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places in other cities where they can learn Puerto Rican traditional dance
and music, enjoy performances from groups dedicated to our folklore, or
attend cultural events.
If you know of additional contacts, please let us know!
Tainos
PUERTO RICO:
Concilio Taino Guatu-ma-cu A Boriken
USA: Additional Tainos,
Taino Resources, and Taino Organizations around the country.
Dance Schools & Dance Groups in other Cities
- PUERTO RICO:
Escuela de Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico, Villa Palmera, PR,
Modesto Cepeda, 1-787-728-1096 ó 787-728-6969, escueladebombayplena@prtc.net, or visit their website,
www.prtc.net/~escueladebombayplena . Home of
Cimiento de Puerto Rico and Las Cepeditas dance groups.
- PUERTO RICO:
Guateque Ballet Folklorico de Puerto Rico, Corozal, PR,
Joaquin Nieves, 787-859-8601.
- PUERTO RICO: Paracumbe
and La Academia de Paracumbe. Emanuel Dufrasne or Nelie Lebron-Robles, (787) 769-2464,
email paracumbe@excite.com, and website
www.paracumbe.org
- PUERTO RICO: Hermanos Ayala, Loiza, PR, Raul Ayala, 1-787-876-1130,
rayala@caribe.net.
- PUERTO RICO:
Gibaro de Puerto Rico , Eric M. Gonzalez, Director, Puerto Nuevo, PUERTO
RICO, (787) 648-1960, info@gibaropr.com,
www.gibarodepr.com
- PUERTO RICO: Tata Cepeda, 787-461-2458,
www.tatacepeda.com
- PUERTO RICO: Centro Cultural de Morovis,
www.centroculturalmorovis.org , Dr. Joséu Guillermo (Billy) Torres,
President. This is a cultural center.
- PUERTO RICO: Los Tambores de Felix Alduen. Bomba and Plena from Mayaguez, at the highest level.
- PUERTO RICO:
Familia Sanabria - Four generations of family dedicated to our culture
and recognized for their contribution to our Jibaro music traditions.
- NEW YORK CITY: Centro Latino Cultural Julia de Burgos, 1680 Lexington
Avenue, NYC. The Pleneros de la 21's home for cultural
education, including Bomba and Plena workshops (children/adults) and
more. For more information, 212-427-5221 or email pleneros21@aol.com.
Website coming soon: losplenerosdela21.org.
- NEW YORK CITY: La Casa De La
Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Inc., NYC, Otilio Diaz, Director,
Prof. Hilda Rivera Pantojas, Dance, (212) 722-2600. Workshops in dance, cuatro,
and much more!
- NEW YORK CITY: Danza Fiesta - Baile y Teatro PuertorriqueñDirector: Gilda Rivera Pantojas. Diversity in Nations for Cultural Education Inc (D.A.N.C.E. INC.), 1408 Commonwealth Ave, Bronx, NY 10472-1806, Website: http://www.DanzaFiesta.org, Webpage: http://www.myspace.com/DanzaFiesta, Email: Info@DanzaFiesta.org
- NEW JERSEY: Segunda Quimbamba, JERSEY CITY, NJ, Juan Cartagena, 201.420.6332,
quimbambero@hotmail.com. Workshops on dance and music. See website for schedule.
- AHA Dance Directory,
website with more dance listings, mostly in New York.
- CHICAGO:
Centro Cultural Segundo Ruiz Belvis, Chicago, ILL,
Eli Samuel Rodriguez, (773) 235-3988, children-adult, beginners-advanced.
- CHICAGO:
AfriCaribe, Tito Rodriguez, 773.879.2123. classes in traditional
dance and drumming for all ages.
- PHILIDELPHIA: Taller Puertorriqueno, Philidelphia, PA,
Carmen Febo (Exec. Director), Iris Rivera (Education Program) (215)
426-3311.
Cultural center offers workshops in visual arts, and dance classes
in Bomba and Plena. Children.
Taller Puertorriqueño
- OHIO: Ritmo y Raza, Cleveland, OH, Gilberto Pena, Director, (216)
533-6664, Ritmo67@aol.com. Dance group as well as on-going classes for the community. Ages: 14-Adult.
- DETROIT:
Boricua Soul
Detroit, Michigan, Wendy I. Cuellar Perez, Directora,
BoricuaSoul2000@yahoo.com, (313) 399-3253.
Bailes folklorico puertorriqueño y moderno latino.
- TEXAS:
Mi Bohío Puerto Rican Cultural Center, El Paso, Texas, 915-856-9500.
Kids through Adults.
- TEXAS:
Ballet Folklorico Boriken, San Antonio, TX, Olga Custodio,
OCustodio@aol.com. Rehearsals at the International Folk Culture
Center in San Antonio, ifccsa.org.
- OKLAHOMA: Boriquen, 1005 N. Juniper Ave. MWC, OK 73130, contact Amy Nazario for info,
405-741-7264. Dance group specializes in Bomba and Plena. For all ages, 10 and up.
- MASSACHUSSETS: Ballet Folklorico de Celia Ayala, Boston, MA, 89 Shirley
St.#3, Boston, MA 02119, Celia Ayala of Loiza, Puerto Rico offers workshops.
- RHODE ISLAND: Yoruba 2,
Lydia Perez, (401) 737-0751, yorubapr@earthlink.net, or visit their
website.
- FLORIDA: Ballet Folclorico de Bomba Y Plena Lanzo, Orlando, FLA,
Ildalia y Miguel Lanzo, (407) 855-0732, bombayplenalanzo@hotmail.com.
- FLORIDA: Ballet Folklorico El Coqui . They are working to bring back the dance group that existed a few years ago.
- FLORIDA: Latin Music Institute - music classes in cuatro, percussion and more.
Miami, FLA, Zahira Rodriguez, Director, (305) 819-3037.
- FLORIDA: "Sembrando Raices," Bomba y Plena youth dance group sponsored by
the Central Florida Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Kissimmee.
Contact Magali Rojas at 407-348-2404 or Aurea at 407-414-6075.
- CALIFORNIA: Areito Borincano, 2646 Illion St., San Diego,
619-276-4486, Edwin Monclova, Director, edwin_monclova@hp.com,
areitoborincano.com
- CALIFORNIA: Grupo Folclórico Paulé, Bay Area, 893 53rd St. Oakland,
CA 94608, (510) 595 - 4697, paule@bayareaboricuas.org,
www.bayareaboricuas.org. Dance group
performs traditional Bomba and Plena, as well as
fusion of bomba and hip-hop.
- CALIFORNIA: Bomba y Plena Workshops, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA. Sundays. More info: 510-849-2568, email: bombayplena@sbcglobal.net, website: www.musicbeat.org
- WASHINGTON DC: Raices de Borinquen, Enilda Abreu, Executive Director
(admin at raicesdeborinquen.org) y Eileen Alicea, Directora Artistica
(eileen at raicesdeborinquen.org).
www.raicesdeborinquen.org. Dance group performs bomba, plena y seis.
- ATLANTA GEORGIA:
Son Boricua
Bomba & Plena group performs and teaches our cultural traditions in Atlanta.
For children and adults.
- NORTH CAROLINA: Los Merengueros de Weddington Middle School, Matthews,
NC, Peter Conrad Rodriguez (704) 814-9772, Ages: 12-18.
- NORTH CAROLINA: Cultural Connection Latin Dance Club, Fayetteville NC,
Edel Bueiz, (910) 867-2729, salsa,merengue, plena, jazz, bomba, Ages: 10-18.
- VIRGINIA: Grupo Corozo, Jose Lopez-Merced, (202) 415-9613,
http://www.grupocorozo.com, email japerez21@grupocorozo.com.
Additional Music and Dance Groups
More Bomba & Plena Music groups -
From Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center in New Jersey.
More, more, more Contacts - listing from AfriCaribe in Chicago.
Cultural Centers around the Country
For more information:
Dr. Ana Maria Maynard, Director
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center
Center Location: 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702-3740
Mailing Address: 15228 Quiet Pond Court, Austin TX 78728-4555
Phone: +1.512.251.8122
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