Zilker Park's Trail of Lights Festival - Dec 10, 7:45pm
Our favorite way to end our year! Come share this night with us as we
help open the year 2000 Trail of Lights Festival in Zilker Park!
The stage is at the end of the Trail. See the official
Trail of Lights web site for more information. Includes parking
information, a map to get there and more.
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Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance brings the rich culture of Puerto Rico to
Austin with a night of traditional dance, music, history and song.
Our professional dancers and musicians will perform Bomba, Plena, Seis,
and the Bailes de Salon.
Special guests include the West African Drum and Dance Ensemble of Austin
in their debut performance that will bring to life the rich contributions of
our ancestors. Also appearing will be the students of PRFDance.
This night of folklore from our Spanish, native Taino, and West African roots
will debut new works including Boda Campesina, Bomba Vejigante, and a Seis
con Decima with cuatro. The company will perform
Danza, the 19th century dance of Puerto Rico's aristocracy in authentic
costumes, and will close with a Parranda, the lively Puerto Rican style of
Christmas carolling.
Admission - Minimum donation $5, children FREE. Tickets on sale at the door.
Concordia University at 3400 IH35 (near 38-1/2 St.), Schroeder Performance Hall
at the Louise T. Peter Center building.
Print our one-page flyer
for directions and more information.
This project is funded in part by the City of Austin under the Auspices
of the Austin Arts Commission and the IBM Corporation.
Austin Salsa Music Festival, Waterloo Park - September 3rd, 5:30 & 7:30pm
We're warming up for Cuban favorite Albita and Puerto Rican trombonist
Jimmy Bosch at this year's Austin Salsa Festival. PRFDance is proud to be
invited back as a yearly tradition. Local salsa band, Dario y su Comborican
are also included in the program. The festival runs 2-10pm with booths and
other surprises to round out the event. Waterloo Park, 1300 Red River.
Admission, $8 for Adults, $4 for children ages 12-5.
This years' event will benefit the PEDIATRIC AIDS LEAGUE of Austin.
Tickets available at Austin Shoe Hospitals. Info 512-899-8585.
TV Appearance - Friday, Sept 1st at 6am, set your VCRs to FOX.
PRFDance will promote the Salsa Festival with a live performance on the
FOX Morning Show!
The Settlement Home (Private Workshop) - July 24
This is our third year supporting The Settlement Home's Summer Therapy Program.
The Settlement Home is a non-profit residential treatment and therapeutic
foster care program for girls emotionally suffering from abuse, neglect and
abandonment. Our workshop is part of their summer program that provides
new and enriching experiences as part of their treatment and healing process.
Other summer activities at the center typically include Creative Writing,
Poetry Fest, Puppetry, Reading and World Cultures. The girls are very
sweet and deserving of what little we can give them, and the teachers are
doing an outstanding job. They are currently undergoing major expansions
to their campus, classroom and office space. If you would like to help
(donations, talents) call Brenda Harry, the center's Support Services
Supervisor (512-836-2150).
PRFDance performing Bomba
4th Annual African American Festival of Dance, Helm Fine Arts
Center - July 21
Pro Arts Collective of Austin will present it's Fourth Annual African
American Festival of Dance, 8 p.m., Friday, July 21 at the Helm Fine
Arts Center at St. Stephens Episcopal School. A showcase of East, West and
Gulf Coast dance companies, scheduled to appear includes Bre Dance
of Los Angeles, 7th Principle of Newark, New Jersey, Second Generation Dance
Theater, Kumba Dance Theatre and Media Dance of Houston, and Puerto Rican
Folkloric Dance of Austin. The Festival will continue on July 22nd in Houston.
The Festival will also offer master classes for community artists on Friday,
July 21st in Austin. For more information about the festival and Master
classes call Boyd Vance at 236-0644. For Ticket information, 454-TIXS.
TV Appearance - Friday, July 21 at 6am, set your VCRs to KVUE.
PRFDance will promote the Festival with a live performance on the
KVUE Morning Show!
PuRiCA's Dia De San Juan Picnic, Walnut Creek Park - June 24
We will be joining the Puerto Rican Cultural Alliance (PuRiCA) for their
annual family
picnic celebrating one of Puerto Rico's favorite holidays, Dia de San Juan.
Bring your own picnic basket and something to share to this old-fashioned
event. Free and open to the public, this picnic takes place from 2-8pm at
Walnut Creek Park (north Austin near Lamar and Yaeger Lane). Napping under
a shady tree is allowed, but the sounds of live drums is sure to wake you
around 5pm when our company will give an informal Bomba performance.
See PuRiCA's
website for more information about
this organization.
Girl Scouts of America, "Mother/Daughter Tea" - May 12, 7:30pm
This event marks the end of schoool year for this worthy teen-mom program.
Our performance of Bomba, with live drums and song, will close an evening
of inspirational talks. Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center.
Celebrando 2000, Concordia U's Louise T. Peter Center - May 6, 7:30pm
Join us for a night of traditional dance, music, and history as
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance professional dancers and musicians, apprentices,
and students celebrate the rich culture of Puerto Rico. We will be
performing Bomba, Plena, Seis Chorreao, and other "bailes tipicos" from our
Spanish, Taino and West African roots.
This spring's Celebrando debuts 19th century "Bailes de Salon" that flourished
in the salons of elite, agricultural landowners. This new suite features
"Danza" in authentic costuming, ballgowns, fans, white tie and tailcoats.
Admission - donations, children FREE.
Concordia University at 3400 IH35 (& 38-1/2 St.), Schroeder Performance Hall
at the Louise T. Peter Center building.
Print our one-page flyer
for directions and more information.
This project is funded in part by the City of Austin under the Auspices
of the Austin Arts Commission and the IBM Corporation.
International Festival, ACC Rio Grande Campus Auditorium - April 13 at 7pm
Join Austin Community College for a day and evening of international food,
music, dance and more. Festivities include daytime workshops and an evening
extravaganza where we will present traditional dances from Puerto Rico.
Free and open to the public. Call ACC for workshops and festival
information 223-7819.
DANCEfest - Jan 30, 2000, 1:30pm
Join us as we represent Puerto Rico in this 2nd annual week-long dance
extravaganza featuring 39 local Austin dance companies/artists. DANCEfest,
which runs from Jan 22-30th, is a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural
artistic dance event which features the best in Austin dance - from ballet
to modern to ethnic -- including Ballet Austin,
Johnson/Long Dance Company, Sharir-Bustamante Danceworks, Roy Lozano's
Ballet Folklorico de Texas, Tapestry, the Irish
Stepdancing company, and many more!
We will be dancing our beloved "Bailes de las Montan~as" (dances from the
mountains), a dance style created by the humble and hard working Jibaros,
mountain peasants who worked the coffee planations and inland farms of
Puerto Rico in the 17th century! Included in our performance, a special
surprise -- a beloved "Jibaro" song with live instruments, cuatro, guitars
and more! Performances will take place at the Texas School for the
Deaf, 1102 South Congress Avenue. For tickets and more information, see the
official Austin DANCEfest website, www.austindancefest.com, or call
512-454-TIXS.
PRFDance performing Bailes de Salon
