Cunamacue: Afro-Peruvian Family Dance Class @West

Learn how to dance the Festejo with Cunamacue in a special family dance class that also serves as an introduction to Afro-Peruvian culture!

This intergenerational dance class is an introduction to Afro-Peruvian culture. Participants will be introduced to Afro-Peruvian instruments that will be part of this class with live music, and learn a dance routine for the Festejo-- the most popular Afro-Peruvian rhythm, danced in any type of celebration due to its festive nature. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library

Cunamacué was founded in 2010 in Oakland, California by Carmen Román — dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and educator –– born in Lima, Peru, with the purpose of bringing visibility to the presence and cultural knowledge of the African descendant population in Peru. Cunamacué brings awareness of Peru’s African descendants by sharing their deep cultural history through music and dance. Cunamacué promotes the continuity of Afro-Peruvian culture, representing it as a living, vibrant and evolving form whose music and dance can be used as a means of contemporary expression. A reflection of the San Francisco Bay Area, Cunamacué’s movement vocabulary is deeply rooted in Afro-Peruvian dance and uses movements from modern dance and other dances of the African Diaspora to communicate our themes.

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