Cuban Theater Digital Archive

Rumbera costume design

This dress is made to dance the "rumba" (Afro-Cuban musical genre). The ballet "¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son!" was choreographed for the Ballet Hispanico of New York by Alberto Alonso and Sonia Calero, with music by Gloria Estefan. The costume design is designated #12B.

Notes:

Costume designer: Barceló, Randy, 1946-1994
Bottom right corner: RB. This was one of Barceló's final designs before he passed away on December 6, 1994.
Object date: 1994
Coverage (temporal): 1990-2000

Coverage (spatial): New York, New York

Object details:

Physical object type:: Costume design drawings
Digital object format:: Image
Object ID:: chc0454000006
Collection:: Randy Barcelo Collection
License:: University of Miami copyright policy