12TH Annual IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival
July 15-18, 2010

Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33199

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A Unique & Exciting Celebration of Afro-Cuban Culture

The 12TH Annual IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival will feature over 15 dance and drumming workshops as well as dance parties. The event culminates with a spectacular Dance Gala featuring guest artists and IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company.

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We're offering workshops for beginners and intermediate/advanced students in ...

• Orisha Dance
• Afro-Modern
• Arará
• Congo: Makuta/Palo/Yuka
• Rumba (Guaguanco and Yambu)
• Salsa Rueda
• Son
• West African dance
• Batá drumming

In persistently promoting Afro-Cuban dance, IFE-ILE has established not only a cultural experience to local and visitors; but a tradition that slowly has produced eager followers even from abroad.

Miami has the highest number of Cubans (including Afro-Cubans) in the U.S., and here Cuban and other African, Caribbean and Latin American cultures thrive and pulse in the neighborhoods. Here, culture is alive, living and present -- and not confined to a dance workshop.

Renowned Afro-Cuban choreographer and dancer Neri Torres founded the IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Festival in 1998 and from 2002 through 2005 called it BAILA USA.

She began the festival to reflect the multiple ethnicities of South Florida, and include other dance traditions that share African roots. Says Torres, "Our festival gives people of all backgrounds -- whether they're dancers or not -- the opportunity to enjoy, learn and engage in a celebration of the folk traditions of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the U.S.”

Previous guest artists include La Familia Cepeda from Puerto Rico, the African American Ensemble and the late Dr. Katherine Dunham, as well as renowned scholars and instructors.

For more information email ifeiledancecompany@yahoo.com or call (305) 476-0832./ (305) 796-1125

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Florida International University - South Campus
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199

Driving Directions:

From Miami International Airport:
Take the SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) WEST exit from the Airport
Follow SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) to the Florida Turnpike
Take the Florida Turnpike SOUTH exit
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th Avenue

From I-95, Downtown Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach:
Take I-95 to SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) WEST
Follow SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) to the Florida Turnpike
Take the Florida Turnpike SOUTH exit
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th Avenue

From western Palm Beach / Broward County or the Florida Turnpike north:
Take the Florida Turnpike SOUTH
Follow the Florida Turnpike to the Tamiami Trail exit (SW 8th Street)
Take the SW 8th Street EAST exit
Follow SW 8th Street, FIU will appear on the right before SW 107th Avenue