El Beat del Bullerengue: Percussion Workshop & Rueda with Daniela Serna / @akupercu
Sat, July 5th, 11:00–13:00
An Afro-Colombian percussion workshop para todxs! In the session, we will explore 2 rhythms, bullerengue sentao and chalupa, by learning how to play them on Tambor Alegre, Tambora, Llamador, and Maracas. These styles, also known in the territories as “aires,” are part of the oral tradition of bailes Cantaos from the Urabá antioqueño region. For example, you can visit Puerto Escondido, Maria La Baja, and Necoclí to experience the 3 most important National Bullerengue Festivals, where people celebrate this heritage by singing and dancing in a circle better known as la Rueda, essentially a circle where the community gathers to connect, express, and heal. At the end of the workshop, we will have our Rueda, where you will not only play percussion but also sing, clap, and dance as all of these elements are interconnected and part of the same cultural manifestation.
- No previous experience is needed.
- Not mandatory to have a drum, but if you have access to any kind of hand percussion (conga, bongo, djembe, etc) or shaker, please make sure to bring them.
↝ Daniela Serna / @akupercu
With 20 years of experience traveling to small villages and Festivals in Colombia to learn and investigate with elders such as Emilsen Pacheco, the “Queen of Bullerengue” Petrona Martinez, and their communities in San Jacinto, Ovejas, Puerto Escondido, Necoclí, San Martín de Loba, San Juan de Uraba, and Montería, Daniela has committed to sharing this black and indigenous ancestral knowledge and cultural resistance heritage wherever she goes.
As an educator she has toured giving open workshops all across the US, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico in partnership with Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance, Midori & Friends and Arts Midwest as well as performing her original music influenced by Colombian Oral Traditions with all-female bands like LADAMA and LAMANGA at prestigious performing arts centers like Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, The Getty Museum, Nimoy Theater, Moma PS1, Harris Theater among others.