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about IFE-ILE
IFE-ILE is the only organization in South Florida that is actively preserving the heritage of Afro-Cuban folkloric arts traditions through regular performances, classes and workshops. We both entertain and educate people of all backgrounds and keep traditions alive through workshops and classes. Our programs help strengthen the reputation of Miami-Dade County as a destination for cultural heritage tourism and the arts. We're a draw for the growing number of people - locally and worldwide - enchanted by Afro-Cuban culture and eager to learn about and experience it. We help:
Through our collaboration with government agencies, educational institutions, and local/national organizations, we offer our programs in schools and universities, tourist destinations and low-income neighborhoods of South Florida. Our partners have included, for example, Florida International University, the City of Homestead, The Non-Violence Project USA and Viernes Culturales.
We offer many kinds of events and programs, from our annual festival, workshops and master classes, corporate and private events, lectures, music tours, musicals, and products such as nstructional videos and music CDs. Learn about our shows, workshops, lectures/seminars and store.
Below is a list of some of the well-known events and venues where IFE-ILE has performed:
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IFE-ILE,
Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation,
promotion and cultivation of Afro-Cuban culture and folklore through
the arts. We seek to develop cross-cultural understanding and to
educate community members and visitors through traditional and contemporary
dance, music performances, festivals, lectures, workshops, poetry
readings, and other art forms. (See our 
In
addition to representing Cuba and its vibrant color and tradition,
IFE-ILE represents the diversity of Miami itself. We regularly collaborate
with other arts, educational and social service organizations that
serve the needs of Miami's various cultural communities (Brazilian,
Haitian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, African-American, etc.). And we
reach people from throughout the U.S. through the workshops and
events offered during our annual Afro-Cuban Dance Festival. 
IFE-ILE's
dance troupe is the most renowned Afro-Cuban dance troupe
in Miami. Famous for our traditional Afro-Cuban dances, Mambo, Rumba,
Conga, Chancleta, Son, Salsa, and the ritual dances of the Orishas,
our company also boasts a repertoire featuring a wide range of other
genres, including modern dance, ballet and Hip Hop. The company
has performed at the Latin Grammy Awards, Super Bowl Sunday and
the Billboard Awards, as well as in festivals such as the Smithsonian
Institution's Folklife Festival and the Emancipation Celebration
in Trinidad-Tobago. IFE-ILE has also performed in several videos
and commercials, as well as Andy Garcia's new film, 
Our
dancers are accompanied by live music played on a variety of traditional
and classical instruments: bata drums, congas, chekeres, yesa drums,
bells, wooden boxes, bongos, piano, tres, timbales and trumpets.
Our shows are always electrifying, leaving audiences enchanted with
the live music, colorful costumes, and contagious energy of the
performers. IFE-ILE’s repertoire ranges from short theater
performances designed for schoolchildren to several mainstream production
and concerts for larger scale audiences.