Community Collection: ¡Retumba! - Roots Music History
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Title
Community Collection: ¡Retumba! - Roots Music History
Subject
Folkloric music
Description
Community collection contributed by Nancy Friedman and Yvette Martínez, co-founders of ¡Retumba! and One World Arts. This collection highlights the diversity of the music and performers connected through the history of ¡Retumba!.
Creator
Nancy Friedman
Yvette Martínez
Publisher
Raíces Branch of Community History
Collection Items
¡Retumba! Full Company
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster, Pennsylvania performing music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
NYC Mayor’s Awards for Arts & Culture Ceremony
¡Retumba! dance group pictured with Mayor Bloomberg at the Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture. ¡Retumba! performed in collaboration with four other NYC groups at The Mayor’s Award Ceremony at City Center, February 2013.
¡Retumba! performance at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
5th Graders from PS 155 performing with ¡Retumba! at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts' Lovinger Theater
¡Retumba! On Stage
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music and dance from Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
¡Retumba! performances are both entertaining and educational. As seen in this photo, ¡Retumba! encourages people of all ages…
¡Retumba! performances are both entertaining and educational. As seen in this photo, ¡Retumba! encourages people of all ages…
Interactive Performance with ¡Retumba!
Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.
“A Dream Come True” original composition by Nancy Friedman and performed by ¡Retumba!
Cover photo of ¡Retumba! performing “A Dream Come True” on a beach.
¡Retumba! Performing Bomba
Yvette Martínez dances before the drums in this performance of bomba, a genre of folkloric music and dance from Puerto Rico.
¡Retumba! Plena Fusion
¡Retumba! performing a Plena Fusion. The Plena, a rhythm and dance from Puerto Rico, is fused with Flamenco and Samba, to demonstrate our similarities and our uniqueness.
Escucha la Voz (Listen to your inner voice)
Escucha La Voz composed by Nancy Friedman, lyrics by Gustavo "Chacho" Schartz, speaks of listening to our inner voice and trusting our intuition.
Performed by Sandra Rodríguez and ¡Retumba!
Performed by Sandra Rodríguez and ¡Retumba!