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Explore the history of the colonial encounter. Identify the three main ethnic paths of Puerto Rican culture and describe how they are expressed in music and dance. Fiesta as Ritual and Secular Expression (30+ minutes) Explain some of the main features of fiestas as expressions of religious beliefs and secular practice.
understanding of how the Indian, Spanish and African cultures were integrated into Puerto Rican culture. The activities in this unit are planned around basic concepts in history and social sciences.
PUERTO RICAN FOLKLORIC DANCE brings the rich heritage of Puerto Rico to Austin in a lively performance of traditional dance, music and song that passes on this heritage to a new generation, showcasing more than 50 of the center’s own dancers, musicians, and performing arts students. The mini-musical, “Puerto Rico Mi Patria,” will feature an
In this paper, I discuss how African-derived music genres of Puerto Rican music tradition can be integrated to the music classroom. I analyze the historical and social impact resultant from the great influence of African rhythms in Puerto Rican culture.
As is evident in the current issue, salsa stands as a watershed, a cultural turning point, and as a powerful signifier in the story of Puerto Rican and Caribbean diaspora music and dance. While drawing together the varied styles and cultural movements expressive of Puerto Rican life in the diaspora, the musical revolution
• Música jíbara is a broad term for Puerto Rican folk songs generally associated with the mountain regions and rural areas. o It is an oral tradition rooted in rural creole culture, but also a product of social and cultural exchange among the native Puerto Rican Taíno (indigenous
Abstract. Susan Homar has been paying keen attention to experimental dance in Puerto Rico since the group Pisotón's pioneering work in the late 1970s. She illuminates how the most significant choreographers developed innovative ways to explore themes reflecting the ironies and dissonances of identity and gender in contemporary Puerto Rico.
