Yura Cantillo

Yura i Santiago

As a little girl she started to learn dance, collecting a great experience on the whole spectrum of popular Cuban dances in La Casa de La Cultura. Together with her group she took part in various festivals and cultural weeks gaining many prizes and special mentions. In 1990 she was admitted to a famous Cubanacan Academy and one year later, after a competitive selection she was chosen to be a Host of the Touristic Pole in Santa Lucia.
  She moved to Italy in 1996 where she’s teaching popular Cuban dances till know. She opened her own dance school Casa de la Cultura Cubasi,  implementing top of the line methodology leading to transmit her students respect, as well as knowledge of the Cuban Dance and Traditional Culture.