Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Check out footage from last year's Bay Area Dance Week! What we teach Kizomba, derived from the traditional dances Semba (Angola) and Pasada (Cape Verde) among others, is a sensual partner dance coupled with music from Angola, Cape Verde and the Caribbean primarily sung in Portuguese or French Creole. Why we teach Our chief goal […]
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 […]
REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY JUNE 10! $325 for the whole week! SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE TO APPLY! La Peña's Mundos Musicales Summer Camp: A Bilingual Summer Camp Exploring Latin & Caribbean Culture through Music, Dance & Art! July 22 - 26, 2019 (8:30am-2:30pm, see Daily Itinerary below) Ages: 7-11 years old (no exceptions) The emphasis of Mundos Musicales Summer Camp is hands-on […]
Beat the Blues Dance with Sundance Blues Sliding scale $6-$16 for practice, drop-in, and social dance Instructors: Rotating Instructors | Location: Theater Space 8 – 9 - Drop in beginner class 9 – 11 - Social dance to blues music Director: Victor Lane For more information: http://www.sundownblues.com/contact.html Blues dancing is all about connection, musicality, partnership and having […]
REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY JUNE 10! $325 for the whole week! SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE TO APPLY! La Peña's Mundos Musicales Summer Camp: A Bilingual Summer Camp Exploring Latin & Caribbean Culture through Music, Dance & Art! July 22 - 26, 2019 (8:30am-2:30pm, see Daily Itinerary below) Ages: 7-11 years old (no exceptions) The emphasis of Mundos Musicales Summer Camp is hands-on […]
Series: Thursdays, January 17th-July 25th Children’s Bomba y Plena Workshop: Dance, Percussion and Song Thursdays at 4pm $15 Drop-in class / $12 per class for trimester (13-15 classes) / Sibling discount available! Instructors: Shefali Shah & Hector Lugo | Location: Theater Space For more information email: bombaaguacero@gmail.com or visit www.bomba-aguacero.org Students will learn dance, songs, drum […]
