SACA LA NEGRA A PASEAR... is a series of three workshops dedicated to provide a safe space for community and individual expression through dance. This time, Saca la negra a pasear, will have the intention to introduce the dance, dynamics, history, music, and culture of Bomba with a touch of self-awareness, enhancing physical, emotional and social expression. Each one of the workshops will be focused on a different set of tools to conduce the dancer through a journey of integration and empowerment.
Time: 1:00-2:30pm Days: Saturday July 20th, Saturday July 27th, & Saturday August 3rd. Address: 311 East 140th street (between Alexander and Third Ave) 6 train to 138st and 3rd ave (closest) 4/5 train 138st and Grand Concourse |
Price: $ 15 donation *nobody will be turn away for lack of funds DRUMMERS WELCOME TO JAM! Mommy's bring your children as well! Contact: aramiley@gmail.com 787-466-8840 Bio: Yelimara Concepcion Santos graduated with a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in Psychology, recently finished her M.S in Dance Movement Therapy. Currently pursuing the requirements to acquire her License as a Creative Art Therapist. She traveled to New York City to seek the finest instruction the world over. She has collaborated as a professional dancer with Afro Puertorican bomba groups: Los Parranderos de Loiza y Orchestra, Eco de Tambores Loiceños, BombaYo and Alma Moyo. She have had the opportunity to perform in Puerto Rico, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City in different venues such as NYU, Lincoln Center, Hostos College, Yale and Swarthmore University . Currently performing with all women ensemble Legacy Women and The Welfare Poets, a Hip Hop band with a fusion of Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music from Puerto Rico and Cuba where she is a vocalist and dancer. She have had the opportunity to work as an art/movement therapy specialist for different organizations and populations: Housing Works with HIV Women’s group (Brooklyn), Casa Promesa a Women’s drug addiction group(Bronx), Esperanza Center Down Syndrome and Austistic Group(Manhattan), Community Centers and Non Profit Organizations in Puerto Rico, New York City and Chicago. She is presently working as a TA at the Brooklyn Arts Council and Bomba Dance Instructor for Los Pleneros de la 21 Community Workshops. She truly emphasis and believes that the creative process of art and dance can be both healing and life enhancing. *2nd place in Bomba Dance Competition in Loiza,PR. 2007 *2nd place in a Bomba Competition in Harlem, NY 2010 *Facilitator of the 1st Bomba Therapy workshop at the Chicago Bomba Conference 2009 |
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