Ramon Ramos Alayo - DanceVersity Faculty Alumnus
Ramon Ramos Alayo is known and respected throughout the Bay
Area as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and as the
artistic director of the Alayo Dance Company. He began his
dance life at age eleven in Santiago de Cuba, and went on to
recieve his master's degree in contemporary and folkloric
dance and dance education from the National School of the
Arts in Havana. He was the principal dancer in Danza del
Caribe and the Narcisco Medina Contemporary Dance Company,
and has performed throughout Cuba, Europe, Canada, Belize,
and the U.S. In 1997 Ramon moved to the U.S. and began his
professional career in the Bay Area. He has performed with a
number of the Bay Area's most respected choreographers, such
as Robert Henry Johnson, Kim Epifano, Sara Shelton Mann, and
Zaccho Dance Theater, and is currently a member of Robert
Moses' Kin. Ramon teaches Cuban popular dance, Afro-Cuban
Modern dance and children's movement classes at a number of
dance schools. In 2003 he founded CubaCaribe, an
organization which promotes Cuban cultural and artistic
programs and produces Cuba Camp, an annual summer dance
camp. His own company, the Alayo Dance Company is known for
its unique fusion of Afro-Cuban modern, folkloric, and
popular dance presented theatrically.
