It's a colorful and energetic educational presentation, offering striking examples of Latin American culture, dance and music. A one-hour public performance is scheduled for Thursday evening, May 3, at 8 p.m. in OCC's Robert B. Moore Theatre. Sixty-minute performances for elementary and high school students are slated for Friday, May 4, at 10 a.m. and noon in the Moore Theatre.
All performances are free.
Artistic director for Fiesta Latina is OCC dance professor, Jose Costas, a native of Puerto Rico who spent nine years as principal dancer with Ballet Hispanico of New York. Costas worked under founder and artistic director, Tina Ramirez. Ballet Hispanico has been widely recognized as the foremost dance interpreter of Hispanic culture in the United States. Costas joined OCC's faculty in 1999. Fiesta Latina, in its first year, had a profound impact on school audiences.