Orquesta Ashe

ARAMIS PAZOS BARRERA
Director of Orquesta Ashe

DIRECTING/ TEACHING EXPERIENCE

- Salsa teacher at Dance Place Studio (2008)
- Dancer with Oyu Oro (New York, 2008)
- Dancer in "Dancing Graves" production (Chicago, MD 2008)
- Guest Singer with Rumba Club (Baltimore, MD 2008)
- Guest Artist and Choreographer at SUNY Brockport (State University of New York) April 2006
- Director of Okantomi Drummers Ensemble (Washington, DC, 2005-present)
- Director of Orquesta Ashe (Washington, DC, 2005-present)
- Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance Instructor at DC Dance Collective (2005-present)
- Percussion Teacher at Sheridan School (Washington, DC 2005-present)
- Founder and director of Latin Cabaret Productions, a Caribbean dance company (San Francisco, 2004-2005)
- He won first place in choreography for his piece "Atabal de Alegria" in the 2004 Carnival in San Franciso, CA
-Choreographer alongside the Assistant Director of Riverdance in “Jarocho” (2003)
- Artistic Director of evening entertainment and shows at various hotels and resorts in Cancun, Mexico for 5+ years
- Choreographer for "Aves de Paraiso" Dance Company at Mango Tango (Cancun, Mexico, 1990)
- Director of a huge show that won first place in Havana’s Carnival in 1990, including 230 dancers and 20 musicians

PERFORMANCE BACKGROUND
-Private Party performance in Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, December 2007
-"Homenaje a Celia Cruz," Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington, DC, November 2007
-Willie Colon Concert Opening Act, Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Washington, DC, September 2007
-Adam's Morgan Day Festival, Washington, DC, September 2007
-Kennedy Center Open House Theatre Lab, September 2007
-Virginia Beach Labor Day Weekend Festival, September 2007
-SOB Club, New York, NY, June 2007
-Mt. Ranier's National Night Out, Washington, DC, August 2007
-Mt. Pleasant Music Concert Series, Washigton, DC, June 2007
- Solo modern dance perfomance "Danzon Moderno" at the University of DC/ UDC (2005)
-Organization of American States, Annual Winter Gala Party, Washington, DC, March 2007
-Black Cat, Washington, DC, February 2007
-Salsa performance at Walter Reed Army Hospital (2005)
- Rumba performance at Adams Morgan Day (2005)
- Guest Artist with Ife Ile, at Baila-USA dance festival (Miami, 2005)
- Soloist with Arenas Dance Company (San Francisco, 2004-2005)
- Guest artist with Robert Moses King Company, Modern Dance (San Francisco, 2004)
- Soloist in "Jarocho" (Veracruz, Mexico, 2003)
- Dancer in Cuba's National Modern Dance company, Danza Nacional de Cuba (1998)
- Dancer in Cuba's National Folkloric Dance company, el Conjunto Folklórico (1987)
- Soloist in Ballet Tropicana (Havana, Cuba, 1990)
- Performed with Ballet Tropicana in the Athens Music Hall (Athens, Greece, 1989)
- Guest artist with Bolshoi Ballet (Moscow, Russia, 1988)
- Performance/ Tour with Cuban Military Dance Company (Hungary, 1988)

EDUCATION
- Graduate of the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba (Degree in Folkloric and Modern Dance Performance and Instruction)

"ASHE" Cuban Band