Contemporary Dance in Cuba

Tecnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement

By: Suki John

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Paperback | 13 August 2012

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232 Pages

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The lens of dance can provide a multifaceted view of the present-day Cuban experience. Cuban contemporary dance, or tecnica cubana as it is known throughout Latin America, is a highly evolved hybrid of ballet, North American modern dance, Afro-Cuban tradition, flamenco and Cuban nightclub cabaret. Unlike most dance forms, tecnica was created intentionally with government backing. For Cuba, a dancing country, it was natural-and highly effective-for the Revolutionary regime to link national image with the visceral power of dance. Written by a dancer who traveled and worked in Cuba from the 1970s to the present, this book provides an inside look at daily life in Cuba. From watching the great Alicia Alonso, to describing the economic trials of the 1990s "Special Period," the author uses history, humor, personal experience, rich description and extensive interviews to reveal contemporary life and dance in Cuba.

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"John's writing opens a window into Castro's Cuba through the lens of dance...offers a poignant analysis to American dancers and scholars, long shut out of Cuba by our government and theirs. To read John's quicksilver prose is to revel in the rich world of Cuban dance and music. John has achieved both for herself and her Cuban colleagues a coup. Read it. Whether you are a ballet or modern dancer, it will send you searching for a visa to train in Cuba"-Dance Magazine; "Suki John's book on Cuban dance is superb. She skillfully and expertly guides us through the mazeworks of one of the most dance-creative nations on earth. Cuba gave us mambo, rumba, danzon, habanera. John updates all that, showing how Cuba perennially transforms the human body into a rich and ready art form. Strongly recommended."-Robert Farris Thompson, author of Tango: The Art History of Love and Aesthetic of the Cool.

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