMENT
View Quality of Movement Program
Alayo Dance Company - Qué Pasa Con El Amor? / What about Love?
Alayo Dance Company - Te Quedarás / You Will Stay
Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo / Always Running
Alayo Dance Company - Grief: Depression
Alayo Dance Company - Grief: Acceptance
Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement
2012
8TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Poder Popular
Cunamacué - Zamacaueca
Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango
Las Puras Dance Company - Mambo Cha
Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Aguas de Oxalá
Aguacero - Goze mi Bomba
Star Studded Entertainment
Rueda con Ritmo - El Pillo
Grupo Experimental Nago - Masun y Petro
Arenas Dance Company - Ciclo Palo Makuta
Week 1 - Poder Popular Matinee
Star Studded Entertainment (no video)
Rueda Con Ritmo (no video)
Muriel Johnson (no video)
Quenepas (no video)
Cunamacue (no video)
Dimensions Dance Theater (no video)
Week 2 - Oil and Water
Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes
Alayo Dance Company - Layers of Love
Alayo Dance Company - Oil & Water
2011
7TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
La Tierra de Arara
Week 1 - La Tierra: Descendents of the Dahomey
Colette Eloi and El Wah Movement
Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble - Identidad
Week 2 - El Agua: Transatlantic Tongues
Yagbe Awolowo Onilu - Opening Prayer
Heritage - The Vision Continues
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Chicago, Sudan
Liberation Dance Theater - Guerra
Cunamacué - Libera Tu Danza
Aguas Da Bahia - Movendo con Capoeira
Afoutayi Dance Company - Damballah
Grupo Experimental Nago - Merengue del Cafetal
Muriel Johnson - How Goat Got Out of Trouble (no video)
Yosvany Terry - Arará Music from Cuba and its fusion with Jazz: The Concept of Ye-de-gbe & Afro-Caribbean Legacy (no video)
Week 3 - La Orilla: Loss & Acceptance
Alayo Dance Company - La Madre
Alayo Dance Company - Grief
2010
6TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
From Katrina to Port-au-Prince
Week 1 - Perseverance of Spirit
ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Libation
Afoutayi - O Chan Neg Nago
ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Uncle Freddie
Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective - The Spirit of New Orleans
Week 2 - Legacies & Liberation
Alafia Dance Ensemble
Liberation Dance Theater
Los Que Son Son
Los Lupenos de San Jose
Poco Gomes Dancers
Tata Kaya Art
Muriel Johnson *matinee
Week 3 - Migrations
Alayo Dance Company - Migrations
2010
2010 BOUND together
Afoutayi Dance Company and Alayo Dance Company
Afoutayi Dance Company - Ayiti Pap Mouri! (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Adonde Vas Amor (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Momento (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Metamorphosis (no video)
Alayo Dance Company - Traces (no video)
2009
5TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - 50 Years of Performance Since the Cuban Revolution
Jeff Chambers & Ramón Ramos Alayo - Grace Notes
Juan Carlos Blanco & Omo Ache
Chancleteros
Las Que Son Son
Napoles Ballet Theater
Las Que Son Son
Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way
Week 2 - 500 Years of Cultural Continuity and Revitalization in the Americas
Nsamina Kongo - Nkanda Nvoula
Alafia Dance Ensemble - Libetè
Rica Salsa Dance Company
Aquarela Dance Group - Colors of Brazil
Jaranón y Bochinche Performance Company - Expression Negra: Recordando nuestra historia
Mind Over Matter - Untamable
Pasión Habanera
Week 3 - 5 Years of Supporting the Arts at CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music
Alayo Dance Company - Three Leaders, One Idea
In the Hands of Spirit (no video)
Embracing the Fire (no video)
2009
2009 BOUND together
Alayo Dance Company and Aguas de Bahia
Alayo Dance Company - A Piece of White Cloth
Aguas de Bahia
Alayo Dance Company - Layers of Love
2008
4TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Spring Begins to Move
Urban Jazz Dance Company
Nsamina Kongo (Light of the Congo) - Makela ha Mbongi
Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way
Tou Limen Youth Ensemble - Being the Change
Napoles Ballet Theatre - Retazos (Pieces)
Aguas da Bahia - Jomada (Journey)
Loco Bloco’s Las Locas y Los Locos por Samba - Soul To Sole
Las Que Son Son (no video)
Week 2 - Haiti!
Konpayi - Nanchon Nago
Oyu Oro - Cubaila
Week 3 - Blood + Sugar
Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes
Alayo Dance Company - Blood + Sugar
2007
3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Shaking off the Dust
Konpayi - Muzik Gede
Konpayi - Papa Legba, Ouvre bare pou nou (…we begin)
Konpayi - Banbouche! (…we continue)
Bateria Bay-Lleza de San Francisco y Grupo los Locos por Samba - Bay-Lleza
Las Que Son Son - Banda Gagá
Rara Tou Limen - Manbo Ayizan
Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 1 - Neg Daome
Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 2 - Evolution
Rara Tou Limen - Viv Rara!
Las Que Son Son - Return to Orient (no video)
Week 2 - 3 Threes & Traces
Alayo Dance Company - 3 Threes
Alayo Dance Company - Traces
2006
2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Yo Soy Cuba (no video)
Week 2 - Africa Here
Alayo Dance Company - Everything Comes From the Earth
GRRRL Brigade - We are the Daughters
GRRRL Brigade - A Praise to These Young Dancers
Michelle Martin & Konpayi - Kombit Zaka
Timbea! - Rueda de Casino
Week 3 - After Rain
Alayo Dance Company - After Rain
2005
1ST ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & MUSIC
Week 1 - Vamos Andar (no video)
Dear Fidel (no video)
Week 2 - Yo Soy Cuba (no video)
Week 3 - A Piece of White Cloth (no video)
Week 4 - La Madre
Alayo Dance Company - La Madre
2004
PIECE OF WHITE CLOTH
Alayo Dance Company - Piece of White Cloth
2003
CUBA CAMP
Cuba Camp - Classes
Cuba Camp - Lecture
2003
CubaCaribe is founded by Jamaica Itule Simmons (Executive Director) and Ramón Ramos Alayo (Artistic Director).
MIS SUENOS, MIS IDEAS
2003 Mis Suenos, Mis Ideas video
Questions? Please email contact@cubacaribe.org