Latin American Songbook – Ensemble Class

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

The Latin American Songbook Mondays 6pm-8pm | 12 -week session |  $350  | Last day of class and showcase is April 9th Instructor: Tregar Otten| Contact instructor for more information and to register! Welcome to the world of Latin American music and culture! This class offers a great variety of songs from the different countries in South […]

Event Series Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class

Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Door cover: $5 (Cash Only.) Attention Aspiring Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Come brush up on your salsa dancing skills at Orquesta La Peña's Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class the last Monday of every month! (Beginners Encouraged! All levels welcome!) The evening starts off with a FREE beginners salsa dance class from 8pm-9pm! Followed by […]

Event Series Kizomba Dance Class

Kizomba Dance Class

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

$15 p/ class, or $10 with student ID or teacher ID Drop-ins welcome!  Tuesdays at 7pm Join instructors Christopher and David Epperson for a beginners-intermediate Kizomba class! Kizomba is both a music genre and a partnered dance originating in Angola. Kizomba has also been described as the “African Tango.” The dance is known to be slow […]

Capoeira Angola

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Tuesdays 7pm-9pm & Saturdays 2pm-4pm Instructor: Sergio Bitencourt For more information: sergiobitencourt81@gmail.com Capoeira Angola, a martial art and ritual combat dance, is one of the major expressions of an African, specifically Kongo-Angolan, continuum in Brazil. It is believed that its origins may go as far back as the 16th century, when Africans from western Central […]

Event Series La Peña Community Chorus

La Peña Community Chorus

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

La Peña Community Chorus Founded in 1978 by Chilean refugees and community supporters, La Peña Community Chorus has been performing Latin American New Song—Nueva Canción—for over 35 years. Accompanying themselves on guitars, flutes, drums, and a large assortment of Latin American instruments, the Chorus has sung for schools, churches, homeless shelters, retirement homes, drug rehab […]