Afro conTempo Dance Theater works as a non for profit organization in order to promote cultural awareness, stimulate interest in an Afro-Peruvian & Contemporary Dance fusion and to educate audiences through lectures and performances about Afro-Peruvian culture around the globe.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
HOW WE GIVE BACK:
* Free Master Classes in Peru to dance companies, cultural organizations, folklore institutions and theatre groups.
* Lectures on the connection between dance and culture.
* Fundraising events for charites and cultural festivals that contribute to Arts awareness.
COMO AYUDAMOS:
*Clases Maestras gratuitas en el Peru a companias de danza, organizaciones culturales, instituciones folkloricas y grupos de teatro.
*Lecturas de la conexion entra la danza y la cultura.
*Eventos de colaboracion para organizaciones de benificio y festivales culturales que contribuyen a promover el arte.
2011:
Afro conTempo takes part in the Carnival Arts Outreach Program. Carnival Arts, a collaborative service project with Florida youth crisis shelters through which ACE students join local artists in teaching drumming, dancing, and maskmaking to youth in crisis.
Hispanic Heritage Month at Hialeah Middle School. Afro conTempo reaches out to Hialeah Middle School sharing a part of Peruvian Culture at their annual Hispanic Heritage Month presentation.
Photo by Mariluz Hurtado
El Carmen-Chincha, Peru
