MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — A man in a white guayabera approaches a woman and stretches out his hand, palm up, inviting her to dance. She stands up and waves her fan. On the dance floor, they get closer.

Israel “Cachao” Lopez, the influential Cuban bassist and composer credited with creating the mambo who enjoyed a career revival over the last two decades, died Saturday in Coral Gables, Fla., where he ...

The Salón Los Angeles is the oldest dance hall in Mexico City. The classic 1930s ballroom is located in a working-class neighborhood near downtown, and every week, it sees dozens of well-dressed ...

The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero), with its hot, catchy rhythm between a jig and a tango, has started an invasion. Don Azpiazu’s Havana Orchestra brought the song north last year, played it with other ...

That's when the Luna Negra Dance Theater of Chicago will perform Eduardo Vilaro's Danzon in Reynolds Auditorium, teaming up with the Turtle Island String Quartet and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera. With ...

Mexican composer Arturo Marquez is fascinated by the popular Mexican dance called the danzon, and he's based several orchestral pieces on its swaying rhythms. Buffalo Philharmonic conductor JoAnn ...

Roberto Juan Rodriguez was 40 years old when he took a risk and released his first solo album, "El Danzon de Moises," in 2001, a festive fusion of overlapping Cuban rhythms and Eastern European ...

Ruta de la Clave, the highly anticipated debut album from Juno-winning Cuban-Canadian percussionist, composer, producer, and bandleader Joaquin Nuñez, is the result of five years of creative ...

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