Join us for a special music and dance workshop for children, families, and caregivers on the Children's Floor of the Central Library in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month!
Saturday, October 14th
3:00-3:45PM
Central Library, 4th Floor Children's Nonfiction Room
2090 Kittredge St.
In Aguacero at BPL (for children of all ages and their caregivers), students will learn Bomba songs, dances, rhythms, and beats along with Bomba history and its significance and place in Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean culture. Students also learn how to play cuás, barriles (drums), maracas. The workshop is taught and directed by Shefali Shah, and Hector Lugo curates the music section of the class, the founders of Aguacero, an artistic, educational, and cultural project that focuses on the traditions and creative expressions of Puerto Rican Bomba music and dance.
This program is FREE and no registration is required.
About Bomba
Bomba is a traditional form of Puerto Rican music and dance. The central feature of all bomba dancing is its improvisational character. The dancer calls, with her or his moves, for specific accents and figures, piquetes, that the drummer has to execute on the drum. This occurs in the form of a friendly yet fiery competition where each dancer and drummer showcases their skills.
Musically, bomba features the use of the drum and other percussion instruments in combination with an African derived call and response vocal style. In The Bomba y Plena Workshop we study four of the major styles of bomba – the sicá, the yubá, the cuembé, and the holandé.