Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy (PRIAA)
in collaboration with AS220
PRESENTS:
MEJUNJE: FLORA Y FALDA
A live installation of video and dance, a celebration of Afro Caribbean dance and music!
Dancer/Educator Lydia Pérez and multi-genre artist Shey Rivera present a special collaboration: a live installation of elements of the Mother Nature, Water, Air, Earth and Fire with Afro Caribbean dance, projection and video. Followed by a musical walkthrough of the roots of Afro Puerto Rican rhythms, Bomba and Plena, led by Lydia Perez, and a musical performance by the internationally renowned musical ensemble YORUBA 2.
The event was held on June 26, 2015 at AS220 BLACK BOX THEATER , 95 Empire St., Providence, RI. The event commemorated the Day of San Juan Bautista of Puerto Rico. Thanks to the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), AS220 for bringing the "Caribbean Arts Program" to Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island.
FLORA Y FALDA is part of the MEJUNJE series at AS220. MEJUNJE hosted a distinctive event once a year in partnership with another organization or initiative.
The event was held on June 26, 2015 at AS220 BLACK BOX THEATER , 95 Empire St., Providence, RI. The event commemorated the Day of San Juan Bautista of Puerto Rico. Thanks to the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), AS220 for bringing the "Caribbean Arts Program" to Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island.
FLORA Y FALDA is part of the MEJUNJE series at AS220. MEJUNJE hosted a distinctive event once a year in partnership with another organization or initiative.
ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION
Lydia Perez from PRIAA and Shey Riv from AS220
Lydia Perez from PRIAA and Shey Riv from AS220
HURACAN
FIRE
SEA
THUNDERSTORM
BOMBA WITH YORUBA 2
L to R: Lydia Perez, Dora Rivera, Yiyi Rivera, Jesus Andujar and Rafael Eddie Vargas.
Plena with Yoruba 2
L to R: Yiyi Rivera, Dora Rivera, Lydia Perez, Jesus Andujar, Rafael Eddie Vargas and Angel L. Diaz
Providers of Caribbean Arts
Dora, Yiyi and Lydia
AUDIENCE: Latinos supported Mejunje: Flora y Falda
More about Flora y falda: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.917535758289382.1073741836.170536862989279&type=3
Part of fund was providers by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
our Local Arts Agency
THANK YOU
