Semilla Cultural is honored to be part of the University of Mary Washington's Latino Identities Month. This year’s Latino Identities Month explores Afro-Caribbean culture and its contribution to a harmonious whole.
We want you to join us and the UMW Latino Student Association ( LSA ) to learn about the Afro-Caribbean music and dance from Puerto Rico: BOMBA. It is a music and dance 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 or movements 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 through his or her dance sequence.
This free workshop will cover bomba history, basic steps, a dance sequence, and individual practice. If you are interested in this opportunity we encourage you to come out and have fun with us in Lee Hall, Room 411.
Female attendees are encouraged to bring their own long full-circle skirts or scarves.
For more information, email us: info@semillacultural.org and don't forget to invite your friends through our facebook event.
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This event is part of the University of Mary Washington's Latino Identities Month that runs from September 15th to October 15th. For more information about all their events, please visit: http://students.umw.edu/
Date: Saturday October 4, 2014 at 4pm -5pm
Location: University of Mary Washington, Lee Hall, Room 411 (Frederickburg, VA)
The workshop will take place in Lee Hall (building #33 in the map), room 411. For a pdf version of the map please use this link:http://www.umw.edu/documents/document/map-of-fredericksburg-campus/
Admission: Free
For more information write to info@semillacultural.org
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