Perseverancia
2026-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
Spanish/English
Mexico
Perseverancia is a tangible portrait of the life and extraordinary work of Tomás Sánchez, one of the most relevant contemporary Latin American artists of our time. A master of dazzling imagery capable of contrasting nature in its vital, almost mystical state – or wounded by human indifference – Sánchez’s poetic landscapes are a perpetual hymn to beauty and freedom consistent with his ecological philosophical vision.
Perseverancia is the name of the sugar mill in Cienfuegos, Cuba, where Sánchez enjoyed his childhood alongside his mother, his earliest artistic influence. Juan Carlos Martín presents Sánchez not only through his origins and influences, but through the lens of the generation that marked a turning point amid the dictatorial uncertainty of 1980s Cuba.
Expected guest:
JUAN CARLOS MARTÍN / DIRECTOR
2024
108 MINS

Tropical Park
2026-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
United States
During a driving lesson, two Cuban siblings – a newly arrived trans woman (Lola Bosch) and her estranged conservative brother (Ariel Texidó) – face each other for the first time in years, with a silent Miami bearing witness outside their car windows.
From local filmmaker Hansel Porras Garcia, Tropical Park is a hybrid observational drama film shot in a single take and a love letter to Miami.
One of countless stories from the Cuban exile experience in the U.S., it’s a quiet meditation on coexistence, memory, and empathy. Here, Garcia explores what it means to share space with those who see the world through a different lens, and how love evolves when certain identities gently disrupt what once felt unquestionable.
Expected guest
HANSEL PORRAS GARCIA / DIRECTO
2025
85 MINS

El Regresado
2026-03-16 20:45 - 2026-04-15 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
Cuba/Colombia
El regresado tells the story of a young Cuban painter, a graduate of the National Art School, who returns to his hometown of Gibara in Eastern Cuba to complete his mandatory social service.
At the same time, he has also been drafted into military service, from which he hopes to be exempted once he begins working at a local cultural institution. In Gibara, he reunites with his admired former professor – himself an artist – who has been purged for his aesthetic vision and statements that do not align with the doctrine of Castroism. Gibara has become a small inferno ruled by fear, opportunism, and repression – and compels the young man to make a drastic decision.
DIRECTED BY ARMANDO CAPO
2025
100 MINS

‘TIL DEATH
2026-03-19 19:30 - 2026-03-20 19:30, 2026-03-21 14:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
By Alexis Scheer
Directed by Jennifer de Castroverde
As a foreign war correspondent, Marina has put her life on the line to illuminate the darkest corners of humanity. Having just returned from a particularly bloody conflict, she flirts with staying home for good – alongside her cameraman turned lover. With her closest friends and family gathered on the eve of her lifetime achievement award ceremony, she decides to cap this glorious moment with an elopement. But as Marina tries to take hold of her life, she’s forced to reckon with the grip that war has held on her. Til Death premiered off-Broadway, under the title Breaking the Story, commissioned by Second Stage Theatre in 2024. NWSA presents a newly revised version of the play by Scheer, an alumna of NWSA high school theater. Content Advisory: This production contains theatrical haze, flashing lights, mature themes and language, including war violence and post-traumatic stress disorder. Ages 12 and up.
Public Performances:
March 19 & 20 – 7:30 pm
March 21 – 2 PM
Koubek Center Theatre
General admission $12;
Students & seniors $5

Miami Film Festival 2026
2026-04-09 - 2026-04-19 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Miami Film Festival returns April 9th – April 19th to theaters all across Miami, with film lineup announced & tickets on sale now. Catch the best international, indie, and local films of the year, as well as unforgettable parties, exclusive celebrity talks, award presentations, and more! Experience the authentic movie-going experience as a Miami Film Festival audience member alongside film lovers just like you! See full program at miamifilmfestival.com.
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Revolution's Daughter
2026-04-10 19:30, 2026-04-18 15:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English/Spanish
United States
This is a singular documentary that revisits the drama of the Cuban dictatorship and its impact across generations, drawing on testimonies from diverse voices within the exile community and using as its leitmotif Fidel Castro’s daughter, Alina Fernández Revuelta. The film highlights perspectives seldom heard in discussions of the turmoil Castroism brought to the island, with figures such as Gloria Estefan, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, José Bedia, Margarita Cano, Nilo Cruz, and Bonco Quiñongo, among others, sharing personal stories conveying hope and long-awaited freedom.
Collectively, they underscore the success of Cuban Americans in the United States – and how their entrepreneurial spirit could help shape a future free Cuba.
Expected guests
Thaddeus D. Matula
Filmmaker: Director / Producer / Writer — President Double Life Films & Cinematula
Alina Fernández
Executive Producer
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Documentary subject, Poet, Art Critic
Pablo Cano
Documentary Subject, Marionette Maker

American Pachuco
2026-04-11 14:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English/Spanish
United States
Evolving from migrant farmworker to revolutionary artist, Luis Valdez changed American culture. In the 1960s, his El Teatro Campesino performed on flatbed trucks and helped mobilize workers to win the first farmworkers union contract, and his Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.
Yet despite critical rejection that killed the show, he persevered, creating La Bamba – a breakout blockbuster that authentically depicted Mexican American life to the world. Now in its 60th year, El Teatro continues to be a beacon for Latino/a creators. This is the story of an artist who gave voice to the overlooked and opened pathways for generations.
Winner of both the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary and Festival Favorite Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
DIRECTED BY DAVID ALVARADO
2026
92 MINS

Blue Trail
2026-04-11 17:45, 2026-04-19 14:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Drama
Portuguese
Brazil/Mexico/Netherlands/Chile
In a near-future Brazil, productivity is a religion and the elderly are deemed expendable. Tereza (Denise Weinberg) is unceremoniously sent to The Colony, a state-run exile for seniors.
Refusing to be erased, she escapes her daughter’s guardianship to pursue a final wish: to fly. Her journey down the Amazon’s waterways, aided by a drug-smuggling boatman (Rodrigo Santoro) and a bible-selling rebel, becomes a post-tropical delirium fueled by the psychedelic slime of a blue snail.
Director Gabriel Mascaro (Neon Bull) delivers an exquisite odyssey that reinvents the road movie. Visually stunning and fiercely anti-authoritarian, The Blue Trail is a transfixing meditation on the radical, sensual right to stay free.
DIRECTED BY GABRIEL MASCARO
2025
86 MINS

No Slagas
2026-04-11 20:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Horror
Spanish
Dominican Republic
Liz, a young college student still traumatized by the brutal murder of her girlfriend, tries to hold it together by passing as straight. A weekend getaway with friends offers a desperately needed respite, but the arrival of a magnetic woman triggers Liz’s buried queer desires. This internal awakening summons a malign, supernatural force that feeds on the group, twisting their proximity into collective violence. Director Victoria Linares handles the collision of queerness and horror with sharp restraint, letting the terror build slowly in a world that demands you stay hidden.
No Salgas is screening in the Generation section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.
Expected guest:
VICTORIA LINARES VILLEGAS / DIRECTOR, COWRITER, PRODUCER
2026
105 MINS

Coolie
2026-04-12 12:00 | FL
Drama, Episodic
English, Mandarin
Dominican Republic/Panama
Twenty-two-year-old Chulin, a poor orphaned Chinese girl, leaves the shores of Southern China and ventures thousands of miles across the oceans to Cuba as a promised bride to Chinese coolie Tung Ho.
But once she arrives she finds that her expected fate is destined to change, as she overcomes many hurdles to eventually fall in love with her master, Don Leonardo Alejandro Ortega, the Cuban owner of a large sugar cane plantation – making the country her home and Ortega her heart and soul.
Miami Film Festival will screen the first three episodes of this new episodic series directed by Arvin Chen (Pachinko) and Julian Acosta, from esteemed producer Meileen Choo.
DIRECTED BY ARVIN CHEN, JULIAN ACOSTA
2025
126 MINS
Expected guests:
Inah Lee
Producer
Ed Buhr
Producer
Arvin Chen
Director
Julian DaCosta
Director
Camila Arteche
Actor
Sian Chiong
Actor
Milly Figuero
Actor

Calle Cuba
2026-04-12 15:15 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
Spanish
Chile/Cuba/Mexico
Calle Cuba is an emblematic street in the island nation’s Old Havana municipality, as well as the title of this unusual documentary, in which several longtime residents of the area perform their own lives before the cameras with the naturalness of seasoned actors.
All of them try to find the hope that has been promised to them, only to see it dissipate with no solution in sight. Complaints and protests abound, silenced by resignation. Escaping the anguish of the cursed island is one possible solution, yet the paths of flight are complex.
The promise of a better life may lie in crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, embarking on the uncertain journey to Russia, or obtaining a visa by any means necessary.
2026
93 MINS
Expected guests:
Vanessa Batista Fernández
(Director)

Romería
2026-04-12 18:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Biography, Drama, Romance
Spanish, Catalan, French
Spain
Armed with a camcorder and a thirst for truths long buried, 18-year-old Spanish orphan Marina is piecing together the ghosts of her parents. Traveling to Vigo to secure a document from her paternal grandparents that’s required for her university application, she finds in her father’s family an icy evasion, forcing her to untangle a web of conflicting memories about her deceased parents.
Carla Simón delivers a luminous, intimate study of auto-fiction, utilizing a mesmerizing performance from Llúcia Garcia to dissect the gap between the stories of absent family members, the stories we create about them, and who they truly were. This is a heart-shattering master class on identity.
Romería screened in competition in Cannes.
DIRECTED BY CARLA SIMÓN
2025
112 MINS

The King Of The Internet
2026-04-12 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Comedy
Portuguese
Brazil
The King of the Internet is a wild and dramatic saga that follows how Daniel Nascimento rose to become one of Brazil’s top hackers, joined a criminal organization that moved millions of reais, lived a lavish, high-rolling life, and was arrested in a federal police operation – all before turning 17.
This latest film from Brazilian director Fabrício Bittar is brash, loud, exciting, and – most of all – extremely entertaining. His prior films include How to Become the Worst Student in School, a top-10 Brazilian box-office hit; Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, selected by 15+ international festivals and winner of Best Gore at FrightFest; How to Hack Your Boss, released on Netflix; and Inexplicável, which went on to rank as a Top 3 Global title on Netflix.
DIRECTED BY FABRÍCIO BITTAR
2026
134 MINS

Miami Stories
2026-04-15 18:15 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Comedy, Local
Spanish
Uniteds State
Miami Stories is a wild, collective comic confessional where some of the most outlandish figures from Cuba’s complex political scene – coming from both sides of the conflict – gather to reveal their Miami gospels, not without a touch of arrogance. The notoriously infamous Wasp Network, Castroism’s spy ring operating in the heart of the exile capital, is transformed – through sharp, corrosive satire – into the Mosquito Network.
FBI agents, influencers, radio and TV hosts and producers, actors, and filmmakers express themselves in torrents of unchecked speech, full of winks and double meanings that expose the humorous extremes of an unstoppable, razor-sharp ideological landscape.
Miami Stories prove that laughing at oneself remains the ultimate mark of intelligence.
Expected guest:
ELIECER JIMENEZ ALMEIDA / DIRECTOR
2026
74 MINS

Madwoman's Game
2026-04-16 18:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English
United States/France/Mexico
Madwoman’s Game follows Bianca Mitchell-Avila, a young Latina chess player who sees the game not simply as competition, but as the blueprint for navigating life. Through travel, mentorship, and matches with world-class women players, Mitchell-Avila explores how the lessons of chess extend far beyond the board. At the heart of this documentary is a simple, resonant question: If life is like a game of chess, how do we play it?
Directed by Zach Zamboni, a multiple Primetime Emmy Award winner, and the winner of a Peabody Award, Madwoman’s Game is executive produced by Keanu Reeves and Miami’s own Carla Berkowitz (Critical Thinking).
DIRECTED BY ZACH ZAMBONI
2025
73 MINS

Cuban Contemporary Independent Shorts
2026-04-17 18:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
This documentary seeks to unravel the Cuban catastrophe through two narrative sources: dialogues and conversations of ordinary citizens as a kind of soundtrack—sometimes humorous, at other times deeply dramatic—reflecting on and citing examples of a nation’s tragedy under the whims of a cruel and inept dictatorship, steeped in hopelessness.
The other perspective is conveyed through images of daily survival: the elderly under the protective wing of nuns, endless lines, scarcity, blackouts, repression—a city resembling a postwar landscape. In the end, there is no hope other than the longed-for freedom.
DIRECTED BY ANA VICTORIA PÉREZ
SPAIN, CUBA
2025
41 MINS
Rancor A young man who has left Cuba reflects on three fundamental spaces in his life: Madrid, where he lives with his wife and his dog; Miami, where his mother, sister, and nephews live; and Republican Cuba before the Revolution, when his grandparents built the house that, over time, the entire family eventually abandoned.
DIRECTED BY CARLOS A HALLEY
CUBA, SPAIN
2026
15 MINS
The Last Game (El último juego) In a lonely, gray city, a boy says goodbye to his friends as he prepares to leave the country with his parents, but he engages in one last game that takes an unexpected turn.
DIRECTED BY DANIEL CHILE
CUBA
2025
24 MINS
Night and Fog Luanda and Vladimir must carry their father's dead body out of the house -a daunting task, given that everything they know is contained within those four walls.
"Everything" truly means everything, from the most ordinary objects to memories and hope.
DIRECTED BY BORIS GONZÁLEZ ARENAS
CUBA
2026
16 MINS
Norheimsund A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother out of their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as idyllic as he seems.
DIRECTED BY ANA A. ALPIZAR
CUBA, UNITED STATES
2025
12 MINS

The Last Viking
2026-04-17 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Dark comedy
Danish, Swedish
Denmark/Sweden
The Last Viking is a Danish dark comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen about two brothers searching for buried treasure. Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has just been released from prison following a 15-year sentence for robbery, and he’s intent on recovering the cash from a prior heist that his brother, Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen) has buried.
But Manfred has since developed a mental health issue that’s caused him to forget everything, including where the money is. Together, the brothers embark on an unexpected journey to locate the hidden cache and discover who they really are.
The Last Viking – which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also screened at Toronto International Film Festival – is an offbeat, intriguing, and devious comedy.
DIRECTED BY ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN
2025
116 MINS

Uncle Roly
2026-04-18 14:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Comedy, Loca
Spanish
United Statesl
In a dramedy tone, Uncle Roly tells the story of an incorrigible and rebellious relative who never followed the customs of social and family life. After many years of absence, two spoiled nephews – protected by overbearing parents and who have yet to decide what to do with their lives – must unexpectedly deal with their uncle on an unforeseen adventure to find treasure in the Everglades.
An insoluble cultural clash arises between the bilingual young Miamians and their uncle, who displays his apparent disregard for American social expectations as if it were a virtue. Life will never be the same again for any of them as the hunt becomes a catharsis and a revelation of family secrets.
Expected guest:
DENNIS VELAZQUEZ / DIRECTOR
2025
81 MINS

Maria Antonia
2026-04-19 12:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
Cuba
Miami Film Festival is proud to present the world premiere screening of the restoration of Sergio Giral’s classic film, Maria Antonia. Set in pre-revolutionary Havana, it follows the turbulent life of a fiercely independent Afro-Cuban woman whose defiance of social norms puts her in constant conflict with the world around her. Adapted from Eugenio Hernández Espinosa’s acclaimed stage play, the film portrays María Antonia’s struggle against poverty, machismo, the rigid moral codes of her neighborhood, and her passionate but destructive relationship with a charismatic boxer – which pulls her into a spiral of jealousy, violence, and fatalism.
Through her story, Giral explores race, class, spirituality, and the resilience of Afro-Cuban women, delivering a portrait that is both intimate tragedy and social critique.
DIRECTED BY SERGIO GIRAL
1990
103 MINS

Coronoer To The Starts
2026-04-19 13:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English
United States
Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner, whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture.
From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi pushed forensic science into the spotlight – even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.
Best described as “CSI meets TMZ,” Coroner to the Stars is a behind-the-curtains look at someone who shaped the way we – and history – view the deaths of some of our most beloved fallen icons.
DIRECTED BY BEN HETHCOAT, KEITA IDENO
2025
83 MINS

Colors of Time
2026-04-19 17:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Frech
France
A group of strangers, all descendants of a woman named Adèle Meunier, are gathered in Normandy, France. The town would like to purchase her long-abandoned property, and four “cousins” are tasked with overseeing the transaction. Thus begins a genealogical journey into the past, taking us to 1895 Paris, with the City of Light on the brink of an industrial and cultural revolution.
Colors of Time literally plunges us into a moment in time when Parisian creativity is at its apex, creating a spark that’s about to erupt into a movement far beyond anyone’s expectations. Cédric Klapisch‘s endearing new comedy is nothing less than a soul-stirring, time-traveling – and at times, hallucinogenic – trip for lovers of the arts everywhere.
DIRECTED BY CEDRIC KLAPISCH
2025
126 MINS

Homo Argentum
2026-04-19 19:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Comedy
Spanish, Italian
Argentina/Italy
Homo Argentum is Argentina’s biggest silver screen success in years and has become a national sensation. The film is a collection of vignettes, with a portrayal of 16 very different characters who reflect the flaws of urban life, with a perspective full of humor and irony.
Guillermo Francella stars in all of them, delivering stellar performances that often make him unrecognizable from one character to the next. The result is a fierce and hilarious satire that, between laughs, invites audiences to reflect on identity, idiosyncrasy, customs, and human behavior, explored through connection to themes such as love, friendship, family, and work.
DIRECTED BY MARIANO COHN, GASTÓN DUPRAT
2025
98 MINS

Open Mic
2026-04-23 19:00 | Koubek Center Gardens, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
¡Celebremos el Día Internacional del Libro: Open Mic al aire libre!
La Feria del Libro de Miami y Koubek Center en colaboración con Narts Foundation y el apoyo de la Cámara de Comercio de Uruguay en Miami, te invitan a una noche mágica de OPEN MIC para celebrar el Día Internacional del Libro.
Ven a celebrar la literatura en castellano y a escuchar a escritores compartiendo fragmentos de obras de otros autores.
Habrá libros, música y un brindis bajo las estrellas.
Nos acompañan y participan:
Indira Páez, Camilo Pino, Germán Guerra, Hernán Vera Alvarez, Rosie Inguanzo, Alfredo Triff, Ena Columbié, Cemí Rodríguez, Legna Rodríguez Iglesias.
23 de abril – 7:00 PM
Jardín Koubek Center Garden (2705 SW 3rd St. Miami)
Estacionamiento valet gratuito.
Entrada libre.

Antologias
2026-05-15 - 2026-05-17 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
ANTOLOGÍAS es una muestra especial del Ibero-American Film Festival Miami que se realizará del 15 al 17 de mayo en el Koubek Center.

Durante tres días, el público podrá disfrutar de una selección curada de cinco destacadas películas iberoamericanas, elegidas por su calidad artística y relevancia dentro del panorama cinematográfico actual.

Este programa ofrece una experiencia cinematográfica única en un formato cercano e íntimo, acercando al público a nuevas voces y miradas del cine iberoamericano.

Dentro de las películas seleccionadas podrán disfrutar de TWO ISLANDS, el documental producido por Koubek Center.

Pronto anunciaremos la programación completa y acceso a los tickets.

Poetry City
2026-05-18 17:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English
United States
Miami is a city undergoing a profound cultural renaissance, yet its literary history often remains in the shadows. Poetry City follows Oscar Fuentes – known to many as “The Biscayne Poet” – and Nicole Tallman, Miami-Dade County’s poetry ambassador, as they lead a collective of writers on a quest to rediscover the voices of Miami’s past. Featuring appearances from literary giants like Richard Blanco and Mitchell Kaplan, Poetry Citydemonstrates how the county’s commitment to the arts has fueled South Florida’s international ascent.
The journey reaches a powerful climax at Miami Book Fair, where the poets stage a theatrical presentation pairing historical works with their own contemporary responses, proving that Miami’s heartbeat is, and always has been, pure poetry.
Expected guest:
AARON GLICKMAN / DIRECTOR
2026
56 MINS

En Residencia 2026
2026-05-31 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
You Can Now Apply to En Residencia
An Artist-in-Residence Program for Local Creators,
from the Koubek Center at MDC
The Koubek Center at Miami Dade College (MDC) is now accepting applications for the fifth edition of its artist-in-residence program, En Residencia. Applications will be accepted starting April 14 through May 31.
Local creators are eligible regardless of their discipline or the stage of their careers. As part of the program, they will have access to the Center’s classrooms and rehearsal studio to develop new work. The Center also invites Residents to participate in one of its many programs and activities, depending on the case.
The cost to participate in En Residencia is $200 for a one-year period. During this time, artists may use classrooms and limited studio space ranging between 400 and 750 square feet. Spaces will be available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Artists may reserve the spaces for up to two months per project, with a maximum of two projects per year. The Koubek Center will consider flexibility in the duration of individual residencies on a case-by-case basis.
The Koubek Center will accept applications for the upcoming edition of En Residencia through May 31. Selected artists will be notified in July/August, at which point they may begin their residencies.

Two Islands | Ibero-American Film Festival Miami
2027-03-15 - 2027-03-17 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Two Islands is an international cultural exchange residency featuring Afro-Cuban artists from Miami and Aboriginal artists from Australia who will explore how these two different cultural traditions, in their ceremonies and rituals, speak to their ancestors through a musical and dance performance.
Featuring Miami-based Afro-Cuban musician and educator Michael Gil, and NT Dance Company Artistic Director and Choreographer Gary Lang from Larrakia nation, elder Banula Marika from Yolngu and singer songwriter David Spry from Marranunggu Marrathiyel.
Afro-Cuban musician and educator Michael Gil will be working with the First Nation artists along with Afro-Cuban dancer and choreographer Marisol Blanco from Sikan Afro-Cuban Dance Project and musicians Manuel Clua, René Pedroso, and Caridad Paisán, and dancer Suramy Suarez.
This collaboration will fuse rhythms and instruments to create new sounds, stories, and choreography rarely explored.

Two Islands es una residencia internacional de intercambio cultural que reúne a artistas afrocubanos de Miami y a artistas aborígenes de Australia, quienes explorarán cómo estas dos tradiciones culturales distintas, a través de sus ceremonias y rituales, se comunican con sus ancestros mediante una presentación de música y danza.
Con la participación del músico y educador afrocubano radicado en Miami Michael Gil, y del Director Artístico y coreógrafo de NT Dance Company Gary Lang, de la nación Larrakia; la anciana Banula Marika, del pueblo Yolngu; y el cantautor David Spry, del pueblo Marranunggu Marrathiyel.
El músico y educador afrocubano Michael Gil trabajará junto a los artistas de las Primeras Naciones, en colaboración con la bailarina y coreógrafa afrocubana Marisol Blanco, del Sikan Afro-Cuban Dance Project, así como con los músicos Manuel Clua, René Pedroso y Caridad Paisán, y la bailarina Suramy Suárez.
Esta colaboración fusionará ritmos e instrumentos para crear nuevos sonidos, historias y coreografías poco exploradas.
