Movement Workshop | Rumbera Improvisation Lab
This will be a movement workshop exploring rumba traditions and techniques. All movement levels are welcome. Please wear
Maya Berry’s current research examines what existing movements toward black self-making in the contemporary “post-Fidel” era can teach us about the Cuban Revolution’s “updating” economic model and visions for its future. Contemporary Cuba is marked by the expansion of the private sector and the amplification of racialized class inequality. Black-identified collectives are responding to these conditions through a range of ideological repertoires, from market pragmatism to religious aesthetics. These movements are challenging modernist, nationalist paradigms of political action, as well as dominant narratives of “socialist” versus “capitalist”. Taken as a whole, Berry’s research explores the sacred and secular dimensions of black political lives in motion within and beyond state institutions.
Tina Vasquez is a first generation American of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Jamaican decent. She is the founder of Emergent Equity and has 15 plus years working in community based organizations and institutions in New York City and abroad. She has a B.A. in Individualized Study from NYU Gallatin and was trained by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. She has infused anti-racism principles throughout her professional career of teaching, dancing and organizing. Tina received her MS in Organizational Behavior, Systems and Analytics from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Polytechnic Institute and transitioned into non-profit management. Since 2017, she has expanded to the Triangle Area of North Carolina serving a cross section of industries from the arts to social serves and government. She specializes in systems and processes, training and development, change management and social equity development. Tina also maintains her dance and arts practices incorporating them into her consulting work as needed. Tina believes that organizations can only effectively serve their clients and communities if their organizational practices are fused with equitable visions and practices.