Name: Cumbia Boom Workshop w/ LA DESCARGA!
Start: 2025-03-29T14:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-03-29T15:00:00+11:00
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre

$Cumbia Boom Workshop w\/ LA DESCARGA!$

CUMBIA BOOM is the ultimate Latin tropical music and dance learning experience that will have everyone jamming, moving, grooving, and having a blast while learning about Latin-American music and culture through Cumbia. An experience for the whole family!
🌴 TIX @ https://bit.ly/cumbia_workshop
🌴 SAT 29th MARCH - 2pm @ Belco Arts Centre
🔥 ABOUT CUMBIA 🔥
Cumbia is a popular dance and music style that originated in Colombia and has spread throughout Latin America and the world. It is characterized by its fast-paced, rhythmic moves and catchy melodies, and has become a beloved form of entertainment and cultural expression (Tangella, 2023).
✨ WORKSHOP ✨
Cumbia Boom immerses participants in the vibrant culture of Cumbia through a dynamic and interactive environment where sound, movement, colour, and expression converge to create a unique and exciting learning experience.
In this program, students delve into both the historical and practical aspects of Cumbia music, often referred to as "The musical backbone of Latin America" (Jasmine Garsd, 2015). They will learn the fundamentals of Cumbia rhythm and dance through engaging activities involving music, dance, and play. Hands-on experiences include experimenting with call and response, chanting, dancing, traditional costume dress-ups, and utilizing body percussion and percussive instruments. The workshops emphasize creative exploration, fundamentals of rhythm and sound, body language, imagination, and responsive movement.
MORE WORKSHOP DETAILS @ https://bit.ly/cumbia_workshop
🪘CONCERT🪘
The workshop will be run by LA DESCARGA - an iconic Latin-Australian band born in 2010 in Melbourne, as a tribute to the folkloric rhythms of the coasts of Colombia and as a preserver of its cultural heritage. They will be performing a concert the same night - details + tickets @ https://bit.ly/descarga_cbr
🔥 STRUCTURE 🔥
The workshop lasts 1 hour and is divided into six stages:
1. Introduction: What is Cumbia? Where is it from? How does it sound? What instruments? What influences and background? During this stage, we often use a digital projector or a world map to place the topic in a geographical context and introduce ourselves and the practice.
2. Beat-box: Interactive approach to the rhythm using voices as instruments with band live interventions. Explanation of the sounds of the instruments and rhythm using voices mimicking the instruments.
3. Percussion time: Interactive approach to the rhythm using percussive instruments with live interventions and music playback. Explanation of the sounds of the instruments and rhythm using instruments.
4. Dance demo: Cumbia dance demonstration by facilitators: A performance by the artists showcasing the dance, accompanied by an explanation of the movements and their significance.
5. Interactive moment: An engaging dance session with volunteer students and teachers, featuring live interventions and music playback. Volunteer students are provided with traditional costumes, and artists guide them through the dance steps while the band or audio plays.
6. Performance and dance time: Facilitators perform and dance with student participation, incorporating instruments, dancing, and music playback.
🌴 LA DESCARGA will be performing a full concert with locals LOS CHAVOS in the evening of MARCH 29th @ the Polish Club. MORE INFO + TICKETS @ https://bit.ly/descarga_cbr