Jersey City Bomba and Plena (classes): Bomba Dance and Plena - Sundays

New Location!!! 
Bomba & Plena Dance from Puerto Rico |
Every Sunday @ 3-4:30pm | 
Pershing Field Veteran's Building 201 Central Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07307 |
$15 suggested |
Open Level Women & Men |
Skirt & Footwork |
For more information write to ladylorearts@gmail.com |

Jersey City supports Puerto Rican, Afro-Latino/Caribbean Arts

New Jersey Bomba (classes): SQFC Presents Learn to Dance & Drum - Starts March 1st 2015

Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center presents Learn to (Bomba) Dance and Drum

Bomba dance and drum classes Sunday from March 1st - June 14th for more information contact nhernandez89@gmail.com or call SQFC at (201) 420-6223.

New Jersey Bomba: Primer Anual Festival Cultural Latino - Saturday September 20, 2014

Event: Primer Anual Festival Cultural Latino
Artists: Cimarrones (New Jersey)
Date and Time: Saturday September 20, 2014, performance time unknown
Venue and Location: Lake Terrace, 1690 Oak Street, Lakewood, NJ 08701
Admission: Not listed

New Jersey Bomba: II Latino Cultural Festival - Saturday June 7, 2014

Event: II Latino Cultural Festival
Artists: Cimarrones 
Date and Time: Saturday June 7, 2014, Festival from 1-6pm, Cimarrones Performs at 3:25 - 3:55 p.m.
Location: Hightstown HS 25 Leshin Lane, Hightstown NJ]
Admission: Not listed

Jersey City, NJ Bomba: Afro Caribbean Dance - Rumba and Bomba - Sundays March 9-30th 2-5pm

In anticipation of the SPRING EQUINOX, Join us for AFRO CARIBBEAN DANCE in Jersey City | 4 Weeks/2 classes BackToBack/

3 Hour Intensives Rumba from Cuba with Yesenia Selier & Bomba from Puerto Rico with Cynthia Renta 

Date and Time Every Sunday March 9th to 30th - 2 to 5pm (Rumba 2-3:30pm and Bomba 3:30-5pm)

Venue and Location: Caribbean Soul Dance Studio 682 Summit Ave Jersey City, NJ 

Pricing: Early Bird Special Ends March 5th | Rumba OR Bomba Course • 4 Classes • $50 | Both Courses • 8 Classes • $70 | DropIn $15

| For Men and Women | Social Dance • technique • advances skirt technique and footwork • fundamentals • styling • open level | 

Info and Paypal: Ladylorearts@gmail.com

For more information on Bomba and Plena dance and drumming classes in the US go to http://bombaandplena.blogspot.com/p/bomba-drumming-and-dance-classes.html

Jersey City Bomba: Rites of Passage | Afro-Diaspora Dance Intensive Workshop - Saturday January 18, 2014

For the FIRST time in JERSEY CITY, LadyLore and Nena Soulfly present 

“Rites of Passage: An Afro-Diaspora Dance Intensive Workshop Series”. Take a journey across water with traditional West African and Afro-Caribbean Dance with 

Bomba and Plena Dance from Puerto Rico with Jersey City's own Dance teacher and Bembe Collective Director, Cynthia Renta www.facebook.com/cynthiarenta

Afro-Cuban Orisha Dance with Dance teacher/Choreographer for Global Rhythms Ashe, Yesenia Selier.
www.yeseniaoriselier.com/afrocuban

Special guest teacher, Traditional Nigerian Orisa Dance teacher /Choreographer, Tanya Agunbiosu Melendez from Los Angeles, CA.www.orisadance.wordpress.com

We are super excited to bring to you this wonderful workshop series of Afro-Diaspora dance thoughtfully curated to show connections across waters byway of Traditional Orisa dance from Yorubaland, Nigeria, Bomba and Plena dance from Puerto Rico and Orisha dance from Cuba. The focus of this workshop is to offer a healing and inspiring experience in guided movement reconnecting our bodies and its internal water back to the source of life and creativity. Our purpose is to promote body liberation through traditional dance forms from the African Diaspora.

This event will culminate with a live drum circle presented by Sirelo Entertainment with "Community Rhythm" beginning at 6pm.

All Levels are WELCOMED and ENCOURAGED!

Full Workshop | $25, 3 hours

RSVP! orisadance@gmail.com

Early Bird Discount!
$20
PayPal: orisadance@gmail.com | "Rites of Passage"

Elizabeth, NJ Bomba: Bomberitos Bomba Program Recital - Saturday December 14, 2013

If you are interested in an Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba MUSIC and DANCE program for your child, please join Cynthia Renta and her kids this Saturday, December 14, 2013 for The Elizabeth Society's "Bomberitos" end of program recital at The First Baptist Church 402 Union Ave. Elizabeth, NJ 07208, 5 to 9 pm, $10.

Event: "Bomberitos" End of Program Recital
Venue and Location: The First Baptist Church at 402 Union Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Date and Time: Saturday December 14, 2013 from 5-9pm.
Admission: $10

New Jersey Bomba: Cimarrones at the New Brunswick Latino Arts Festival - Sunday October 6, 2013

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a live showcase of the best Latino dance ensembles the Garden State has to offer! Enjoy performances, workshops and exhibits featuring Spanish flamenco, Panamanian carnaval dances, Puerto Rican bomba, Peruvian marinera and Mexica dance by Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, Cimarrones, Ballet Folklorico Peru, Kalpulli Huehuetlatolli and Ritmos y Danzas de Panama. NEW BRUNSWICK LATINO ARTS FESTIVAL Sunday, October 6, 10 AM-3 PM CLAC Plaza at 122 College Avenue New Brunswick NJ Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a live showcase of the best Latino dance ensembles the Garden State has to offer! Enjoy free performances, workshops and exhibits featuring: 10:00-11:00 AM Mexica dance with Kalpulli Huehuetlahtolli Danzantes 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Marinera dance with Ballet Folklorico Peru 12:00-1:00 PM Rey congo dances with Ritmo y Danzas de Panama 1:00-2:00 PM Spanish flamenco with Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre 2:00-3:00 PM Puerto Rican bomba dance with Cimarrones  Sponsored in part by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and presented in partnership with New Brunswick CICLOVIA, the regions’ major cycling event of the year. For more information about NB CICLOVIA, visit http://newbrunswickciclovia.com/.

Bomba and Plena Across North America - Friday- Sunday October 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2013

Friday October 4, 2013

 Buffalo, NY

Johnny Olivo Jr. and Herencia de Plena Kleinhans Music Hall at 7pm in

Artist: Johnny Olivo Jr. con su Herencia de Plena

Date: Friday October 4, 2013

Venue: Kleinhans Music Hall

Location and Time: 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 at 7PM

Admission: Free

Saturday October 5, 2013

Baltimore, MD

Los Hijo 'e Plena at 12:45PM at the Fells Point Fun Festival in Baltimore, Maryland

Performance will be at the Pride of Baltimore II (boat). For more information go to the festival website at http://fellspointfest.com/entertainment/

Hammond, Indiana

Las BomPleneras will hit the stage at 8pm. Main show starts at 7pm.

Location: Bishop Noll Institute, 1519 Hoffman Street, Hammond, Indiana 46327.

Admission: Free, Tamale Dinner sale is $5.

For more information please see the flyer below.

New York, NY

Bomba Yo will be at Harlem Share performing between 2pm and 2:45pm.

Location: Black-Hobbs Playground 2nd Avenue between 102 and 104th Streets

Admission: Free

Plena Sin Fronteras is lighting up the night at Camaradas El Barrio. Come join them as they honor our musical traditions at the home of Bomba and Plena in NYC. How can you go wrong for $8 at the door? Good food, drinks and Plena Sin Fronteras, what more needs to be said?

                                            Artist: Plena Sin Fronteras

Date: Saturday October 5, 2013

Venue: Camaradas El Barrio

Location: 2241 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Sunday October 6, 2013

Boulder, Colorado

Barrio E host "Bomba!..Feel Puerto Rico for more information see the ad below.

New Brunswick, NJ

Cimarrones at New Brunswick Latino Arts Festival performing between 2pm -3pm.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a live showcase of the best Latino dance ensembles the Garden State has to offer! Enjoy performances, workshops and exhibits featuring Spanish flamenco, Panamanian carnaval dances, Puerto Rican bomba, Peruvian marinera and Mexica dance by Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, Cimarrones, Ballet Folklorico Peru, Kalpulli Huehuetlatolli and Ritmos y Danzas de Panama.

NEW BRUNSWICK LATINO ARTS FESTIVAL
Sunday, October 6, 10 AM-3 PM
CLAC Plaza at 122 College Avenue
New Brunswick NJ

NJ Bomba and Plena workshops: Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta - Saturdays 2-4pm

Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta. Every Saturday 2-4pm in Elizabeth, NJ or children ages 6-18 years old.

To register your child, contact Cynthia Renta at cynthiarenta@hotmail.com by Wednesday September 25th. Check out our kids dancing and singing their hearts out.