Since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso has become one of the most sought after Cuban dance companies with a growing international profile. Emphasizing a collaborative creative process, Malpaso is committed to working with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography.

The company tours with 10 dancers and is led by its three original founders: resident choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, Executive Director Fernando Sáez, and Associate Artistic Director Daile Carrazana. 

An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions, Malpaso - together with The Joyce Theater - has commissioned original works from a number of prominent North American choreographers, including Ronald K. Brown (Why You Follow), Trey McIntyre (Under Fire), Aszure Barton (Indomitable Waltz; Stillness in Bloom), Tony and Emmy award winner Sonya Tayeh (Face the Torrent), Robyn Mineko Williams (Elemental) and Ephrat Asherie (Floor…y ando!). The company continues to tour works by Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, including Ocaso, 24 Hours and a Dog, and Dreaming of Lions, which are often accompanied by Grammy award winning, Cuban-American composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble. More recently the troop has collaborated with celebrated musicians Ted Nash, Alejandro Falcón and Cubadentro Trio.  

As part of its commitment to Cuban choreographers, Malpaso’s repertory includes works by company members Daile Carrazana (Lullaby for Insomnia and Habanera). In recent seasons, the company has added works by three legendary choreographers: Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, and Merce Cunningham. Ek’s woman with water was premiered on Malpaso in Havana in 2021. Naharin traveled to Cuba in the spring of 2018 to work one-on-one with Malpaso dancers to restage his seldom performed, 30-year-old masterwork, Tabula Rasa, while Cunningham’s Fielding Sixes was adapted for eight dancers and re-staged by Jamie Scott as part of the choreographer’s centennial celebration.

Malpaso Dance Company has shared its work with audiences around the United States, including such prestigious venues as The Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center, LA Music Center, Chicago Auditorium,  American Dance Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow, and around the world at the International Summer Festival Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany, Belgrade Dance Festival and at the Champs-Elysees Theater in Paris.

For more information please visit malpasodance.com 

For booking information, please contact Anne-Camille Hersh achersh@enpointemgmt.com