Celebrating Harlem Week: Performances at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Dance Company

& 

Keith "The Captain" Gamble

August 3 at 2 p.m.

(Complimentary Admission) 

Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble is based in New York and Santiago de Cuba, and founded by Danys "La Mora" Perez - international Afro-Cuban Folklore performer, choreographer, teacher and dance ethnologist. 

The company is committed to the preservation of Afro-Cuban culture through dance, song and music. Oyu Oro, in the Yoruba Lukumi language, means 'a water lily that serves as a crown.' With this in mind, the repertoire demonstrates and honors African heritage that serves as the foundation of its work. 

Oyu Oro explores traditional forms of dance that derive from the Yoruba, Congo, Carabali, Arara, and Dahomeyan cultures of West Africa; the rich Haitian influences that remain in Cuba of Tumba Francesa (proclaimed as a UNESCO Master piece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity), Vodu, Gaga, Tajona, Haitian Bembe; along with popular dances of Cuban heritage, including Rumba, Conga, Chancletas and Son.    

Keith "The Captain" Gamble and the NU Gypsies present an electric, eclectic and exciting display of musical joy expressed in all genres - leading back to the blues! The Harlem-born and bred band gives their audiences a taste of all the flavors of the community through rhythm and song... and, of course, the blues! 

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Source: VozaRivers/New Heritage Theatre Group