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  • Collection: Raíces Caribeñas Performances

Gabriela Pérez dancing picoteos de bomba at the Raritan River Environmental Festival in New Brunswick, NJ.

Gabriela Pérez dancing plena at a public educational performance in New Brunswick, NJ. Plena is the national music dance of Puerto Rico and is commonly played, sung, and danced in the diaspora at festivals, parties, plenazos, performances and…

In June of 2009, Raíces Cultural Center Folkloric Ensemble was invited to collaborate in a cultural performance at the annual Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parade. The collaboration was made up of additional musicians and dancers from NJ and NY.

Members of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble in 2017 after a performance at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.

The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing bomba at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in 2017.

The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing songs for the Orishas on the batá drums at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.

The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performs the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of bomba in a concert dedicated to folkloric music of the Caribbean.

Demonstrating the bomba tradition, where the dancer's movements are responded to by the lead drummer, who plays the sounds of the dancer's movements.

The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing the genre of Cuban són at a concert dedicated to the music of the Caribbean at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.

Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed at Hub City Revival 8 in New Brunswick, NJ June 1, 2010. CUDA Culture-The Community for Urban Dance and Art brought their positive vibes and high energy breakdancing out to the floor, creating a bomba…

February 19, 2011, New Brunswick, NJ

The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble and student performers presented the folkloric traditions of the Orishas (Cuba) and the Vejigantes (Puerto Rico) at the Lounge Society's Annual Black History Festival. …
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