Raícitas Youth Program dance class held at the Hub City Teen Center in New Brunswick, NJ. Students pictured here are learning about picoteos, or piquetes, which are movements used in bomba dance to converse with the drum.
Raícitas Youth Program participants who registered for full program cycles had the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble at community events and presentations, as well as student performances during Raíces…
Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Family Arts and Culture Workshops, a weekly series of dance, music, song and culture workshops for children and families to participate in together.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Families are invited to learn, make music,…
From 2009-2010, Raíces Cultural Center held classes at the Hub City Teen Center in New Brunswick. Classes were held for children and adults. Participants learned the folkloric traditions of the Caribbean in dance, music and song. Almost one…
Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Creative Expressions Writing Circle.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
All young writers grades six and up are invited to join Raíces volunteer Emily Gibbons every Friday at 4:30pm for the Creative Expressions Writing…
Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Bomba Dance, Drum and Music Classes.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Families are invited to learn, make music, dance and sing together. Participants learn the songs, dances, rhythms, music, traditions, history, art and…
Participants in the Raícitas Youth Program learn the music, dance, song and history of the Caribbean folkloric traditions. The student is practicing bomba, an Afro-puertorican folkloric tradition. In bomba, the dancer and the drummer converse, with…
Flyer for the Raícitas Youth Program “Raíces Means Roots” 4-H club.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Raíces Means "Roots" 4-H Club was open to all local youth K-first year of college and met the first Sunday of Every Month at Raíces Cultural Center.
Flyer for Raícitas “Little Roots” Family Dance, Music and Song Workshops
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Families are invited to learn, make music, dance and sing together. Participants learn the songs, dances, rhythms, music, traditions, history, art and…
Students from Raícitas Youth Program attended the Orisha Art Exhibit to learn more about the Orishas, or forces of nature. These students had recently begun to learn the songs and dances of the Orishas in their classes.
Visitor to Raíces Cultural Center viewing the art exhibit “Historias de los muertos”. The exhibit by Jonathan Jacob Horowitz was inspired by the “Day of the Dead” celebration and the paintings were inspired by and themed on untold stories of the…
Flyer for visual arts exhibit “Historias de los Muertos”, a solo exhibit by Jonathan Jacob Horowitz, inspired by the Day of the Dead holiday and untold stories of the dead.