About this Event
Puerto Rican Bomba Dancing, Percussion and History
Saturdays | March 4, 2023 to May 20, 2023
Fundamentos de Bomba | Adults
(Basic to Intermediate Bomba Dance and Percussion Learning Practices)
Teaching Artists: Noni LazĂș and Quincy Raggs
Overview:
Bomba is the oldest musical genre of Puerto Rico and one of the greatest expressions of Caribbean/African ancestry. SRBCC recognizes the importance of Bomba Education in the historical, cultural, and sociopolitical development of Puerto Rico and the Diaspora. It also recognizes the impact on our communities as we cater to the overdue efforts of affirmation, peace, healing, and solidarity with Black communities in Chicago, the Island, and around the world. This has not changed but evolved since the very first percussion workshop at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center offered over three decades ago.
We actively recognize Bomba as a cultural movement that questions and resists colonialism, displacement, and assimilation, by building sustainable and invested cultural communities in Puerto Rico, the Diaspora, and around the world. As an organization, and community of transformative educators, learners, practitioners, enthusiasts and researchers our commitment to Bomba education, practice and presentation has only served as a vessel for our cultural growth, healing, sustainability and potentially transformation.
At SRBCC we are committed to:
Prioritize on a robust offering of accessible opportunities that serve as a bridge to the Island of Puerto Rico and our lived experiences in the Diaspora.
Prioritize the engagement of our youth, teaching artists and community in a process of self-discovery, healing, and belonging, through building our capacity and skills in critical thinking and cultural awareness.
Center the lived experiences of those systemically invisibilized and uncatered.
Serve as a container for acknowledgment, transformation, and disruption of practices that align with bias, racism, and colorism in our homes and communities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4048 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, United States
USD 10.00 to USD 60.00