Caribeando Community Music and Dance Workshops

Monday, August 4 from 4 to 6pm

Saturday, August 9 from 2 to 4pm

Wednesday August 13 from 4 to 6pm

Following their inspiring Caribeando performance at the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture last May, Juan Usera and the Sambuco Tribe is offering an interactive Caribbean Music and Dance workshop in Van Cortlandt Park for the Bronx community. 

The Caribeando Community Music and Dance Workshop provides an excellent opportunity to learn and practice Caribbean musical and dance traditions rooted in African heritage. Participants will learn Bomba, Plena, Guaracha, Cha-cha-cha, Merengue, and more. All ages, abilities, and skill levels are welcome to explore the basic rhythms, steps, call-and-response interactions, and shared community joy.

Workshop will be held next to the Enslaved African & Kingsbridge Burial Ground behind the Tennis Courts.

Parking is available in the Van Cortlandt Golf Lot. No driving inside the park allowed.

This project is made possible thanks to the Bronx Council on the Arts with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.