A multimedia musical presentation on the turbulent history of the most universal of Cuban rhythms. Come and listen to the mambos that shook the 50’s to their core, with archival film footage of Ninón Sevilla, María Antonieta Pons, Amelia Aguilar, Tito Puente, Machito and his Afrokubans, the Dolly Sisters and the creator of the mambo himself, the great Dámaso Pérez Prado. His reign as the undisputable mambo king was forever assured by music legend Benny Moré when he said: ¿Quién inventó el mambo que me sofoca? ¡Un chaparrito con cara de foca!
Armando López, a journalist, writer and producer, has dedicated most of his professional life to the promotion of Cuban popular music. His shows have graced the stages of many prestigious venues, from Havana’s Teatro Nacional to New York City’s Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
INSTITUTO CERVANTES
211-215 East 49th St. bet. 2nd & 3rd , NYC
In Spanish, with simultaneous English translation through earphones.
En español, con traducción simultánea al inglés mediante audífonos.
This program is supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.