Artistic Board
ARTISTIC GUIDANCE · CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE · SHARED PRACTICE
Meet Our Artistic Board
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Master Teacher; Choreographer; Director of All Stars Santiago de Cuba
Jorge Luna Roque is the founder, director and choreographer of All Stars Santiago de Cuba. For more than twenty years, he has shared Casino, Rueda de Casino and Cuban popular dance through performances, festivals, workshops and international exchange.
His choreography grows from the social foundations of Casino and a close relationship between movement and music. With All Stars, he has developed a distinctive approach to group choreography that combines traditional dance with creative staging, musical interpretation and the collective energy of the rueda.
For DC Casineros, Jorge and All Stars are part of our longstanding artistic family in Santiago de Cuba. Our relationship connects company training, cultural exchange and a shared commitment to Cuban dance as a living community practice.
Watch & Learn
All Stars Santiago de Cuba · Casino choreography.
Watch on YouTube · Read Jorge’s interview
Photo: DC Casineros archive.
Master Teacher in Afro-Cuban Dance; Choreographer; Cultural Educator
Marisol Blanco is a Cuban-born dancer, choreographer and master teacher based in Miami. She directs Sikán Afro Cuban Dance Project and shares the history, music and movement of Afro-Cuban folkloric and popular dance with students and audiences across the United States.
Raised in Guanabacoa, Havana, in a family of musicians, she developed her knowledge through family traditions, formal arts training and professional performance. Her experience includes Obiní Batá, Cuba’s pioneering women’s percussion and dance ensemble. Her teaching connects movement with the songs, rhythms, stories and cultural meanings that give each dance its character.
Marisol received the 2024 Florida Folk Heritage Award in recognition of her work preserving and sharing Cuban cultural traditions. Her knowledge offers a valuable resource for dancers seeking a deeper understanding of Afro-Cuban dance and its musical foundations.
Watch & Learn
Meet Marisol through her official Florida Folk Heritage Award video profile.
Watch on YouTube · Visit Marisol and Sikán
Photo via The Museum of Miami. Marisol’s Florida Folk Heritage Award.
Artistic Board Member and Master Teacher · Cuban Son Dancer, Choreographer and Cultural Educator
Eric Turro Martínez is a Cuban dancer, choreographer and master teacher based in Australia. Born in Havana and rooted in Guanabacoa’s musical and social dance traditions, he has built an international career sharing the elegance, musicality and cultural depth of Cuban Son.
His performance history includes work alongside Compay Segundo and Buena Vista Social Club musicians. He has served as choreographer, lead dancer and presenter for The Bar at Buena Vista, and directs Dance Buena Vista, bringing Cuban music and social dance to the stage through performances and storytelling.
Through his teaching in Australia and his international work, Eric shares Son, Casino and other Cuban social dances with a strong emphasis on their musical foundations, partner connection and cultural history.
Our Connection
Eric is a friend, master teacher and collaborator within DC Casineros’ wider artistic community. His knowledge of Cuban Son and his commitment to transmitting its traditions enrich our company’s ongoing learning and cultural exchange.
Explore His Work
Buena Vista Turro Martinez — official biography and classes · Eric on the history and practice of Son and Casino
Meet our Master Teachers & Collaborators
Photo via Buena Vista Turro Martinez.
Our Artistic Board brings cultural knowledge, teaching experience and artistic guidance to DC Casineros. Jorge Luna Roque, Marisol Blanco and Eric Turro Martínez support our company’s continuing growth and its connections to Cuban dance traditions.
Meet our Master Teachers & Collaborators
Eric Turro Martínez
Artistic Board Member and Master Teacher · Cuban Son Dancer, Choreographer and Cultural Educator
Eric brings the knowledge of Cuban Son and Guanabacoa’s social dance traditions to our artistic circle. His international teaching and performance work connects musicality, partner communication and cultural understanding.
Jorge Luna Roque
Director, Choreographer and Instructor · All Stars Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Jorge Luna Roque is the founder and director of All Stars Santiago de Cuba, a dance company rooted in Casino and Rueda de Casino. He has spent more than twenty years teaching, choreographing and sharing Cuban dance through performances, festivals and international exchange.
His approach pays close attention to the relationship between movement and music. In speaking about All Stars’ work, he emphasizes the social foundations of Casino alongside the creative possibilities of group choreography. That combination of musicality, tradition and invention makes his practice an important resource for dancers.
For DC Casineros, Jorge and All Stars are sister family. Our longstanding exchange includes training in Santiago, shared artistic development, and the All Stars artists’ 2017 residency with DC Casineros at Dance Place and George Mason University.
Read Jorge’s interview with Son y Casino · Explore our Santiago relationship
Marisol Blanco
Afro-Cuban Dance Teacher, Choreographer and Cultural Educator · Sikán Afro-Cuban Dance Project
Miami, Florida
Born and trained in Cuba, Marisol Blanco is a dancer, choreographer and teacher whose work brings Afro-Cuban traditions into classrooms, community spaces and performance. Her training includes Cuba’s national arts education system and the Instituto Superior de Arte. She also performed with Obiní Batá, the pioneering women’s percussion ensemble.
Based in Miami, she leads the Sikán Afro-Cuban Dance Project and teaches through a practice that connects movement with history, percussion and song. Her work welcomes people across generations and backgrounds while keeping cultural knowledge at the center of the learning experience.
Marisol received the 2024 Florida Folk Heritage Award, recognizing her contribution to Florida’s traditional arts. Her teaching offers our artistic circle an important perspective on Afro-Cuban movement, musical understanding and the transmission of cultural heritage.
Explore Marisol’s work · Read her Florida Folk Heritage Award profile
Meet DC Casineros’ current team · Explore our international work