CULTIVATING CREATIVE LIVES IN OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND EVERYWHERE WITH OUR ARTIST TEACHING


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

Afro-Puerto Rican Music and Dance Performance

Workshops in the Education
Providence
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

East Greenwich
Rocky Hill School
Hanaford Elementary SchoolEldredge Elementary School

Pawtucket
Webster Street School
International Chapter School
3rd Annual Talent Slam, Pawtucket Amphitheater

Centra Falls
Central Falls High School
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy
SCOPE Program, Central Falls Library
Noche de Cabaret, Revista Musical, La Fabrica del Artes del Nuevo Milenio, Central Falls High School

Bristol
Bristol Reynold Elementary School

East Providence
The Providence Country Day School

East Greenwich
Rocky Hill School

Cranston
Cranston East High SchoolSan Miguel Elementary School

Woonsocket
Coleman Elementary School

Newport
Common Fences Music

Jamestown
Met School, Jamestown Arts Center

Portsmouth
Howard W. Hathaway Elementary School

OTHER PERFORMANCE
DARE, Inc., Feburary 14, 2014
The September 16 Democracy Conference, Waterfront Park
CENSUS 2010, International Institute of Rhode Island
Business Volunteers for the Arts
Rhode of the Pawtucket, Providence
Providence City Arts for Youth, Providence
United State Postal Services, Hispanic Heritage Station, Providence Station

Swansea, MA
LATINO PUBLIC RADIO
Puerto Rican Heritage Award Recognition
Bomba and Plena with Lydia PerezSwansea, 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
Rhode Island
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
Summer 2006 Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative
 26th Historical Heritage Festival, Providence
Oasis International Cultural Festival,Providence
Woonasquatucket Festival, Providence
FirtWorkKids International Arts Festival, Providence
India Point Festival, Providence
Bolivia Festival Urkupiña, Providence
Cristo de los Milagros, Peruvian fest,
ProvidencePangaea Festival, University of RI,Kingston
First Night 97, 98, 99, 2000, Providence
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
East Providence Heritage Fest
Jonnycake Storytelling Festival FUNDA Storytellers, Inc., Providence
Island Moving. Inc., Newport


NEW ENGLAND 

HARTFORD PERFORMS

2014
Carribean Island: BOMBA!
RJ Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts

2013
Carribean Island: BOMBA!
MELS SCHOOL: November 18, 2013

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

Springfield
Renaissence 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 School
Indian Orchard Elementary School
Chestnut Middle School
Beal Elementary School
Zannetti Elementary School
Teatro Vida, Inc.

New Hampshire
Latinos Unidos De New Hampshire, Manchester
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

Maine
Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland

Connecticut
Burns Latino Studies Academy, Hartford, CT
Hartford Performs Conference, Convention Center Hartford
Pornfret Community School, Pornfret
FLECHA, Fiesta de Loiza,New Haven
Latin-American Firemen,Hartford
La Casa de Puerto Rico, Hartford
Foxwoods Resort and Casino
Sharon Hotel,  Connecticut

New London
Jeanning Elementary School

New Jersey
Segunda de la Quimbamba

National
-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
-International-Fiesta de Loiza, Puerto Rico
-CUBA as a representation of Baile   Folklorico Iglesia de Lukumi of NY

Professional Development
HARTFORD PERFORMS OF THE GREATER HARTFORD ARTS COUNCIL
Run  four Arts integration Workshop
The Hartford Performs Arts Integration Conference
August 21- 23, 2012Convention Center-Hartford, Connecticut
Sponsored by Hartford Performs-Greater Hartford Arts Council

THE BEST INITIATIVE
Youth Worker Certificate Project28 hours of Youth Development Training;  August 17, 2007, Providence, RI

Bomba Dance Master
Exploration the Puerto Rican Culture Institute, Springfield, Massachusetts, 2008,2009, 2010

Southern Arts Federation Professional Development
Traditional Artist Technical Assistance Program

American Tradition, Atlanta, Georgia 2000
American Tradition, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Florida, 1999


Southern New England Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

Puerto Rican vejigantes masks
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program

 INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Master: Angel Sánchez. MA- Apprentice: Lydia Perez, RI - 2006-2007
Perform at Apprenticeship Program Festival, Connecticut

The Institute for Community Research
Bomba and Plena Music and Dance
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Maria  Perez Colón, President of Puertorriqueños Unidos ,Hartford, CT,
Year 2, 1999/2000

Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Menen Osorio, President of Flecha Festival,New Heaven, CT,
Year 1, 1998/99

Rhode Island Council on the Arts
Apprenticeship program
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

Bomba Dance
Master: Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Marian Cruz, Rhode Island

Marimbola Instruments
Master: Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Yidell Rivera and Dorothy Rivera

Bomba Drum
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprenticeship Chistian Barona and Cristopher Barona

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