Premiere of “Brave New Frogs-Los Sapos Valientes” September 25, 2022
made possible by a Voices for Change grant from ArtsWestchester https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/brave-new-frogs/
What do frogs, the Hudson Valley, and the jungles of Colombia have in common? Folklore Urbano NYC presents “Brave New Frogs-Los Sapos Valientes,” a multidisciplinary production for kids and adults by the directors of Cumbia for kids/Cumbia for All. Set in a laboratory in the jungles of Colombia’s Pacific coast, Brave New Frogs brings to light real issues impacting our own Hudson Valley, as well as communities around the globe. Diversity, science, love, resilience, and hope emerge in this charming spectacle of dance, music, and theater for audiences of all ages.
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 Celebrations
Jefferson Elem, New Rochelle (Sept 16)
Hackley School workshops (Sept 23)
Chappaqua Children’s Library (Oct 22-4pm)
Ossining Park School (Oct 19)
FLOWER FEST/FIESTA DE FLORES (March 29-May 31)
Spring Outdoor Residency @ Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Come see the kids perform at the TaSH Farmer’s Market on June 4, 11:30-1:30pm
Building on earlier workshops involving music and movement inspired by the diverse geographical regions of Colombia, this spring’s residency will continue the conversation around nature, this time exploring flowers in the context of springtime and Colombia, the origin of most of the flowers we import here in the U.S.A.  We will discuss the region surrounding Medellín, the city of “Eternal Spring,” learn about the Festival of Flowers, and ask important questions to the students like:  Do you know where most of the flowers come from which are sold in stores?  What would life be without flowers?  What do flowers bring us?  What kinds of flowers are native to our own town?  How are bees related to flowers and to our everyday life?  Guided by the teaching artists, the residency will bring environmental and global awareness through rhythm, song, and movement.  Scholarships available.

WINTER/SPRING 2022/School residencies

May 25th, C4K Assembly at Brooklyn

SU Casa/Flushing Town Hall at Angelo Petromelis Senior Center, College Point, NY

May/June 2022

JHS185-C4K Dance residency, led by Daniel Fetecua with Lorena Ayub

March-April 2022

PS199Q (Presented by Flushing Town Hall) 7 week residency 11 classes K-2. Jan. 3-March 1Cumbia for ALL: Black is Beautiful/Sleepy Hollow Middle School Celebrates Diversity (Funded by ArtsAlive Grant/ArtsWestchester)

March-April 2022

FALL 2021

Kingsland Point Park FALL Let’s Create outdoor after school Residency Sept-Nov. 2021

FALL 2020-SPRING 2021

Kingsland Point Park FALL Inside-OUT outdoor after school Residency Sept-Nov. 2020

Flushing Town Hall virtual workshops and interactive performance video with students in California, Nebraska, and Queens~Spring 2021

DOE-Folklore Urbano NYC interactive workshop series and performances in Brooklyn PS 133 and PS255 Spr 2021

SPRING-SUMMER 2020

CUMBIA FOR ALL multi-disciplinary video series, produced by iD Studio Theater with funding from Su CASA

Directed by: Pablo and Anna Mayor (music and co-artistic direction),

Daniel Fetecua (dance direction), and Nelson Celis (theater direction)

Video #1: El Monte Vengo Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynaZ__RaJxQ

Video #2: Yo Recuerdo  https://vimeo.com/434117447

Video #3: AGUA Part I https://youtu.be/gDxyxeNS_Is

Video #4: Agua Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNfGCB-wpDQ

Video #5: Coming soon

FALL-WINTER 2019-2020

Pocantico Schools performance for 3rd-8th grade-Oct 15, 2019

Brearley Lower School performance-Oct 22, 2019

PS 267-Oct-January (2nd grade)

PS 20-Oct-January (1st Grade)

PS 349Q-Jan-April (K)

PAST PERFORMANCES

MARCH 9— TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL CUMBIA FOR KIDS SHOW!  on stage, 11am Matinee!  http://www.tarrytownmusichall.org

PAST RESIDENCIES and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:

92nd St. Y Musical Introduction Series, March 19-21 2019

https://www.92y.org/archives/discover-music-featuring-folklore-urbano

PS 349 Jamaica-afterschool Kindergarten residency (TBMS community music program) Jan 24-begins

PS 303Q-Forest Hills/Flushing Town Hall/CASA grant, 20 weeks, 2nd and 3rd grade afterschool residency

Jan-June 2019

Spence Lower School 3rd grade 4-wk residency,January-February, performance Feb 13

Tarrytown Music Hall Academy afterschool workshops, February-May

Lenox Hill (St. Peter’s Church, Manhattan) Senior Center month-long residency and performance Jan-Feb

PS 267 12 week residency, performance January 25, 2019

Spring-Fall 2018

PS 20 lower east side, 10 week 1st and 2nd grade residency, performance January 11, 2019

Sleepy Hollow High School 8 week residency with ENL and heritage students

“ROOTS-Explore and create through Latin music, technology, theater, and movement”-September 2019

(made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC), a regrant program of the NY State Council on th Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and administrated by ArtsWestchester)

Bethany Arts (Ossining, NY) 8 week 3rd-4th grade afterschool residency, final performance June 8, 2018

CUMBIA FOR ALL @ Tremont Ave Senior Center in the Bronx

PS 20 (lower east side Manhattan) 1st grade TBMS community program residency

PS 349 (Jamaica, Queens) K-2 grade TBMS community program residency

Fall-Winter 2017-2018

Spence lower school 3rd grade (upper east side Manhattan)-month long biweekly residency-Jan 10-Feb 14

Brooklyn Friends lower school assembly-Nov 29th

PS 267 (E. 63rd, Manhattan) 2nd grade residency, 12 weeks-Sept-Jan

PS 20 (lower east side Manhattan) 2nd grade residency-Jan 30th-

PS 49 South Bronx-K-3rd grade workshops, March 26th

Spring-Summer 2017:

August 1-Brick Church School summer program children’s presentation (upper east side Manhattan)

July-Tarrytown Multi-Arts Camp Latin Music Afternoons-FULL

June 19-Spence School Spanish intensive interactive performance workshop

June 17-Cumbia for Kids interactive performance at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, CT

PS 20/NYC Lower East Side: 8 week residency 1st grade, final performance April 7, 2017

PS 267-E. 63rd St., Mid-east side Manhattan

8-week residency with two 3rd grade classes, and three 2nd grade classes

April 28th, 2017-Flushing Town Hall School Concerts-, 2017  SOLD OUT

April 7-Final performance PS 20 Lower East Side/TBMS school residency

April 5, 9am-11am-Flushing High School Cumbia for ALL music and dance performance-

(visit our Folklore Urbano events page)

CUMBIA FOR ALL

Fort Independence Community Center in the BRONX-Final performances June 29th, ArtsLatinoNY and Fort Independence Community center

an “ArtsLatinoNY” 3 month residency to present Folklore Urbano’s Cumbia for ALL residency in conjunction with theater workshops by ID Studio Theater. 

CUMBIA FOR KIDS

Past events:

Summer 2016

–Spence school performance workshop in Manhattan as a part of their summer Spanish immersion program-June 21st

http://www.interschoolimmersion.org

–Louis Armstrong-Wonderful World festival in Flushing Meadow Park, July 16th, 2016:

“Family tent”-interactive performance workshop

–Latin Music afternoons @ Multi Arts Camp/Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow, NY, July 11-30th

Visit:  http://www.tarrytownartscamp.com for info on how to sign up!

Past Residencies 2016:

Final residency concert June 3rd, 9-11:15 am

PS 20-Essex St. LES NYC

8 week-residency and final concert

Other past residencies:

PS 267/NYC: 12 week residency, Final performance February 1, 2017

PS 59-8-week residency with Kindergarten classes

PS 267-8-week residency with 2nd and 3rd grade classes

PS/IS 217-8-week residency with 3rd-5th grade classes, in-school and afterschool programs-9 consecutive years

Past Performances:

–Brick Church School-interactive performances-June 15, 2016

E. 92nd St., New York, NY

–White Plains elementary assembly/Westchester, NY

-Elisabeth Morrow School/NJ

-Avenues the World School/NYC

-PS 20/NYC