"I am a professional Afrocuban Dancer, and I can categorically say that she is extremely bad. Her afrocuban movements are atrocious, so badly executed, that to me she actually looks ridiculous, and I could not stop laughing when I saw this video. It's amazing, because people who do not really not about Afro-cuban dance actually think she is good, and she is actually quite a clown!! If you want to see good afro-cuban dancers, look for groups like Yoruba Andabo, Raices Profundas...
@CachitayOrula I agree, I'm AfroCuban and I can tell you that her movements are EXTREMELY exaggerated. You're telling the truth, she is very bad. It's almost embarrassing.
um, i do a better job than this each time i am listening to music dancing around my house. see me do a better go at it? please, i'm not the one who posted a video of me in an instruction setting showing people pretty much how to be stiff while dancing. i saw a video, i commented on it. she IS stiff. afrocuban ritmo is not about being stiff. her movements were TOO f*ckin exaggerated and robotic. it's supposed to flow..not look like it's a robot being controlled by a remote.
@fetishdiva1 until you can do a better job then her by proving it with a video, you need to shut the fuuk up. if you cant show and prove with empirical evidence, shut the fuuk up.
after all that digestion, you still respond with the typical ignorant, crude and tactless response that anyone reading these comments would come to expect from a culture-less pedazo de mierda such as yourself.
and by the way, i don't have to prove my dancing prowess on youtube lol.
you're so far beneath me with your mannerisms and approach.. lol, trying to prove myself to you would be tantamount to a queen bowing before a pig.
@fetishdiva1 hahahahaahahahahaha fetish hahahaahahahaha wow its official you are inlove with me. i knew exactly what you wanted and i would not give it to you so just get over it.
dream on, boy. you're not going to goad me into posting a video. you just want to perve on more afro-latinas. like i said, i'm not here to prove my dancing skills here, i'm not the one who posted a video of a stiff dancer so why do i need to prove myself to swine? i commented on a video, you went postal and here we are. oh, and work on jumping off being so disrespectful. stop coming off as the typical angry black american male. that horse is dead.
also, i never said she ISN'T afro-cuban. i just said she can't dance. just like ALL italians do not make a good lasagna, ALL blacks aren't good basketball players, and ALL afro cubanas can't dance. who gives a damn if she is afro-cuban or not? point is, she is very robotic and automated in her movements. afro-cuban or not. you're acting all pissed off at anyone who says she's anything less than a FABULOUS dancer.
either you're f*cking her, you are her, or a combo of the two.
@CachitayOrula bttch fuuk you......you being so negative about someone just appreciating afrocuban culture......... why dont you have a more positive outlook on life !!!!!!
@BrooklynNYC777 Why don't you start from yourself and start having a more positive outlook on life by not being disrespectful to people. That is my opinion as a professional Afro-Cuban dancer, she should not be pretending to be what she is not, and she is neither appreciating nor doing Afrocuban culture any favours. As we say in Cuba "si no sabes no te metas"... As for you, try and learn that you can disagree with people, but you don't have to be offensive. It just shows how ignorant you are.
@CachitayOrula i accept your statement about me having a nasty mouth and i will taker your advice. i would prefer that you just tell the people that this dancer is a beginner and you know other more professional examples..... thats all you had to say with out degrading her. also i cursed you out so you could feel scorn in a manner that you dished out your self.
@BrooklynNYC777 This is not about being a beginner. At Salsa congresses teachers usually do a short performance after teaching a class. This is what she is doing here, she should stick to what she knows (Salsa?) she should not be pretending to know Afro-Cuban dancing, and actually teach that nonsense. It is actually offensive to me as a professional Afro-Cuban dancer and a practitioner of Afro-Cuban religion. I have given professional examples (Yoruba Andabo) or have a look at my channel..
@BrooklynNYC777 Ay Dios mio! This is getting really boring.... I did say go to my channel to see some of my videos, and be very careful with what you say, Afro-Cuban religion does exist is called Regla de Osha or Religion Yoruba or Regla Lukumi, If you do not know anything about my country's culture and religion why do you even go there? The ironic way you express yourself about my culture and my religion is disrespectful and ignorant, your are not worth talking to,,, SI NO SABES NO TE METAS...
this is a true afro cubana artista... she dances with conviction and reggaeton was born in panama not cuba we are known for mostly afro cuban and merengue
LOVELY dance, she's very talented and these are all genuine afro-cuban dance movements. I loved it when she began to dance conga (de comparsa) i always loved the carnaval in Cuba :-)
This is dance with a lot of feeling and "sandunga", yet is very stylish and elegant (not like what you will see in some reggaeton video-clips)
That's because you obviously lack the comprehension. This is beautiful - Each movement is has meaning to it unlike most dances nowadays. Do some research before saying useless things.
She's wonderful. I love that she is actually dancing instead of humping the air like I see in most videos. Big hug to you my sistah. Enjoy yourself. Be Blessed!!!
disculpa la pregunta al que puso el video ella es maestra de la escuela intructores de arte si la reconosco fue mi maestra de de danza floclorika y de cha cha
La tipa baila de lo mas bien, y yo soy Mulatona clarita and sometimes me da pena porque mo me muevo tan bien! Se la COMIO! Oh my god...de 4:45 pa lante...wow! TREMENDO bailadora! Did I see some Chango and Conga de Comparza here?
I am a dancer and.....I'm speechless, black ladies who have had technical dance training are taight to think of any African dance forms as being untechnical, but European dance forms such as Ballet are praised when they lack true rythmic ability! After training for so long to be a technical dancer, it actually robs you of your ability to move unrestrained and to the ryhtms of our souls....Wow...I thank Her....that was an experience!
In a sense its like European dance forms rob all human beings of our humanity on the dance floor. I can't say how many times I've heard white people say they want to move this way. I tell them why not? and they just don't believe they can. I know they can, but they are taught not to identify with every part of their human nature in the way blacks are taught to, especially while dancing.
I don't think that European dances rob a person of their humanity, I think it's just a more restrained and less spontaneous expression of huamnity. You have to remember that their culture is heavily influenced by the Catholic Church which has taught them to be afraid/ashamed of their bodies. Plus dancing for a long time was looked upon as sinful, so the only dancing allowed was the more restrictive kind. If you've ever seen some European folk dancing it's less rigid.
Thank you for the correction on the dance "Conga de Comparza" that it not being samba.. wow.. I would have never known. See I love education like this. Well, I guess it goes to show us all that the African culture has melded into many cultures and places all over.... For there to be such a close relation in that dance of Samba and Conga de Comparaza... it's so very interesting.Thanks for the education again..
I am a cuban professional performer in traditional dances of the world and this girl on the clip dance very well..she does gestes also from Oya and Elegua dances, but is so sad that most of us cubans ( within Cuba and elsewhere ) dont really know our traditions,because most of them come from africa and despite the revolution and the education we received the mentality still remains racist
I just keep coming back to watch her dance.. I think she's wonderful.. definitely worth learning from her style and she even did Samba! Brazilian dancing in the end... I love this video!
RESPONSE TO pierrek01: Most Cubans in Miami are white, and Cuba's rich African heritage and influence are not publicized. Most Cubans do not want to identify with anything African. We call it in Spanish "negrofobia."
Response to PIERREK01: That is because most of the Cubans in Miami are white. Cuba's rich African heritage and influence are not publicized. Most Cubans refuse to identify with anything African.
If u have a look at 2.23 mins around, it is elegua..then she mix a bit of everything in reality during her improvisation..there gestures of Oya mixed with chango...of course chango very clear...rumba, comparsa, pilon, un poco de todo...pero ni palo congo ni obatalà por ejemplo She does her job very well.
what are they doin in germany?
nigerianlove12 9 months ago
"I am a professional Afrocuban Dancer, and I can categorically say that she is extremely bad. Her afrocuban movements are atrocious, so badly executed, that to me she actually looks ridiculous, and I could not stop laughing when I saw this video. It's amazing, because people who do not really not about Afro-cuban dance actually think she is good, and she is actually quite a clown!! If you want to see good afro-cuban dancers, look for groups like Yoruba Andabo, Raices Profundas...
CachitayOrula 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula thanks for the tip, found some unbelievable footage of Yoruba Andabo.
LEDANCETHERAPY 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula I agree, I'm AfroCuban and I can tell you that her movements are EXTREMELY exaggerated. You're telling the truth, she is very bad. It's almost embarrassing.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
@fetishdiva1 lets see you do a better go. also how you know she is not afro cuban?
until you can do a better job you might want to shut up.......
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@BrooklynNYC777
um, i do a better job than this each time i am listening to music dancing around my house. see me do a better go at it? please, i'm not the one who posted a video of me in an instruction setting showing people pretty much how to be stiff while dancing. i saw a video, i commented on it. she IS stiff. afrocuban ritmo is not about being stiff. her movements were TOO f*ckin exaggerated and robotic. it's supposed to flow..not look like it's a robot being controlled by a remote.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
@fetishdiva1 hahahahahahahahhahaah lol
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@fetishdiva1 wow you are coming at me real hard right now............
i have many options on how i would like to respond to you. i will think abut it and get back to you.......
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@BrooklynNYC777
yeah, chew on it for a minute.. digest it tonto.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
@fetishdiva1 until you can do a better job then her by proving it with a video, you need to shut the fuuk up. if you cant show and prove with empirical evidence, shut the fuuk up.
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@BrooklynNYC777
after all that digestion, you still respond with the typical ignorant, crude and tactless response that anyone reading these comments would come to expect from a culture-less pedazo de mierda such as yourself.
and by the way, i don't have to prove my dancing prowess on youtube lol.
you're so far beneath me with your mannerisms and approach.. lol, trying to prove myself to you would be tantamount to a queen bowing before a pig.
seriously, you need to bring 'er down a peg.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
@fetishdiva1 hahahahaahahahahaha fetish hahahaahahahaha wow its official you are inlove with me. i knew exactly what you wanted and i would not give it to you so just get over it.
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
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dream on, boy. you're not going to goad me into posting a video. you just want to perve on more afro-latinas. like i said, i'm not here to prove my dancing skills here, i'm not the one who posted a video of a stiff dancer so why do i need to prove myself to swine? i commented on a video, you went postal and here we are. oh, and work on jumping off being so disrespectful. stop coming off as the typical angry black american male. that horse is dead.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
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also, i never said she ISN'T afro-cuban. i just said she can't dance. just like ALL italians do not make a good lasagna, ALL blacks aren't good basketball players, and ALL afro cubanas can't dance. who gives a damn if she is afro-cuban or not? point is, she is very robotic and automated in her movements. afro-cuban or not. you're acting all pissed off at anyone who says she's anything less than a FABULOUS dancer.
either you're f*cking her, you are her, or a combo of the two.
fetishdiva1 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula bttch fuuk you......you being so negative about someone just appreciating afrocuban culture......... why dont you have a more positive outlook on life !!!!!!
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@BrooklynNYC777 Why don't you start from yourself and start having a more positive outlook on life by not being disrespectful to people. That is my opinion as a professional Afro-Cuban dancer, she should not be pretending to be what she is not, and she is neither appreciating nor doing Afrocuban culture any favours. As we say in Cuba "si no sabes no te metas"... As for you, try and learn that you can disagree with people, but you don't have to be offensive. It just shows how ignorant you are.
CachitayOrula 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula i accept your statement about me having a nasty mouth and i will taker your advice. i would prefer that you just tell the people that this dancer is a beginner and you know other more professional examples..... thats all you had to say with out degrading her. also i cursed you out so you could feel scorn in a manner that you dished out your self.
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
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@BrooklynNYC777 This is not about being a beginner. At Salsa congresses teachers usually do a short performance after teaching a class. This is what she is doing here, she should stick to what she knows (Salsa?) she should not be pretending to know Afro-Cuban dancing, and actually teach that nonsense. It is actually offensive to me as a professional Afro-Cuban dancer and a practitioner of Afro-Cuban religion. I have given professional examples (Yoruba Andabo) or have a look at my channel..
CachitayOrula 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula afro cuban religion, wow is there such a thing.............
now im wondering if there is a african american religion hmmmm.
cachitay can you make a video of you dancing and show us what you mean ?
being that your so much of an expert
BrooklynNYC777 1 year ago
@BrooklynNYC777 Ay Dios mio! This is getting really boring.... I did say go to my channel to see some of my videos, and be very careful with what you say, Afro-Cuban religion does exist is called Regla de Osha or Religion Yoruba or Regla Lukumi, If you do not know anything about my country's culture and religion why do you even go there? The ironic way you express yourself about my culture and my religion is disrespectful and ignorant, your are not worth talking to,,, SI NO SABES NO TE METAS...
CachitayOrula 1 year ago
@CachitayOrula haahahahahahahaha for the record i love afro
cubans............... afro americans and afro cubans are one so
just stop hyperventilating. one real question i do have is when will
cuba have its barak obama ? when will cuba have a black head of state ???
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CachitayOrula 1 year ago
this is a true afro cubana artista... she dances with conviction and reggaeton was born in panama not cuba we are known for mostly afro cuban and merengue
ilovemybabydariel 1 year ago
LOVELY dance, she's very talented and these are all genuine afro-cuban dance movements. I loved it when she began to dance conga (de comparsa) i always loved the carnaval in Cuba :-)
This is dance with a lot of feeling and "sandunga", yet is very stylish and elegant (not like what you will see in some reggaeton video-clips)
You go girl!!!! Felicitaciones y muchos éxitos!
holantina 2 years ago
A lovely sister that can be herself with no video vixen stigma on her like the sistahs in the states. Luv it!
TheStoneArtisan 2 years ago
SUPER SEXY
ankhenaten2 2 years ago
if this had nothing to do with CUBA people would say get this mumbo jumbo shit out of here and its true
netuber12 2 years ago
That's because you obviously lack the comprehension. This is beautiful - Each movement is has meaning to it unlike most dances nowadays. Do some research before saying useless things.
PatriciaTimba 2 years ago
great, great !!!
mandunga2 2 years ago
Beautiful and classy and sexy! Go girl!!
nicola4kids 3 years ago
I am so in love with her!!!! Mi Amor!!!!
AfricanCubana22 3 years ago
Very nice I loved every moment of her dance.
AfricanCubana22 3 years ago
She's wonderful. I love that she is actually dancing instead of humping the air like I see in most videos. Big hug to you my sistah. Enjoy yourself. Be Blessed!!!
waterlover03 3 years ago
cuba!!
kidyoung732 3 years ago
She dances beautifully... where can I can the music? title? artists?
lauritatz82 3 years ago
WOW great stuff...
edgarmendex 3 years ago
disculpa la pregunta al que puso el video ella es maestra de la escuela intructores de arte si la reconosco fue mi maestra de de danza floclorika y de cha cha
amorosaporsiempre 3 years ago
NICE! LOS MUNEQUITO!
timbalhead 3 years ago
Un baile muy expresivo y bonito...igual que la mamita que lo baila! She is voluptuously gorgeous! Ay mami!!
ursa41 3 years ago
Nice!!! With heels!! You go!!
sbd4603 4 years ago
que lastima del folclor contigo,adelantas el tiempo y descontralas los movimentos.chao
durege25b 4 years ago
That was fantastic! Never was interested before, I might actually take a class.
MagiT29 4 years ago
La tipa baila de lo mas bien, y yo soy Mulatona clarita and sometimes me da pena porque mo me muevo tan bien! Se la COMIO! Oh my god...de 4:45 pa lante...wow! TREMENDO bailadora! Did I see some Chango and Conga de Comparza here?
DollTinkerbell 4 years ago
Great in heels no doubt!
Those must be the folkloric spike heels my teacher was talking about...jk
nowthatsit 4 years ago
This dancing is gorgeous? Who is the artist?
SraCaperucitaRoja 4 years ago
I am a dancer and.....I'm speechless, black ladies who have had technical dance training are taight to think of any African dance forms as being untechnical, but European dance forms such as Ballet are praised when they lack true rythmic ability! After training for so long to be a technical dancer, it actually robs you of your ability to move unrestrained and to the ryhtms of our souls....Wow...I thank Her....that was an experience!
CarlaHibbert 4 years ago
In a sense its like European dance forms rob all human beings of our humanity on the dance floor. I can't say how many times I've heard white people say they want to move this way. I tell them why not? and they just don't believe they can. I know they can, but they are taught not to identify with every part of their human nature in the way blacks are taught to, especially while dancing.
amandamorgan5 4 years ago
I don't think that European dances rob a person of their humanity, I think it's just a more restrained and less spontaneous expression of huamnity. You have to remember that their culture is heavily influenced by the Catholic Church which has taught them to be afraid/ashamed of their bodies. Plus dancing for a long time was looked upon as sinful, so the only dancing allowed was the more restrictive kind. If you've ever seen some European folk dancing it's less rigid.
kikitree00 4 years ago 2
Thank you for the correction on the dance "Conga de Comparza" that it not being samba.. wow.. I would have never known. See I love education like this. Well, I guess it goes to show us all that the African culture has melded into many cultures and places all over.... For there to be such a close relation in that dance of Samba and Conga de Comparaza... it's so very interesting.Thanks for the education again..
pretinhasd 4 years ago
Jajaja.. Bravo!!!! Ella baila magníficoooo... !Qué vivan la gracia, la "salsa" y la sandunga de la mujer cubana! No tenemos comparación :-)
holantina 4 years ago
I am a cuban professional performer in traditional dances of the world and this girl on the clip dance very well..she does gestes also from Oya and Elegua dances, but is so sad that most of us cubans ( within Cuba and elsewhere ) dont really know our traditions,because most of them come from africa and despite the revolution and the education we received the mentality still remains racist
Obataladance 5 years ago
C@ño! Que bien baila esta mujer! Quien es?!
bonequinha3 5 years ago
I just keep coming back to watch her dance.. I think she's wonderful.. definitely worth learning from her style and she even did Samba! Brazilian dancing in the end... I love this video!
pretinhasd 5 years ago
Sorry, it's not Brazilian samba, is conga de comparsa, is a very typical cuban carnaval rythm from african origin. But you were very close :-)
holantina 4 years ago
At 6:30, it looks exactly like samba. But samba comes from Angola in West Africa, which could explain the similarities.
MorenitaDeSamba 3 years ago
@MorenitaDeSamba its also in yoruba culture from (Benin & Nigeria). samba and salsa are the same.
nigerianlove12 9 months ago
bueno me hizo recordar mucho a los bailes de los santos ,ahora tengo que practicar jajaja.she is really good.two thumbs up for you girl
linalabambina 5 years ago
RESPONSE TO pierrek01: Most Cubans in Miami are white, and Cuba's rich African heritage and influence are not publicized. Most Cubans do not want to identify with anything African. We call it in Spanish "negrofobia."
gmorpheus 5 years ago
thanks for the enlightement.
Lindamorena 5 years ago
Response to PIERREK01: That is because most of the Cubans in Miami are white. Cuba's rich African heritage and influence are not publicized. Most Cubans refuse to identify with anything African.
gmorpheus 5 years ago
@gmorpheus you mean cubans in america (who are mostly white). cubans in cuba are aware of their west african heritage.
nigerianlove12 9 months ago
lovely .What were all the styles of dance???
mekaport 5 years ago
The three dances in this video are Changó, Rumba and Conga de Comparza.
angoleiro33 5 years ago
If u have a look at 2.23 mins around, it is elegua..then she mix a bit of everything in reality during her improvisation..there gestures of Oya mixed with chango...of course chango very clear...rumba, comparsa, pilon, un poco de todo...pero ni palo congo ni obatalà por ejemplo She does her job very well.
Obataladance 3 years ago
Wow, I never Cuban Afro woman and men cultural was so beautiful. Sad thing about this I from Miami, Fl and never have chance to see this Cuba.
pierrek01 5 years ago
awesome!!
afromambera 5 years ago
She was at the rueda congress in Miami and she was amazing
porkchop745 5 years ago
i think she dance very good rumba! and i am cuban! i can say it.
Superstarnl 5 years ago
Bad publicity for afrocuban anything.
collacci 5 years ago
If you have nothing to say, please: CALLATE.
yamusa 5 years ago
She's incredible. I want to be HER when I grow up!!
jennjonay 5 years ago