BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231008T000000Z DTEND:20231008T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Cuban Project: Historias - Mi Historia\, Tu Histora\, y Historia DESCRIPTION:Sarasota Contemporary Dance (SCD) is kicking off its 18th season presenting works in both south and north counties expanding SCD's reach and cultivating relationships with area theaters\, says SCD's Artistic Director Leymis Bola os Wilmott. Cuban Project: Historias - Mi Historia\, Tu Historia\, y Nuestra Historia (My Story\, Your Story\, Our Story) captures the depths of Bola os Wilmott's history and experiences as part of an immigrant Cuban family.\n\n \n\nIn Cuban Project\, Leymis Bola os Wilmott dives into her family history\, investigating her parents' forced migration through the exodus of children known as Operaci n Pedro Pan. Operaci n Pedro Pan took place in the early 1960s and is still to this day the largest historical exodus of unaccompanied children in the Western world. Between December 1960 and October 1962\, over 14\,000 unaccompanied minors were sent to the U.S. by their parents who feared indoctrination and the Cuban government taking away their parental rights.\n\n \n\n"After the passing of my grandfather four years ago\, I knew there was an urgent need to share the Cuban-American experience\, specifically my family's story\," comments Artistic Director Leymis Bola os Wilmott. "The platform I have been given- to direct a dance company and share my family's story- is one I do not take lightly. My work is a direct byproduct of that which is embedded in the Cuban people: the sacrifices and perseverance of my parents and grandparents."\n\n \n\nThis performance is made possible through the generous support of the Johnson Singer Art Fund. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Sarasota Contemporary Dance (SCD) is kicking off its 18th season presenting works in both south and north counties expanding SCD'\;s reach and cultivating relationships with area theaters\, says SCD'\;s Artistic Director Leymis Bolañ\;os Wilmott. Cuban Project: Historias - Mi Historia\, Tu Historia\, y Nuestra Historia (My Story\, Your Story\, Our Story) captures the depths of Bolañ\;os Wilmott&rsquo\;s history and experiences as part of an immigrant Cuban family.
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\nIn Cuban Project\, Leymis Bolañ\;os Wilmott dives into her family history\, investigating her parents'\; forced migration through the exodus of children known as Operació\;n Pedro Pan. Operació\;n Pedro Pan took place in the early 1960s and is still to this day the largest historical exodus of unaccompanied children in the Western world. Between December 1960 and October 1962\, over 14\,000 unaccompanied minors were sent to the U.S. by their parents who feared indoctrination and the Cuban government taking away their parental rights.
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\n&ldquo\;After the passing of my grandfather four years ago\, I knew there was an urgent need to share the Cuban-American experience\, specifically my family'\;s story\,&rdquo\; comments Artistic Director Leymis Bolañ\;os Wilmott. &ldquo\;The platform I have been given- to direct a dance company and share my family&rsquo\;s story- is one I do not take lightly. My work is a direct byproduct of that which is embedded in the Cuban people: the sacrifices and perseverance of my parents and grandparents.&rdquo\;
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\nThis performance is made possible through the generous support of the Johnson Singer Art Fund. LOCATION:Manatee Performing Arts Center 502 Third Avenue West Bradenton\, FL 34205 The event will be held in Stone Hall UID:e.2475.44396 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260507T002907Z URL:https://business.manateechamber.com/events/details/cuban-project-historias-mi-historia-tu-histora-y-historia-44396 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR