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Film “Cambio”

Directed by Bod Girladi 

Written by Natasha Soto-Albors

Barbara Jimenez: Gisela 

Laris Macario: Manuel 

Caitlin O'Connell: Iris

SVA School of Visual Arts in New York City

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Top 10 Cuban Salsa Dancers You Have to Know About!

If you love Cuban Salsa or even Salsa in general – here are the current top 10 artists who you have to know about, you are likely to come across them online or at Latin dance festivals. By learning about the dance and the masters who dance it, we deepen our connection, knowledge to the music and movements and overall dancing experience.

1. Maykel Fonts

Maykel Fonts. Style, passion, skill, and charm combined to make this incredible dancer, and basically a Cuban Salsa celebrity and star in the dance world. He completed his studies in Cuba in ballet, modern and contemporary dance, jazz, hip hop, flamenco, acrobatics, as well as Cuban folklore dance, Afro and Rumba.

Living in Italy, Fonts teaches regularly at world festivals, and performs often, he also featured in the dance movie StreetDance 2 and Latin Dream! He is the life of the party, and you’ll never believe he is coming up to 45 years!

2. Barbara Jimenez

Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Jimenez studied music and took up dance to compliment her artistic career. She then moved to Italy where she has been on the stage for many years performing and teaching around Europe and in festivals across the world.

She is an energetic, strong and charismatic dancer, famous for Cuban salsa, Afro-rumba, timba, and lady-styling, as well as reggaeton and hip hop, she often combines contemporary and modern dances in her choreography.  Her signature move includes the twerk/ booty shake. If you get the chance to attend her classes, don’t miss it!

3. Wilmer y Maria

The only couple on our list for Cuban Salsa artists, Wilmer y Maria, super cool and creative pair who always have fun when they dance! Drawing from their ballet training which gives them those elegant lines they mix Afro-rumba and Cuban folkdance with contemporary dance styles.

Featured in many large festivals across Europe, Wilmer y Maria stand out as fantastic teachers with challenging routines and focus on Son, Afro-contemporary and Cuban Salsa, their performances are always new and exciting with meaning behind the dance.

4. Roly Maden

From Havana, Cuba – Roly Maden is famous for his own brand and style “Roly Maden Style”, including Timba, Lady-styling and Son. He is also a well-rounded artist, his talents including singer, musician, DJ, producer and dancer. His passion makes him a fantastic teacher, focusing on technique, energy, originality and elegance – a trained eye can easily recognise students with his teaching and influences.

Maden has moved to Italy, the European hub of salsa dancing and teaching, and he is one of the most requested artists in his field.

5. Yanet Fuentes

Yanet Fuentes recognised as the best Female Cuban Salsa Dancer at the Cuban Salsa Awards (2006), three time winner of the World Open Salsa Championships, and star of the famous musical “Lady Salsa”. She moved to the UK and fully launched her career, appearing on the British edition of “You Can Dance”, as well as working with Shakira for her music and stage performances, and starred in 2014 movie “Cuban Fury”.

Fuentes is known for her feminine and sensual style, dancing Cuban Salsa and Timba, she moves just as well in her lady-style as when she dances more masculine Afro-rumba movements.  You can also fine her featured in several music video clips including Craig David and Alicia Keys.

6. Alberto Valdez

Cuban born Alberto Valdez is known for his energetic spirit, strict professionalism and wide knowledge and experience over many years. His elegance and passion for the Cuban culture and it’s connection to salsa and the Cuban salsa fundamentals.

One of the first Cuban Salsa and Rueda de Casino and Afro-Rumba promoters in Italy (yes, he also lives in Italy!), he still organises, hosts and teaches at many festivals across Italy and the world. Director and creator of “Cubabaila” school in Italy; Choreographer and artistic director of the group “ClaveNegra” the internationally famous dance group of the “CubaMiSalsa” event.

7. Yunaisy Farray

Yunaisy was born into a family of Cuban salsa dancers, with many successful dance artists inlcluding her mother who encouraged her to start dance at the age of seven, beginning in the Experimental School of Cuban Ballet. She graduated as “triple threat” (singer, dancer, actress) for musical theatre, and later trained as a contortionist at the School of Circus Cubano.

In 2015 she created “LADIES REVOLUTION” creating an impact worldwide for dancers, her brand often addresses issues of mental health and feminism. She also opened her “Farray International Dance Centre” a place for all styles and techniques to train and study, all the while working and performing at festivals across the world.

8. Seo Fernandez

Another artist born in Havana, Cuba, Fernandez started dancing as a young boy in school and on the street. Now Fernandez is a dancer of Cuban salsa, Afro-rumba, reggaeton, hip hop, classical and chachacha; he also worked as a dancer on MTV and his talents extends to singing, releasing an album and songs. It is clear that Michael Jackson is a huge influence over his style in clothing as well as in his movement and voice.

Fernandez works often in Italy, choreographing, performing, directing, teaching and putting on dance festivals every year, he also owns a clothing and accessories line.

9. Alexander Carbo

Carbo began as a ballet and modern dance student at the age of ten in Cuba, as he grew he found his true passion and connection to Afro-Cuban dance through his heritage, and so studied and graduated from the prestigious National Academy of Dance in Havana.

He moved to Italy in 2001 and started working in the dance scene, performing, choreographing and teaching. Later he opened his own dance school “Clave y Rumba” there and continues to perform, often teaming up with Barbara Jimenez for workshops in Afro-Contemporary – his current dance partner is Yunaisy Farray.

10. Yuniel Gual

A Cabaret dancer at the famous Tropicana de Cuba club with his twin brother, Yuniel began to use influences from jazz, bolero, and cha cha cha to create his style. As another Cuban artist that moved to the Salsa hub of Italy, Yuniel specialises in Afro-Contemporary and Afro-Rumba dances, with full commitment to it’s fundamentals.

Gual is mainly a solo dancer, partnering up with Addy Mendoza for shows, as well as creating the group “Sondeakokan”, which brings together other Cuban salsa dancers/artists, who continue to travel the congresses and festivals performing, pursuing quality and innovation, their videos are interesting to check out.

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Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Regina King in "If Beale Street Could Talk" (WINNER)

Amy Adams in "Vice"

Marina de Tavira in "Roma"

Emma Stone in "The Favourite"

Rachel Weisz in "The Favourite"

Best documentary feature

"Free Solo" Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (WINNER)

"Hale County This Morning, This Evening" RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim

"Minding the Gap" Bing Liu and Diane Quon

"Of Fathers and Sons" Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert

"RBG" Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

"Vice" Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (WINNER)

"Border" Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer

"Mary Queen of Scots" Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks

Achievement in costume design

"Black Panther" Ruth Carter (WINNER)

"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Mary Zophres

"The Favourite" Sandy Powell

"Mary Poppins Returns" Sandy Powell

"Mary Queen of Scots" Alexandra Byrne

Achievement in production design

"Black Panther" production design: Hannah Beachler; set decoration: Jay Hart (WINNER)

"The Favourite" production design: Fiona Crombie; set decoration: Alice Felton

"First Man" production design: Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Kathy Lucas

"Mary Poppins Returns" production design: John Myhre; set decoration: Gordon Sim

"Roma" production design: Eugenio Caballero; set decoration: Barbara Enriquez

Achievement in cinematography

"Roma" Alfonso Cuaron (WINNER)

"Cold War" Lukasz Zal

"The Favourite" Robbie Ryan

"Never Look Away" Caleb Deschanel

"A Star Is Born" Matthew Libatique

Achievement in sound editing

"Bohemian Rhapsody" John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone (WINNER)

"Black Panther" Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker

"First Man" Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

"A Quiet Place" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

"Roma" Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay

Achievement in sound mixing

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali (WINNER)

"Black Panther" Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin

"First Man" Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis

"Roma" Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and Jose Antonio Garcia

"A Star Is Born" Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow

Best foreign language film of the year

"Roma" Mexico (WINNER)

"Capernaum" Lebanon

"Cold War" Poland

"Never Look Away" Germany

"Shoplifters" Japan

Achievement in film editing

"Bohemian Rhapsody" John Ottman (WINNER)

"BlacKkKlansman" Barry Alexander Brown

"The Favourite" Yorgos Mavropsaridis

"Green Book" Patrick J. Don Vito

"Vice" Hank Corwin

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Mahershala Ali in "Green Book" (WINNER)

Adam Driver in "BlacKkKlansman"

Sam Elliott in "A Star Is Born"

Richard E. Grant in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

Sam Rockwell in "Vice"

Best animated feature film of the year

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (WINNER)

"Incredibles 2" Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle

"Isle of Dogs" Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson

"Mirai" Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito

"Ralph Breaks the Internet" Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer

Best animated short film

"Bao" Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb (WINNER)

"Animal Behaviour" Alison Snowden and David Fine

"Late Afternoon" Louise Bagnall and Nuria Gonzalez Blanco

"One Small Step" Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas

"Weekends" Trevor Jimenez

Best documentary short subject

"Period. End of Sentence." Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton (WINNER)

"Black Sheep" Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn

"End Game" Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

"Lifeboat" Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser

"A Night at The Garden" Marshall Curry

Achievement in visual effects

"First Man" Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm (WINNER)

"Avengers: Infinity War" Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick

"Christopher Robin" Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould

"Ready Player One" Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

Best live action short film

"Skin" Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman (WINNER)

"Detainment" Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon

"Fauve" Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon

"Marguerite" Marianne Farley and Marie-Helene Panisset

"Mother" Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado

Original screenplay

"Green Book" written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (WINNER)

"The Favourite" written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara

"First Reformed" written by Paul Schrader

"Roma" written by Alfonso Cuaron

"Vice" written by Adam McKay

Adapted screenplay

"BlacKkKlansman" written by Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (WINNER)

"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty

"If Beale Street Could Talk" written for the screen by Barry Jenkins

"A Star Is Born" screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Black Panther" Ludwig Goransson (WINNER)

"BlacKkKlansman" Terence Blanchard

"If Beale Street Could Talk" Nicholas Britell

"Isle of Dogs" Alexandre Desplat

"Mary Poppins Returns" Marc Shaiman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (WINNER)

"All The Stars" from "Black Panther" music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe

"I'll Fight" from "RBG" music and lyrics by Diane Warren

"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" music by Marc Shaiman; lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman

"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" music and lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Rami Malek in "Bohemian Rhapsody" (WINNER)

Christian Bale in "Vice"

Bradley Cooper in "A Star Is Born"

Willem Dafoe in "At Eternity's Gate"

Viggo Mortensen in "Green Book"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Olivia Colman in "The Favourite" (WINNER)

Yalitza Aparicio in "Roma"

Glenn Close in "The Wife"

Lady Gaga in "A Star Is Born"

Melissa McCarthy in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

Achievement in directing

"Roma" Alfonso Cuaron (WINNER)

"BlacKkKlansman" Spike Lee

"Cold War" Pawel Pawlikowski

"The Favourite" Yorgos Lanthimos

"Vice" Adam McKay

Best motion picture of the year

"Green Book" Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, producers (WINNER)

"Black Panther" Kevin Feige, producer

"BlacKkKlansman" Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, producers

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Graham King, producer

"The Favourite" Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, producers

"Roma" Gabriela Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuaron, producers

"A Star Is Born" Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, producers

"Vice" Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, producers

I am terrible at keeping up with news /awards and I can’t get to them all, but I thought a list might be nice.

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Portrait by Agata Serge

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Illustration by Sam Nassour www.artstation.com/samnassour

 Voice by Barbara Jimenez

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Radio spot for Old Navy

Operator: Ivette Gonzales

Caller: Barbara Jimenez

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Vo for Microsoft

Barbara Jimenez

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Taken by Agata Serge

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Knights in Newark film 

Directed by Nic Yulo

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Taken by Agata Serge

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By David Noles

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Voice by Barbara Jimenez. Illustration by Raul Alvarez Arias.

 www.faw-studio.com Lines from the book Narnia by C.S Lewis

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Scene from Diverge 

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Miriam Morales & Barbara Jimenez

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Headshot

Barbara Jimenez