DMV Bomba: Afro-Puerto Rican Dance Workshop - Sunday May 18, 2014

We are returning to Woodbridge! If you missed our past workshop, this is your chance! We will be offering a Bomba Dance Workshop at My BodyMoveZ on May 18th, $20 per person. Join us and learn about bomba history and dance. Save the date!

We extend you an invitation to learn about the Afro-Caribbean music and dance from Puerto Rico called BOMBA. It is a music and dance that dates back to the 1700s, developed by the African slaves that worked in the sugarcane fields, and it is still alive in the island and in the diaspora. It is a dialog between the dancer and one of the many drummers. The dancer makes body figures called 'piquetes' and the lead drummer --called the 'primo' or 'subidor'-- interprets them in the drum. One dancer at a time 'challenges' or 'talks' to the 'primo' drummer. Bomba is a personal expression, it is freedom, it is legacy and it is treasured.

If you are interested in this opportunity we encourage you to come out and have some fun with us. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own long full-circle skirts or scarves. For more information, email us: info@semillacultural.org.