Afro-Peruvian Concert: Atajo de San Francisco with Master Miguel Ballumbrosio

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

$15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open @ 8:30pm, Event starts @ 9pm   Atajo de San Francisco is a zapateador group dedicated to preserving and spreading knowledge about La Danza De Negritos, a one-of-a-kind tradition from the district of El Carmen, Chincha, Peru. The group was created in 2009 to honor the memory of […]

Adult Bomba y Plena Workshop

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

Adult Bomba y Plena Workshop: Dance, Percussion and Song Sundays 1-3pm | $15/class- All Levels/Drop-ins welcome Instructors: Shefali Shah & Hector Lugo | Location: Theater Space For more information: bombaaguacero@gmail.com During these classes series, students will learn dance, songs, drum rhythms, and history. Classes culminate in student performances. For those interested in staying healthy, connecting with the community […]

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 […]

Event Series Capoeira Angola: Classes and Workshops

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 […]