Archive for May, 2007

LUMINATO — June 1 to 10: festival proves we are not ‘dull dogs’

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

By Ben Viccari

Recently I had the good fortune to meet the two Toronto men whose ideas and persistence over the past four years have led to the start of Danza CubaLuminato, the massive festival of arts and creativity that begins June first.

Tony Gagliano and David Pecaut, co-founders of the festival attended a conference for the ethnic media and introduced us to Janice Price, the CEO and Chris Lorway, vice-president of programming.

These two Canadians left important positions in the United States to come here to get things organized and what an array of events and talents theyve arranged as youll find out by checking the website at http://www.luminato.com/.

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