The Cuban Project Miami 2023
The Cuban Project: My Story, Your Story, Our Story is a live dance and music tribute to the world’s largest political exodus of unaccompanied children, Operation Pedro Pan. This new work is cultivated by Sarasota Contemporary Dance Artistic Director Leymis Bolaños Wilmott and captures the depths of her history and experiences as part of an immigrant Cuban family. These performances are made possible because of the generous support of our Sponsors: Performance Sponsors: John/Singer Art and Education Fund Miami Travel Sponsors: Amerant Bank Bradenton Ticket Sponsors: Overture Group
The Cuban Project: My Story, Your Story, Our Story is a live dance and music tribute to the world’s largest political exodus of unaccompanied children, Operation Pedro Pan. This new work is cultivated by Sarasota Contemporary Dance Artistic Director Leymis Bolaños Wilmott and captures the depths of her history and experiences as part of an immigrant Cuban family.
These performances are made possible because of the generous support of our Sponsors:
Performance Sponsors: John/Singer Art and Education Fund
Miami Travel Sponsors: Amerant Bank
Bradenton Ticket Sponsors: Overture Group
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DENNIS C. MOSS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER PRESENTS<br />
Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
CUBAN PROJECT<br />
My Story, Your Story, Our Story<br />
Partially Supported by the<br />
JOHNSON/SINGER ART<br />
AND EDUCATION FUND<br />
Ticket Sponsors<br />
OVERTURE GROUP<br />
Travel Sponsor<br />
AMERANT<br />
BANK<br />
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ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott,<br />
a <strong>Cuban</strong>-American artist, mother, and teacher<br />
with rhythm inextricably in her bones, found<br />
her voice through dance at an early age. As<br />
the Founder and Artistic Director of Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance, she has the privilege<br />
of using those bones to create “stunning<br />
and imaginative” art by Carrie Seidman of<br />
the Herald Tribune. As an Artist-in-Residence<br />
at New College of Florida, she has the<br />
opportunity to share her love of dance and<br />
to be an influential member of Florida’s<br />
dance community. Featured in Sarasota<br />
Scene Magazine’s Arts & Cultural Issue: Ladies of the Arts, Leymis has received<br />
numerous artistic achievement and leadership awards throughout her career. She<br />
was honored to receive the Dance Magazine “Southeast Best Choreographer” award<br />
and was listed in Sarasota Magazine as one of the Top 28 Most Powerful People in<br />
the Arts. Her 80+ dance works include collaborations with artists and organizations<br />
of various disciplines, from musicians to museums. Collaborative highlights include<br />
Sarasota Orchestra, Choral Artists of Sarasota, Westcoast Black <strong>The</strong>ater Troupe, Asolo<br />
Rep, Salvador Dalí Museum, Kaleidoscope, John and Mable Ringling Museum, Art<br />
Center of Sarasota, Stephen Miles of New Music New College, composer Eduard<br />
Cosla, percussionist Scott Blum, Mark Dancigers of NOW Ensemble, multitalented<br />
Francis Schwartz, and legendary principal harpist, Ann Hobson Pilot. Her works have<br />
been performed nationally at the John F. Kennedy Center, Ailey Citigroup <strong>The</strong>ater<br />
in NYC, Colony <strong>The</strong>ater, and Jackie Gleason <strong>The</strong>atre in <strong>Miami</strong> and internationally in<br />
Ramallah, Argentina, and Spain. Leymis pioneered the Dance and Healing certificate<br />
at the University of Florida and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Performance and<br />
Choreography from Florida State University. Her research in dance as a healing art<br />
form and its ability to harness and foster community building came to fruition in<br />
2006 when she and Rachael Inman founded Fuzión Dance Artists, now Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance. Leymis is a professor of dance at New College of Florida and<br />
a certified Pilates instructor. Through her Dance for PD certificate experience, she<br />
founded and developed the dance program at Parkinson’s Place in 2012. She served<br />
as Vice President of the Florida Dance Association from 2013-2017 and is a member of<br />
the Arts and Health Coalition in Sarasota. Her most precious honor, however, is being<br />
married to her husband, Kavin, of sixteen years and mother to twelve-year-old Charles<br />
Edward and six-year-old Valda Elizabeth, who inspires her dance-making daily.<br />
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ARTISTS<br />
Juliana Cristina (Dancer) was born in West Palm<br />
Beach, FL. A graduate of the University of North Carolina<br />
School of the Arts (UNCSA). She received her B.F.A Degree<br />
in Dance under the direction of American Ballet <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
(ABT) Director Susan Jaffe and Brenda Daniels. Juliana has<br />
studied in multiple Trainee Programs, such as the Nashville<br />
Ballet and Ballet Palm Beach. Mrs. Cristina was a former<br />
dancer for <strong>The</strong> Palm Beach Opera and has performed works<br />
by internationally known artists, including Azure Barton,<br />
Kira Blazek, Helen Simoneau, Ming Lung-Yang, Juel D. Lane, Orange Grove, and Martha<br />
Graham. Juliana currently teaches at various studios within the SRQ community,<br />
including Diane Partington Studio of Classical Ballet, and as an SCD Teaching Artist.<br />
Mrs. Cristina is in her Fifth season as a company member and is the Development/<br />
Marketing Lead for Sarasota Contemporary Dance. Juliana joined the SCD Community<br />
because she felt the company’s moral and core values as a dancer, performer, and<br />
artist were hers. Sarasota Contemporary Dance creates a healthy and loving working<br />
environment she fell in love with right after graduating college. A true Floridian, Mrs.<br />
Cristina’s family resides in Florida, and moving back was a way to stay close to home<br />
and join an arts community that values her as an artist both on and off the stage.<br />
Jordan Leonard (Dancer) grew up in Michigan, where<br />
her love for the performing arts developed. Through her<br />
training, she discovered dance’s endless possibilities in<br />
exploration and story-telling. <strong>The</strong> idea that she would<br />
never stop learning intrigued her, and she began her<br />
journey at Point Park University, earning a Bachelor of Fine<br />
Arts in Dance, a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medical and<br />
Pre-Professional Studies, and a Minor in Chemistry. While<br />
at the conservatory, she had the privilege of performing<br />
works by Larry Keigwin, John Heginbotham, Mark Burrell, Jess Hendricks, Garfield<br />
Lemonius, Kiesha Lalama, Jason McDole, Robert Priore, and others. She furthered her<br />
training at Keigwin & Company, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, and Chuthis summer<br />
intensives. Jordan also enjoys choreographing and recently had the opportunity to<br />
collaborate on a full-length performance at SCD with company member Samantha<br />
Miller. She also has set work on Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble. Dance<br />
education is an important part of her life, and she strives to promote positivity, strong<br />
foundations in technique, individuality, and self-acceptance in her classes. She taught<br />
at SCD, New College of Florida, and Woodland Fine Arts Academy in Florida. When she<br />
is not dancing or teaching, Jordan enjoys working in clinical research and spending<br />
time with family. Jordan desired to join SCD because the company is a family, and it<br />
fosters a safe environment to grow in artistry. <strong>The</strong> company constantly provides growth<br />
opportunities in performance, choreography, and teaching. Jordan is excited and<br />
honored to be a part of the SCD family; this is her third season!<br />
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Samantha Miller (Dancer) is an emerging dance<br />
artist from Kendallville, Indiana. She trained for 16 years<br />
in tap, jazz, ballet, and modern at Tri-County Dance<br />
Academy for the Performing Arts. In 2013, Samantha<br />
continued her studies at the University of the Arts<br />
in Philadelphia under the direction of Donna Faye<br />
Burchfield. While at the UArts, Samantha performed<br />
works by Curt Haworth, Douglas Becker, Esther Baker<br />
Tarpaga, Jen McGinn, Sidra Bell, Robert Burden, and<br />
Lauren Putty White. She also worked with Jeanine McCain, performing her work<br />
“Under Her Skin” at the Philadelphia Fringe Art Festival in 2015. Samantha received<br />
her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance in May 2016 and is now exploring the world<br />
of dance in St. Petersburg, FL. Since residing in Florida, Samantha has been able to<br />
perform professionally with local artists, has been involved with dance theater dance<br />
performances, and has been featured in dance photography showcases. She has been<br />
a dancer with RogueDance Company, teaching and choreographing at Jeannelynn<br />
Dance Studio, growing their contemporary program for 7 years. She has also been<br />
a teaching artist for Sarasota Contemporary Dance and is a teaching artist at New<br />
College of Florida. Samantha has been able to present works for SCDs Voices and<br />
collaborate with company member Jordan Leonard to present an In-Studio full-length<br />
performance. Samantha came to SCD during the pandemic, where she found a new<br />
love for performance and sharing stories. She found a home here, and this will be her<br />
4th season with the company. Samantha has a true passion for dance and art and<br />
hopes to continue growing and sharing her knowledge with younger dancers. Dance<br />
performance brings Samantha so much joy that she hopes to spread that joy and<br />
fulfillment in her dancing and choreography. In her words, “all I want to do is dance.”<br />
Samantha joined SCD to find a community of like-minded people who shared her<br />
passion for dance and performance. SCD has an incredible platform to grow as an<br />
individual artist, and that is an important part of her dance journey.<br />
Jessica Obiedzinski (Dancer/Rehearsal Assistant)<br />
is a native, 6th-generation Floridian living in St.<br />
Petersburg. In 2018, Jessica was allowed to join the SCD<br />
Community to make her career about learning and<br />
growing through dance. She was excited at the prospect<br />
of surrounding herself with like-minded individuals<br />
who pushed themselves physically and creatively by<br />
performing and making art, and it stuck! Leymis saw<br />
even more potential to grow and continues to draw it forward. It is truly a rare gift.<br />
Jessica has been dancing for five consecutive seasons with the Company, acting<br />
as a dance performer, choreographer, and rehearsal director. Jessica has presented<br />
choreographic works in the Tampa Bay area for SCD Voice’s Rising Choreographers in<br />
2021 and, most recently, through the Hermitage Cross Arts Collaborative residency.<br />
She has been a company member with Elizabeth Streb, Susan Vencl, and Beth Soll’s<br />
companies in New York and worked extensively with Lynn Simonson and Laurie<br />
DeVito on Simonson technique methods. She teaches Pilates and Yoga and is a<br />
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certified Simonson Dance Technique instructor. She has taught Yoga and Simonson<br />
technique classes in Florida at SCD and New College of Florida. In her spare time, she<br />
likes to spend time with her dog, play musical instruments, and spend time in bodies<br />
of water. Her choreographic inspiration comes from patterns in nature and the ways<br />
the body copes with life’s unexpected tides. Jessica loves wellness practices and is<br />
currently exploring the topic of mental health and the roles that trauma plays in<br />
our physical bodies—taking time to listen internally through journaling, watercolor<br />
painting, and, of course, dance-making.<br />
Melissa Rummel (Dancer) was raised in Dryden,<br />
Michigan, where she started dancing at seven. She<br />
graduated from Belhaven University with a BFA in dance,<br />
emphasizing modern dance and choreography. She<br />
has trained with companies such as Eisenhower Dance<br />
Ensemble, RiverNorth Chicago, Ad Deum Dance Company,<br />
and Sarasota Contemporary Dance. This is Melissa’s Eighth<br />
season with Sarasota Contemporary Dance and fourth as<br />
Studio Coordinator. Melissa is the Associate Director for<br />
SCD Ensemble(Student Training program) and the SCD Summer Intensive Director.<br />
She is passionate about teaching and teaches with SCD and Woodland Fine Arts<br />
Academy. She also enjoys fitness and its positive effect on others, and she strives to<br />
find new ways to combine her love of dance and fitness. She strives to never stop<br />
stretching herself as a performer, choreographer, and teacher.<br />
Monessa Salley (Dancer) South Carolina native<br />
Monessa Salley, has been with SCD for five consecutive<br />
seasons, dancing, performing, choreographing, and<br />
teaching professionally with Sarasota Contemporary<br />
Dance Company, serving as Production Lead for the past<br />
two seasons. After attending an SCD summer intensive in<br />
2015, she knew this was a special organization, but it was<br />
not until 2019 that she seized an opportunity to join this<br />
unique company. Her desire to build community relations<br />
aligns with the company’s mission, in addition to it being a safe and nurturing<br />
space that fosters artistic growth in performance, teaching, and choreography. In<br />
addition to her work at SCD, she is a Teaching Artist for New College of Florida an<br />
adjunct Dance Educator for the Booker High School VPA Dance Department. She<br />
serves as an Arts Integration Teaching Artist for several organizations, including <strong>The</strong><br />
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Wholehearted Education, and Suncoast Black Arts<br />
Collaborative. Salley enjoys choreographing for musical theater and recently served<br />
as Assistant Choreographer for West Coast Black <strong>The</strong>ater Troupe. She began training<br />
in dance at a young age and is well-versed in various genres. She holds a B.A. in Dance<br />
Performance from Winthrop University and a Masters of Education in Divergent<br />
Learning from Columbia College. After continued education and serving as a certified<br />
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Dance Educator and <strong>The</strong>ater Production Manager for 12 years in SC public school,<br />
she went on to pursue her MFA in Dance Performance and New Media at New York<br />
University’s Tisch School of Arts. She has toured and performed professionally with<br />
Sapphire Moon Dance Company, Vibrations Dance Company, T.O. Dance Inc., <strong>The</strong><br />
Power Company Collaborative, and NYU’s Second Avenue Dance Company. Salley<br />
enjoys sharing the joy and passion of dance with all ages. She has a “mind, body,<br />
spirit” approach to dance and relishes refining her craft as a performer and teacher,<br />
promoting health, healing, and happiness through dance and enhancing community<br />
relations. Predominantly teaching Tap, Afro-Fusion, and Kids classes, Salley is inspired<br />
by rhythm, culture, and dance as a universal language. When not dancing, she enjoys<br />
reading, spending time with loved ones and her dogs, outdoor and aquatic activities<br />
in nature, viewing sunsets, and doing anything that makes her laugh out loud!<br />
MaKayla Lane (Apprentice) was born and raised<br />
in Dallas, Texas, where she found her love for dance<br />
at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. She then<br />
attended Point Park University, earning a Bachelor of<br />
Fine Arts in spring <strong>2023</strong>. During her time at Point Park,<br />
she has performed in various works by Jason McDole,<br />
Jesse Factor, Kiesha Lalama, Kiki Lucas, and others.<br />
While in Pittsburgh, she also took part in events within<br />
the community. She has performed with the Pittsburgh<br />
CLO, Botanic Gardens, and the world-renowned Pittsburgh Steelers. As much as<br />
she loves the stage, she also loves to teach and choreograph. Working with Dance<br />
Masters 2022, as well as various studios around the area, MaKayla has been able to<br />
inspire many young dancers. After graduation, MaKayla moved to Sarasota to expand<br />
her artistic talents as a dancer, instructor, and choreographer. This will be her first<br />
season dancing with Sarasota Contemporary Dance. MaKayla is also thrilled to join<br />
the community as a SCD and Woodland Fine Arts Academy teacher. She is passionate<br />
about inspiring others and will continue to do so through her artistic voice.<br />
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GUEST PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS<br />
PRE-SHOW PERFORMANCE<br />
<strong>Miami</strong> Guitar Duo is a twin sister classical guitar<br />
duo from <strong>Miami</strong>, Florida. Patricia and Angela<br />
Hernandez have shared the love of guitar since<br />
the age of 7 years old. Throughout the 13 years of<br />
playing, Angela and Patricia have individually won<br />
1st place and other awards in various solo guitar<br />
competitions such as Florida Guitar Foundation<br />
Youth Competition, Florida State University Guitar<br />
Competition, James Stroud Competition and more. <strong>The</strong>y have had numerous master<br />
classes with esteemed guitarists such as: Manuel Barrueco, Texas Guitar Quartet,<br />
Martha Masters, Brazil Guitar Duo, and many more. <strong>The</strong>y both now study at the Frost<br />
School of Music, University of <strong>Miami</strong>, with professor and head of the classical guitar<br />
program Rafael Padron. <strong>The</strong>ir music consists of various styles including but not limited<br />
to Hispanic, Spanish, <strong>Cuban</strong>, Classical, Romantic, Baroque, Brazilian, and contemporary.<br />
Brian Dean Fidalgo II (Dancer) is a 3rd generation<br />
Tampanian. He has been an active member of the arts in<br />
Tampa for over two decades. While attending Howard W.<br />
Blake Magnet Arts High School, dance called to him. <strong>The</strong>re,<br />
he fell in love with the duality of physicality and emotion<br />
without vocal expression. After college, dance led him in<br />
many directions, performing with numerous local companies,<br />
including Spanish Lyric <strong>The</strong>atre (Tampa), <strong>The</strong> Florida Orchestra,<br />
Fuzion Dance (Sarasota), Gaudere Danza (Tampa), Moving<br />
Ethos (Sarasota), Moving Current dance collective (Tampa) and Ledges and Bones<br />
(Los Angeles/ San Francisco). His national and international projects have taken him<br />
to places such as California, Utah, New York, St. Louis, Seattle, and Colombia. Brian<br />
is a past recipient of the Hillsborough County Emerging Artist Grant, Florida Dance<br />
Association’s Choreographer in Residence, and 25 to Watch from Creative Loafing. He<br />
has been honored to work with inspiring artists: Holly Johnston, Paul Matteson, Lynne<br />
Wimmer, Nina Watt, Andy & Dionne Noble, and many others. He has choreographed<br />
for St. Petersburg College, MusInc, and SLT productions (<strong>The</strong> Full Monty) and served<br />
as co-artistic Director of the Moving Current dance collective. He co-developed the<br />
base//flight partnering technique for modern dance with his life partner, Erin Cardinal.<br />
Together, they have taught and presented at festivals and schools, including the<br />
American College Dance Festival, Howard W Blake Magnet High School (Semester<br />
Residency), Dance Gallery Festival (Sam Houston State University), Dr. Phillips High<br />
School (Orlando), and Hillsborough Community College, to name a few. With his family,<br />
he continues to explore the human condition by both experiencing life to the fullest<br />
and artistically investigating the choices we make in life. He spends his days working in<br />
IT as a Service Manager for PriceWaterhouseCoopers Llp.<br />
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Michael Foley (Dancer) has performed, taught,<br />
and choreographed internationally for nearly 30 years.<br />
His choreography has been commissioned by major<br />
international dance companies from the U.S., Mexico, Ireland,<br />
Italy, Sweden, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, and<br />
the Cirque du Soleil organization. Michael received his MFA<br />
in Dance from the University of Washington and has taught<br />
workshops and master classes at over 100 universities,<br />
academic institutions, dance festivals, and private studios<br />
around the globe. Michael has received numerous recognitions for his work in the<br />
Arts, including a William J. Fulbright scholarship from the United States government<br />
for his research and teaching in Mexico with Delfos Danza Contemporànea, a<br />
Kennedy Center/American <strong>The</strong>ater Festival Award, and he was the Ruth Page Visiting<br />
Artist at Harvard University. In 2019, he received the Chicago National Association<br />
of Dance Masters’ “Artistic Achievement Award.” Michael is currently a Professor of<br />
Dance at the University of South Florida, where he is also director/creator of the USF<br />
Dance in Paris Programs. He is thrilled to be a part of <strong>Cuban</strong> <strong>Project</strong> and working<br />
with this inspiring group of artists.<br />
Valda Elizabeth Wilmott (Dancer) is a confident<br />
six-year-old new to performing on stage and premiered in<br />
2022 in the <strong>Cuban</strong> <strong>Project</strong>. Her favorite dish is empanadas,<br />
which she enjoys making with her mom and adding her own<br />
special sauce. She likes all things that sparkle and hearts.<br />
She hopes to grow up and become a fashion designer who<br />
makes costumes for her mom’s company dancers.<br />
José G. Martínez (Composer)<br />
José’s music incorporates a wide range<br />
of influences from Colombian folk<br />
tunes to contemporary composition<br />
techniques while borrowing from Latin<br />
music, heavy metal, and audio sampling<br />
techniques. His works range from solo<br />
pieces with electronics to orchestral works,<br />
passing through chamber ensembles,<br />
electroacoustic pieces, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Among others, his music<br />
has been performed by groups such as Alarm Will Sound, Wild Up, Grammy awardwinning<br />
quartet Third Coast Percussion. An alumnus in percussion and composition<br />
of the National University of Colombia, he studied composition at the University of<br />
Missouri and UT Austin. José was a Visiting Professor at East Carolina University<br />
and New College of Florida. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Music at<br />
Colby College.<br />
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José’s music has also been presented by Spanish ensemble Taller Sonoro, LA-based<br />
Piano duo Hockett Duo, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s from New York City, Grupo de<br />
Cámara de Bogotá, and Austin-based percussion ensemble Line Upon Line, among<br />
others. He has participated in institutes and festivals such as the Banff Ensemble<br />
Evolution program, DeGaetano, Splice, SEAMUS, Missouri International Composer<br />
Festival, Line Upon Line Winter Composer Festival, ClarinetFest, and VIPA.<br />
José is a recipient of the 2008 National Composition Prize for Young Composers, the<br />
2011 “Ciudad de Bogotá” Composition Award, and the 2013 National Cultural Prize.<br />
<strong>The</strong> US has received the 2013 Sinquefield Composition Prize and the 2019 Rain Water<br />
Grant for Innovation. He is part of the C3 Collective and the artistic director of the<br />
concert series Stack Overflow, which creates opportunities for composers interested<br />
in electronics.<br />
Hugo Viera-Vargas (Accompanied Musician) is a<br />
cultural historian whose research focuses on the intersection<br />
of race and musical expressions in Puerto Rican and Caribbean<br />
societies. His teaching interests include Afro-Caribbean<br />
musical expressions, Latin American and Caribbean History,<br />
Race relations in the Caribbean, and Historical Thinking.<br />
Celeste N. Silsby Mannerud (Lighting Designer<br />
Technical Director) is co-founder of Flip Flop Productions and<br />
specializes in design and archival for theatrical and private<br />
events. She received her BA in theatre design from USF and<br />
her MFA in design management from IADT, and her repertoire<br />
includes lighting design and production video/ photography<br />
for local and international dance and theatre companies; stage<br />
lighting instruction at various Florida colleges; and production<br />
management, technical/artistic design, and lighting/audio installations for the<br />
Dali Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, L’Unione Italiana Ybor City, and ArtLab Studios<br />
in Germany. Aside from her “real job,” Celeste is renovating an old Airstream to tour<br />
the U.S. and is most at peace when under sail with her husband, Andreas,<br />
and son, Cobyn.<br />
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TIMELINE OF EVENTS<br />
1959<br />
Revolution ends;<br />
Fidel Castro overthrows<br />
Fulgenico Batista<br />
(Jan 1)<br />
1961 - March<br />
Cuba becomes<br />
communist state<br />
(Mar 1)<br />
US ends all diplomatic<br />
relations with Cuba<br />
(Mar 27)<br />
1961 - October<br />
Siblings Laida (10),<br />
Justo (9), and<br />
Leandro (6) Ruíz<br />
leave Cuba (Oct 3)<br />
Siblings Helio (13),<br />
Renaldo (10), &<br />
Martica (8) Ruîz<br />
leave Cuba (Oct 31)<br />
1960<br />
Cuba allies with<br />
Soviet Union<br />
Operación Pedro Pan<br />
begins (Dec)<br />
1961 - April<br />
Bay of Pigs invasion<br />
fails (Apr 15)<br />
1962 - F<br />
Jose Migu<br />
Marta (13<br />
leave Cub<br />
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM<br />
Pre-show performance by <strong>Miami</strong> Duo Guitar<br />
September 28-October 1, <strong>2023</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Moss Center<br />
Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center<br />
La Familia (<strong>The</strong> Family)<br />
Juliana Cristina, Brian Fidalgo II, Michael Foley,<br />
Jordan Leonard, Samantha Miller, Jessica Obiedzinski,<br />
Melissa Rummel, Monessa Salley, Valda Elizabeth Wilmott<br />
La Salida (<strong>The</strong> Departure)<br />
Voice of Helio A. Ruíz<br />
Featuring Valda<br />
Los Padres (<strong>The</strong> Parents)<br />
Featuring Monessa & Michael<br />
Reflections & Real<br />
Voice of Carolina Garcia<br />
(Dos Patrias Poem by Jo<br />
Featuring Jordan & Juli<br />
Seperados (Separa<br />
Featuring Monessa, Mic<br />
Las Maletas (<strong>The</strong> S<br />
La Pelota (<strong>The</strong> Ba<br />
Voice of Jose Migue<br />
Featuring Brian Fida<br />
Desempacar (U<br />
Voice of Betty Galve<br />
Featuring Jessica Ob<br />
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1962 - April<br />
Helio and siblings<br />
are reunited with<br />
parents (late April)<br />
1962 - October<br />
<strong>Cuban</strong> Missile Crisis<br />
(Oct 16-28)<br />
<strong>The</strong> US and Cuba shut their<br />
borders, leaving 8,000<br />
children waiting to reunite<br />
with their parents.<br />
Operación Pedro Pan<br />
ends (Oct)<br />
1967<br />
Jose Miguel and<br />
Marta are reunited<br />
with their parents<br />
(Feb)<br />
ebruary<br />
el (12) and<br />
) Bolaños<br />
a (Feb 6)<br />
1962 - June<br />
Laida and brothers<br />
are reunited with<br />
parents (late June)<br />
1965<br />
Freedom Flights<br />
begin (Dec 1)<br />
An agreement between the<br />
US and Cuba providing flights<br />
between Cuba and <strong>Miami</strong> to<br />
help reunite families.<br />
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z & Michelle Arnette<br />
iedzinski<br />
Las Hermanas (<strong>The</strong> Sisters)<br />
Voice of Leandro J. Ruíz<br />
Featuring Melissa Rummel and Samantha Miller<br />
La Pecera (<strong>The</strong> Fishbowl)<br />
Voice of Laida Ruíz Bolaños<br />
Featuring Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
Los Niños (<strong>The</strong> Children)<br />
Voice of Helio A. Ruíz<br />
Featuring La Familia<br />
How ironic that they chose that name [..] Peter Pan, the child who<br />
never grew up. No, I grew up overnight; I ceased being a child the<br />
moment I became part of the Pedro Pan Operation.”<br />
– Armando Mendez, Pedro Pan<br />
Excerpted from History<strong>Miami</strong> Museum Archives<br />
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Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
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18TH SEASON | <strong>2023</strong>-2024<br />
NOV 30–DEC 3 <br />
SCD + WBTT<br />
PRODUCING SPONSORS: SHANE & MONIQUE CHALKE<br />
JAN 18-21<br />
EVOLVING/REVOLVING:<br />
ALYSON DOLAN &<br />
DREW SILVERMAN<br />
MUSIC SPONSOR: BERNARD FRIEDLAND<br />
MAR 14-17<br />
DANCE MAKERS<br />
PRODUCING SPONSOR: SAM ALFSTAD<br />
MAY 2-5<br />
VOICES –<br />
RISING CHOREOGRAPHERS<br />
DANCE SPONSORS: THE EXCHANGE & OVERTURE GROUP<br />
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To become a Producer,<br />
contact Dan Barzel: Dan.Barzel@gmail.com
Artistic Director<br />
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
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Artistic Director Leymis Bolaños Wilmott<br />
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