WHERE WE HAVE BEEN?

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LYDIA PEREZ

Founder and Artistic Director

WE ARE A PROVIDERS OF CARIBBEAN ARTS

CULTIVATING CREATIVE LIVES IN OUR PEOPLE

Come and enjoy our CARIBBEAN PROGRAM and transform your classroom or venues into the paradise of the Island of Enchantment, PUERTO RICO.

Workshops in the education and in the Community

RHODE ISLAND

Providence

Wheeler School, April 19, 2017

Leviton Dual Language Elementary School, June 9, 2016

Bomba #3: Bombazo in Bristol, October 26, 2015

Bombazo #2: Feria Artesanal, AS220, September 26, 2015

Bombazo #1 in Pronk Festival, August 27, 2015

SalsaConSouls AURORA PROVIDENCE, July 1, 2015

FALDA Y FLORA, A great Collaboration with PRIAA and AS220, June 26, 2015

"EMOCIONES ESCONDIDA" Fashion Show and Rhythms, June 19, 2015

NALAC in Rhode Island, October 2014

Providence City Arts, Presidential Award Celebration 2014

Providence CityArts. Fall Section 2014

Providence CityArts, Puerto Rico: Rhythms, Dance and Vejigante Exhibit, Sept. 26 & 27, 2014

Providence CityArts, Summer Camp 2014

Providence CityArts, 1998, 2005, 2007
Trinity Academy for Performing Arts,Community Musicworks
Community Prep. School

Pleasant View School

Meeting Street

P.A.I.S. School
George J. West Elementary School

Birch Vocational Center/Laurel Hill Elementary School

Gilbert Stuart School

Central High School

Alfred Lima Elementary School

CVS International Charter School

Rogers William Middle School

North Providence

Alperin Schechter Day School

Warwick
Norwood Elementary School
Pilgrim High School

Buttonwood Community Center

Warwick Neck Elementary School

East Greenwich
Rocky Hill School

Hanaford Elementary School

Eldredge Elementary School

Pawtucket
Webster Street School

International Chapter School

3rd Annual Talent Slam, Pawtucket Amphitheater

Central Falls

Central Falls High School

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy
SCOPE Program, Central Falls Library Summer 2004, Youth and Families Program

Bristol

Bristol Reynold Elementary School
East Providence

The Providence Country Day School

The Gordon School

East Greenwich

Rocky Hill School

Cranston

Cranston East High School, June 5, 2017

Cranston East High School

San Miguel Elementary School

Woonsocket

Coleman Elementary School

Newport

Connecting the Beats, Martin Luther King Center, Newport, RI, July 14, 2017

Connecting the Beats: YMCA, Newport, June 19, 2017

Connecting the Beats, Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown, RI, July 10, 2015

Connecting the Beats, YMCA Camp , Middletown, RI, July 3, 2015

Thompson Middle School in Newport by Common Fence Music at School

Soulful Sundown, Channing Church, Unitarian Universalist

Jamestown

Met School, Jamestown Arts Center

by Common Fence Music at School-2014

Portmouth

Howard W. Hathaway Elementary School

by Common Fence Music at School-2015

Portmounth Middle School

by Common Fence Music at School-2016

Swansea, MA

LATINO PUBLIC RADIO

Puerto Rican Heritage Award Recognition
Bomba and Plena with Lydia Perez

Swansea, MA , September 6, 2013

Lincoln, RI

LATINO PUBLIC RADIO

LPR Community Excellence Awards Celebration
Cultural Performance with Lydia Perez and Yoruba 2

Lincoln, RI, May 4, 2013

LATINO PUBLIC RADIO
Havana Nights, Twin River, Lincoln, RI, April 22, 2010

OUTDOOR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Rhode Island

SAKOFA Market, Southside Art Center, August 4, 2018

Jenks Park, Central Falls, July 13, 2018

Latin American Music Festival-, May 28, 2017

Bombazo in Pawtucket Arts Festival, September 13, 2015

BOMBAZO IN PROVIDENCE: Pronk Fun Family Fest., August 27, 2015
DARE, Inc., February 14, 2014

Rhode Island College, Latin Taste of Culture, LASO
Puerto Rican Parade and Fiestas Patronales

Borinquen Festival, Providence

Galego Courts Residencies,Pawtucket

Fiesta de Pueblo, 8 years consecutives, Central Falls

Woonsocket Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueña

Celebrate Providence

Business Volunteers for the Arts Gala Celebration

Volunteers in Providence School
Summer 2006 Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative
26th Historical Heritage Festival

Slater Mill Historical Site Fest.

Rhode Island 2000- Celebrate arts and Humanities

Oasis International Cultural Festival,Providence

Woonasquatucket Festival,Providence

First Work Kids International Arts Festival,Providence

The Arts Factory and the Millennium, Central Falls

India Point Festival, Providence

Bolivia Festival Urkupiña, Providence

Señor de los Milagros, Peruvian fest, Providence

Pangaea Festival, University of RI, Kingston

First Night 97, 98, 99, 2000, Providence
RISCA, Rally in support of the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

Bristol 4th of July Parade

Italian Festival Parade

Sound Section Parade

LASA Event, University of RI, Kingston

28th East Providence Heritage Fest

Jonnycake Storytelling Festival FUNDA Storytellers, Inc., Providence

Island Moving. Inc., Newport

The September 16 Democracy Conference, Waterfront Park
CENSUS 2010, International Institute of Rhode Island

Business Volunteers for the Arts, Rhode of the Pawtucket
29th Season of Festival Ballet, Providence-2006
Summer 2004, SCOOPE for Central Falls Youth and Families
Put the MOVE ON DIABETES-2004
WORD Celebrating Open House Empowering-2004
Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy, (CHISPA)
United State Postal Services, Hispanic Heritage Station, Providence Station

UNIVERSITY

Roger Williams University- Nov. 20, 2014

Brown University

University of RI

Providence College

Bryant University

RISD

MUSEUM

Farago Museum

Providence Arts Club

25th Providence Children Museum Birthday Bash

Warwick Museum

Woonsocket Museum of Work and Culture

Providence Library

FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation

Annie E. Casey Foundation

LIBRARY

Providence Public Library

Holyoke

Public Library

Holyoke City Hall

NEW ENGLAND

HARTFORD PERFORMS, Hartford, CT

Virtual Program

2020

KENNELLY Caribbean Island Arts: Virtual Classroom Plena!

ESM @ MARY HOOKER Caribbean Island Arts: Virtual Classroom Plena!

MONT @ ANNIE FISHER Caribbean Island Arts: Virtual Classroom Bomba!

CAPITAL Caribbean Island Arts: Virtual Classroom Plena!

2018

Thirman L. Milner School, April 20, 2018

2017

MELS Secondary School, Nov. 17

Breakthrough Magnet School, Oct. 27, 2017

McDonough Expeditionary Learning School (MELS), October 24, 2017

SAND Elementary School, May 30

2016

Caribbean Island: BOMBA!

Burns Latino Studies Academy, October 13,

Parkville Community School, February 25

Breakthrough Magnet II School, January 11

Caribbean Island Arts: Plena Carnival

Breakthrough Magnet School, October 27

MELS Secondary School, November 17

2015

Caribbean Island: BOMBA!

Maria C. Colon Sanchez Elementary School, November. 11

Dr. Michael D. Fox School, November. 19

Betances STEM Magnet School, December. 10

Breakthrough 2 Magnet School, January.12

Parkville Community School, February.16

Caribbean Island: Plena Carnaval

Dr. Michael D. Fox School, November. 19

McDonough Expeditionary Learning School (MELS). December. 4

2014

Caribbean Island: BOMBA!

Kinsella School of Performing Arts, 2014

Eleonor B. Kennelly School, 2014

2013
Caribbean Island: BOMBA!
McDonough Expeditionary Learning School (MELS), November 18, 2013

Caribbean Island: Plena Carnaval
J. C. CLARK SCHOOL, November 19, 2013

Springfield

Renaissance ArtSpace Center of Massachusetts

Springfield Symphony Hall

The Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield Athenaeum Library
Springfield High School Science and Technology

Exploration the Puerto Rico Culture Program in the Education of Springfield
Indian Orchard Elementary School

Chestnut Middle School

Beal Elementary School

Zannetti Elementary School

Theater

Teatro Vida, Inc., Springfield, MA

New Hampshire

Latinos Unidos de New Hampshire, Manchester

Residency- BOSTON

Bomba,Plena and Carnival

Veronica Robles Cultural Center, July 18-August 20, 2017

Massachusetts

Inquilino Boricua en Acción-Festival Betances, Boston

La Familia Festival, Holyoke Latin American Festival, Worcester

El Barrio Festival, Springfield Summer Fest, New Bedford
Lynn Memorial Auditorium, Lynn

Lovell Folk Festival, Lowell, Sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts

Holyoke City Hall Auditorium, Roule Candela Concert-2013

Maine

Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland

Pornfret Community School, Pornfret, MA

Connecticut Burns Latino Studies Academy, Hartford, CT

Hartford Performs, Convention Center, Hartford

FLECHA, Fiesta de Loiza,New Haven, CT

Latin-American Firemen,Hartford, CT

La Casa de Puerto Rico Hartford, CT

Foxwoods Resort and Casino, CT

Sharon Hotel CT

New England Regional Minority Health Conference-2007
Foxwood Conference Center, CT

New London

Jeanning Elementary School

New Jersey

Segunda de la Quimbamba

National

-NALAC, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

-Tampa Performing Arts Center, FL
-Georgia Performing Arts Center, Georgia
-Jorge Emmanuelli, Jam- Orlando, FL
-Bombazo, Segunda de la Quimbamba, New Jersey
-Tito Ayala and Joseito Rivera, Bridgeport

Territory of the USA

-Fiesta de Loiza, Puerto Rico

International

-Cuba