NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- To fully appreciate the Cuban troupe Los Munequitos de Matanzas, on stage at MASS MoCA this weekend, you must allow yourself to be transported not only to another country, but ...
On their last visit to San Francisco, in 1992, Cuban folkloric troupe Los Muñequitos de Matanzas did a rumba version of Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." At the ...
According to the legend of Los Munequitos de Matanzas, the Afro-Cuban music and dance troupe was born one day in 1952 in a bar called El Gallo (the Rooster) in the Cuban coastal town of Matanzas. The ...
In the first days of October 1952 a group of young rumberos found themselves after work enjoying their evening's rest Los in the bar “El Gallo” on the corner of Matanzas and Daoiz Streets in the ...
For people who hear the word “rumba” and think of Ricky Ricardo leading his dinner-jacketed orchestra at the Copacabana on I Love Lucy, the music of Los Munequitos de Matanzas is likely to be either a ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This spring, Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA come together once again to ...
The vicissitudes of U.S.-Cuba relations have kept these masters of Afro-Cuban rumba out of New York for nearly a decade. The loss is ours. “Drum of Fire in Tribute to the Ancestors,” the title of the ...
Host Lynn Neary meets the Afro-Cuban percussion and dance ensemble, Los Munequitos de Matanzas. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the group was on an East Coast tour and gave a workshop just outside ...
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