Community Engagement
Hispanic Culture Arts partnered extensively with Hispanic Society Museum & Library in Upper Manhattan via school assemblies, workshops and concerts. Presently HCA continues to actively use the collection of the museum in their curriculum: “Three Hispanic Women”, “Songs and Dances from a Vision of Spain”, “¡Anda Jaleo! and the Art of Storytelling” and “Music and Dance from the Spanish Americas”.
Danzas de Ida y Vuelta:
A Hispanic Culture Celebration!
as featured by BronxNet
HCA is a grantee of the 2022 Community Engagement Grant from the Bronx Council for the Arts.
"Norwood Delights in Live Hispanic Dance Show to Mark Hispanic Heritage Month"
- Norwood News
written by Ariel Pacheco
Nov. 3, 2022
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"Showcasing the history of Hispanic performance culture, audience members were transported from the “Old World” of Spain through Latin America, and on to The Bronx, by a group of colorful, costumed dancers and musicians."
From 2012 to 2021 our partnership with the arts education department of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in Upper Manhattan ranged from “Music and Dance in the Times of the Duchess of Alba” with a school outreach to Gregorio Luperon High School in Washington Heights; “From Barcelona with Passion” to celebrate the Enrique Granados Centennial with both concerts and school presentations; the creation of the assembly and arts residency “A Trio of Paintings” for schools both in Westchester and Brooklyn; the school assembly “A Vision of Spain” for public school students of Washington Heights, at the Sorolla Room of the Hispanic Society of America; and a three part video series that celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 titled “Three Hispanic Women”.
In 2018 we created the educational workshop “Trio of Paintings” and brought to life three 18th-century ladies from Spain, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The workshop was performed for elementary-aged children in Brooklyn and Westchester.
“To help the public re-establish this common ground and learn to build bridges rather than breed division, many believe that museums have a role to play in giving us perspective – be it through intellectual exercises or merely holding up mistakes of the past as evidence of where such behavior will lead us once more.”
In 2019, we performed a workshop for middle school students of Washington Heights, inspired by Joaquín Sorolla’s paintings “A vision of Spain."
Using music, dance, and narration, we took students on a trip through Castilla, Aragon, Andalucia, and the region of Valencia.
We are happy to discuss your interest in any of these educational programs, which are based on the collection holdings of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. They can be performed at the museum in Upper Manhattan or at your school.
More Community Engagement
As grantees of the Arts Community Fund from the Bronx Council for the Arts, we performed a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation called “Danzas de Ida y Vuelta”. Performed at Poe Park in the Bronx on October 9, 2020, the show can be experienced as a video via the Latin American Cultural Week virtual festival, December 5-12
“Danzas de Ida y Vuelta,” is a dance and music showcase film that invites the audience to embark on a round-trip journey through Latin America, starting in the Old World and making its last stop in The Bronx! Filmed at Poe Park in the vibrant borough of The Bronx in New York City, the performance uses narration, songs, and dance to embark on a “Round-Trip” voyage that originates in Spain, travels throughout the New World, with its ultimate destination in The Bronx.
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Using narration and demonstrations, the performers guide the audience into making connections with songs and dances from Spain, to popular music and dance forms alive today in the borough of The Bronx’.
