As poets, musicians, dancers, choreographers, and historians, Victoria and Nicomedes Santa Cruz led the resurgence of Afro-Peruvian arts in the 1960s. Their efforts to restage and reconstruct ...
This Afro-Peruvian traditional music is lively, has complex rhythms, allows for improvisational riffs, and has contributed several important percussion instruments to the world, including the quijada ...
WASHINGTON — The show must go on. While the theatre community continues to mourn the loss of Hugo Medrano, the beloved co-founder of GALA Hispanic Theatre, his legacy continues in the musical ...
Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music is the life’s work of trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegria. For the past 15 years, he has led a cross-cultural ensemble called the Afro-Peruvian Sextet that has slowly (but ...
TORRINGTON >> Friday Night Jazz at the Warner with Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, on Friday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre. From the website ...
The international spotlight shines brightly once again at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts with a celebration of Afro-Peruvian music and dance taking center stage this weekend. The ...
The rhythmic beats of the cajon, voices of Northwestern’s Latin Music Ensemble, stomping of feet and laughter of dancers filled Harris Hall on Wednesday evening as members of the NU community gathered ...
Eva Ayllon is sometimes called Peru's Tina Turner. Her 30-year career has taken her in many musical directions, but she remains best known for her renditions of Afro-Peruvian music. That's a style ...
GALA Hispanic Theatre will be holding a workshop and audition for local union and non-union actors for an upcoming production of Kumanana! An Afro-Peruvian Musical Revue, an original musical revue ...