Cuba Kaleidoscope

A film/installation/dance event celebrating 100 years of dance in Cuba Street, students from Tarrant Dance Studio will bring colour, music and vibrancy from the building and connect it with the Cuba Quarter.

At night projections will light up the façade of the Tarrant Dance Studio in Cuba Mall showing imagery of dancers throughout the history of the studio.

CubaDupa offers a unique opportunity for the Tarrant Dance Studio students to be part of this city festival and bring their love of dance out into the streets and share it with the community.

Funding will go towards the costs for costumes, set design, props, projectors and screens, and portable sound and film equipment hireage for the performances.

Our students who range in age from 5-50 years are all behind the project.
Will you join our team - Any amount helps.
Let's do the CubaDupa together!

Help us do the CubaDupa!

CubaDupa will be a world-class street festival, which builds on the spirit and talent of Wellington and draws on the best international street festivals.  It will be held annually in Wellington, premiering Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 March 2015.

The new Cuba Street festival, CubaDupa, is a celebration of the creative heart of Wellington.  The Cuba street precinct will become a vibrant pedestrianised playground of music, dance, arts and street food.

In creating a totally unique and family friendly urban environment and entertainment programme Drew James, the Artistic Director of CubaDupa has identified seven diverse projects that will deliver an extraordinary experience for audiences and participants.

These are Urban Rhapsodies aerial opera, Mass Cuba Street Orchestra, The Beop band of the future, Carnival Zone with Wellington Batucada, Cuba Surveyors historical street theatre, Java Dance's Sneak Peek in shop windows, and CubaKaleidoscope by the Tarrant Dance Studio. All of these projects will be commissioned with the help of Boosted donations and performed free for audiences on the streets.