Candela! is the name of our newest performance group.  Pulled together with a moment’s notice, they are hard at work rehearsing 2-3 times a week to put together a rueda that will clear the floor on Oct 9th.  

The intent is to showcase our established, local, Cuban dance instructors.  To excite the crowd.  To get new and veteran dancers to fill their classes.  To continue the momentum that is taking Seattle Cuban dance to the next level.  AND through ‘the wheel’ to inspire all of us to extend beyond the wheel, reaching back to the roots of salsa and reaching out to other communities.

The reality is that with less than 4 weeks to make this happen, busy schedules and a lot of ground to cover, they had to pull in some veteran performers to fill the shoes of those that couldn’t join just yet.  

You will recognize their faces and when this group claims the floor on Oct 9th -

                                  Rumbanana Beware!

Candela! is also the current name of an emerging dance collective dedicated to promoting Cuban music, culture and dance in the Pacific Northwest.  It was inspired by all of you, and is taking form under leadership of ‘the instructors’ with the help of those thankfully more organized than me!   

For those of you who are asking, that is what Candela! is today.  What it will be tomorrow and the day after?  That has yet to be determined.  Fortunate for us, a wise woman once wrote ‘The greatest heights are reached when the destination is yet To Be Determined.’ 

Join us for their debut on Oct 9th and help make it true!

 

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