BRONX GROWS DANCE 2025
Bronx Grows Dance
Master Classes and Teaching Residencies produced by Pepatián in a second annual collaboration with Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center.
Jan/Feb 2025 - Argelia Arreola
March & July 2025 - Megan Curet, Dorchel Haqq, Maleek Washington.
August 2025: Christian Warner, Babou Sanneh.
This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Bronx Dance Fund, a regrant program administered by the Bronx Council; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the Foley Hoag Foundation.
BRONX GROWS DANCE 2024
Bronx Grows Dance
Master Classes and Teaching Residencies produced by Pepatián in a first annual collaboration with Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center.
Argelia Arreola, Cynthia Paniagua, Beverly Lopez.
“It was truly a pleasure and privilege to partner with Pepatián and the amazing team of dancer/choreographers.
The carefully sequenced classes highlighted not only a fantastic diversity of Latine dance vernacular and styles, but also the correlation between each style. It was also a great highlight of the rapport between the dancer/choreographers themselves.
Their energy was great food for our student dancers. Though our students have taken hundreds of classes from dozens of teachers, this was the first time they'd beenable to engage specifically with Latine dances. And for that experience to be provided tailored for them specifically - what treat!
The intimate learning exchange provided the best atmosphere for vulnerability, curiosity, creativity, and connection to manifest.
It was a priceless encounter which I have no doubt has made an imprint on our young dancers' perspectives and awareness around the movement arts
Thank you Pepatián!”
Julia L. Gutiérrez-Rivera
Assistant Executive Director for Programming and Productions
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Bronx Dance Fund, a regrant program administered by the Bronx Council; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the Foley Hoag Foundation.
BRONX GROWS DANCE 2023
Bronx Grows Dance
Master Classes and Teaching Residencies produced by Pepatián.
DANCE WORKSHOPS @ DreamYard
Wednesday, April 19 & 26, from 3:30-6pm
(youth, 12-18 years old)
Janice Tomlinson, Jennifer Beasty Acosta, Cynthia Paniagua, Beverly Lopez.
This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Bronx Dance Fund, a regrant program administered by the Bronx Council; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Bronx Grows Dance, 2nd annual is a live, interactive dance event produced by Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative in collaboration with BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance that centers the question: How could our youth re-imagine the future of dance if given space and time to gather and ignite?
The sole purpose of this event is to gather youth from the Bronx and surrounding uptown communities to engage with the potentiality of dance in their lives.
As a space to gather, learn, exchange and present, this event offers youth in dance a way to collectively begin shaking up the future directions of thinking of and knowing dance. Often, this kind of meeting exists primarily in spaces and settings that are out of reach from those communities that would benefit the most from them.
Bronx Grows Dance, 2nd Annual
FOR TEENS: dance workshops & conversations led by
Bronx-based choreographers
Saturday April 1, 2023 @ BAAD!
10am-4pm, lunch provided
TO REGISTER, pepatian@gmail.com
with teaching artists:
JENNIFER “Beasty” ACOSTA, MEGAN CURET, CYNTHIA PANIGUA, JANICE TOMLINSON
This symposium of classes and conversation with professional teaching artists - produced and born in The Bronx, the electric borough of the boogie-down - continues to be an historic event.
Initiated and organized by Megan Curet, this project is inspired by Pepatián’s collective project, Dancing la Botanica, a platform for Latino/a/x choreographers, dance makers and movement artists.
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Bronx Grows Dance, 2nd annual project is supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, support from the Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, and individual contributions to Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative.
Thank you to BAAD! for our ongoing partnership in support of this project.
BRONX GROWS DANCE 2022 1st annual
Bronx Grows Dance
a symposium for teens led by Bronx-based choreographers, with a kick off performance with
Curet Performance Practice, REDi Dance Co, Bombazo Dance Co.
Post-perf conversation facilitated by Leenda Bonilla with the artists: Megan Curet, Milteri Tucker Concepcion, Beverly Lopez
This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Bronx Dance Fund, a regrant program administered by the Bronx Council; by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and NALAC.