Caleb Teicher & Conrad Tao
COUNTERPOINT
February 7-8
BAA - Boston Arts Academy Theater
Malpaso Dance Company
Emerson Paramount Center's Robert J. Orchard Stage
Cuba’s most in-demand contemporary dancers return to Boston with a vibrant program showcasing the company’s commitment to working with international choreographers while also nurturing Cuban artistry.
“Sparklingly present… and remarkably strong” (The New York Times), the dancers of Malpaso Dance Company have worked with such notable international choreographers as Ronald K. Brown, Aszure Barton, Ephrat Asherie, and more. The program will feature Brown’s Why You Follow, created on the company in Cuba in 2013, and Asherie's Floor... y Ando, a recent collaboration.
Malpaso co-founder and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado's A Dancing Island considers the roots and evolution of iconic Cuban social dances with “fluid, sexy athleticism” (Miami New Times)
Please be aware that this performance will include the use of haze during the first and last pieces on the program, Floor...y Ando and A Dancing Island.
Performance Program
The program runs for approximately 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission between the second and third works.
Choreographer: Ephrat Asherie
Music: Aldo López‐Gavilán
Costume design: Ephrat Asherie
Lighting design: Manuel Da Silva
Running time: 8 minutes
Alert: this portion of the performance features haze
Choreographer: Ephrat Asherie
Music: Aldo López‐Gavilán
Costume design: Ephrat Asherie
Lighting design: Manuel Da Silva
Running time: 8 minutes
Alert: this portion of the performance features haze
Choreographer: Ronald K. Brown
Assistant choreographer: Arcell Cabuag
Music: "Look at Africa" by Zap Mama
"En route to Motherland" by Gordheaven & Juliano
"Yoruba Road" by the Allenko Brotherhood
"Kusase Mnandi" by Gordheaven & Juliano, The Heavy Quarterz
Lighting design: Clifton Taylor
Costume design: Keiko Voltaire
Running time: 24 minutes
Choreographer: Ronald K. Brown
Assistant choreographer: Arcell Cabuag
Music: "Look at Africa" by Zap Mama
"En route to Motherland" by Gordheaven & Juliano
"Yoruba Road" by the Allenko Brotherhood
"Kusase Mnandi" by Gordheaven & Juliano, The Heavy Quarterz
Lighting design: Clifton Taylor
Costume design: Keiko Voltaire
Running time: 24 minutes
Choreographer: Osnel Delgado
Music: Alejandro Falcón, Ted Nash & Trío Cubadentro
Costume design: Guido Gali
Lighting design: Manuel Da Silva
Running time: 37 minutes
Alert: this portion of the performance features haze
Choreographer: Osnel Delgado
Music: Alejandro Falcón, Ted Nash & Trío Cubadentro
Costume design: Guido Gali
Lighting design: Manuel Da Silva
Running time: 37 minutes
Alert: this portion of the performance features haze
“As the theatre begins to vibrate with accumulated energy, you get the feeling that they could dance just about any genre with jaw-dropping style…[making] their unique expression of Cuban culture in all its profound and complex glory all the more special.”
NOW Magazine Toronto
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The 2024/25 Dance Series is generously supported by
Leslie & Howard Appleby, Crescendo Donor Advised Fund, and Royal Little Family Foundation.
This performance is made possible in part by support from Celebrity Series' LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment and Innovation Funds, with generous leadership support from
Royal Little Family Foundation.
Support is provided by the 
through its ArtsAmplified initiative.
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