Anara Frank

Anara Frank fell in love with Casino as a high school student in Cuba. Upon returning to the US, she couldn’t find anyone dancing the style, so she sought out other Latin Dance forms and began teaching soon after.  Since the 1990’s, she has trained numerous dancers in the Casino style, as well as taught it’s history and explained the similarities and differences with other Latin Dance styles.  
Although sidelined from performing for about a decade with a tumor and related health conditions, she never stopped learning, teaching, choreographing, or hosting events.
Today, she is recognized as a pioneer in the Boston Latin Dance community. In her career, she has been the Director and Founder of two performing arts organizations: Jam’nastics Inc & MetaMovements. Through those organizations she reached tens of thousands of students, including several who went on to become dance company directors or internationally recognized dancers in their own right. She also has played a key role in cultural exchanges between US and Cuban dancers & musicians in both countries, having led or consulted on more than 50 programs, with the goal of celebrating the cultures and building friendship and understanding.  Now healthy again,
Anara recently competed in and won the Casino Competition at The International Festival of the Drum in Havana, and continues to teach, choreograph, perform and speak about the history of the dances she loves and their power to transform our lives in positive ways.