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Los Pleneros de la 21

Bomba & Plena For All: Arts Education & Community Performances PRICE ESTIMATES & SAMPLE FORMATS
Founded in 1983, Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21) is an East Harlem traditional performing arts nonprofit organization and musical ensemble that was created to foster awareness & appreciation of Puerto Rican traditional expressionsparticularly those of African descent: Bomba & Plenaas indispensable to a healthy community life. LP21 accomplishes its objectives through a unique model which combines both community programming and widespread international touring efforts, that has allowed them to remain at the forefront of creating accessible cultural programming, and pioneer the performance practice and education on Puerto Rican traditional arts and Bomba and Plena; exposing Bomba and Plena to thousands internationally and inspiring over three generations of cultural organizations and traditional arts practitioners. All of LP21s are affordable activities and range in costs depending on the type of event, scope/duration of the activity, the size of the intended audience as well as local fee scales. Below are sample estimates for some of LP21 Arts Education activities**. For other performing formats, suggestions, partnerships and opportunities, contact LP21 today: pleneros21@gmail.com! ** All price estimates are subject to change, and include only artists fees. They only apply

when local taxes, ground transportation, hospitality (snacks and refreshments), sound equipment are provided to the artists or covered by the contractor.

PERFORMANCE/LECTURE (In school Assemblies):


Appropriate for classes, schools and/or student groups (Grades k-12)
A 5 member LP21 ensemble presenting Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena traditional music & dance in a highly interactive format. Performance activities include historical overview via story-telling, demonstrations and hands on interactive activities of call & response drumming, hip-hop & rap/reguetn singing styles and culminating in an energetic and fun celebration of audiences dancing Bomba.

Duration: 50-60 minutes Sample video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IoMSjkhJhA Price Estimate: Back-to-back performances (2): $1,550 //Single Performance (1): $1,250

FAMILY DANCE/PERCUSSION WORKSHOPS


Appropriate for classes, student groups or community (out-of-school time) events (Grades k-12, family) Recommended group size: 30 maximum
A team of 5 LP21 artists will guide and engage students through an informative and interactive session of Puerto Rican Bomba and Plenas main components of chants, dance and drumming. By placing the Bomba and Plena in a social and historical context, the artists will highlight the distinguishing characteristics of the music and dance forms. Participating students will learn to recognize the melodic and rhythmic interaction between the different drums, the relationship between the dancers and drummers, as well as the role of the call and response songs as a form of social commentary and oral history. Duration: 50-60 minutes Sample video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEfu-IqkpTg Price Estimate: Back-to-back workshops (2): $1,800 // Single Workshop (1): $1,600 Los Pleneros de la 21, Para Todos Ustedes 1680 Lexington Avenue Room 209 El Barrio, NY 10029 Tel: (212) 427-5221 Fax: (212) 427-5339 pleneros21@gmail.com www.losplenerosdela21.org

MASTER DANCE/PERCUSSION WORKSHOPS


Appropriate for Adults, Music/Dance students Recommended group size: 60 maximum
A team of 5 LP21 artists guide and engage audiences in the theory, history and techniques behind Bomba and Plena dance and/or Percussion. Workshop content can focus on a specific genre or discipline or combine all in a holistic exploration on cultural expressions of the African Diaspora in Puerto Rican culture. Participants will play drums and dance through the session, learning in an intimate and first-hand basis the intricate techniques mastered by LP21 artists. Duration: 75-90 minutes Price Quote: Back-to-back workshops (2): $2,000// Single Workshop (1): $1,700 Sample video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpA2yYW8A2k

PANEL DISCUSSION/LECTURES
Appropriate for Adults, Music/Dance and College students Language: Offered Spanish/English Recommended group size: 60 maximum
LP21s master practitioners and avid researchers and versed provide historical overviews of the development, significance and presence of Bomba and Plena as cultural expressions of the African Diaspora as lived in Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican communities in New York. These highly informative discussions bring listeners in direct contact with witnesses and promoters of the Bomba and Plena traditions and can learn about information ranging from the spiritual manifestations of Bomba and Plena, gender roles in these musics performance as well as the history of the LP21 organization as one of the pioneer nonprofit cultural agencies in New York city, whose trajectory has inspired the proliferation of Puerto Rican folk arts throughout the states and amongst new generations of practitioners. Duration: 50-60 minutes Price Estimates: varies

COMMUNITY JAM SESSIONS


Appropriate for Adults and community-centered events Appropriate for evening/social activities
A group of 5 artists of the LP21 ensemble break away from the traditional concert format and blur the lines between performer and audience/spectator with a electrifying and freestyle performances in jam session formats including songs of the original and traditional Bomba and Plena repertoires. Jam sessions inspire audiences to dance and sing all evening along with LP21 practitioners in a soul-satisfying event. Duration: 2 sets, 45 minutes each Subsidized-Price Quote: negotiable per venue, contact LP21 today Sample video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtfGrhbgJF0

LP21 TEACHING ARTIST ENSEMBLE BIOGRAPHIES


Los Pleneros de la 21s teaching artist ensemble features an intergenerational group of versed musicians, master traditional arts practitioners and professional educators. All artists participate in several of LP21s Bomba & Plena for All programming and have a combined career of over 27 years teaching experience.

Juan J. Gutirrez Rodrguez


LP21 Founder, Director // Master Percussionist and Musician Juan Jos 'Juango' Gutirrez-Rodrguez, is LP21s Director and founder. A percussionist, composer and arranger, Juan was reared in the musical street traditions of the San Juan neighborhoods. He studied the fundaments of music at Escuela Libre de Msica and went on to study classical percussion at the Conservatorio de Msica in Hato Rey, which provided him with the opportunity to become a member of the Puerto Rican Symphony Orchestra. After he moved to New York City with his wife Luz in 1976, he continued his music education at the Manhattan School of Music where he received a Diploma of Percussion with a Minor in piano. In 1984, he received a Masters in Music Education, from Lehman College. While working as a Broadway percussionist, he began studying with renowned Master plena practitioner and artisan Marcial Reyes Arvelo. In 1983, he co-formed Los Pleneros de la 21 in association with his mentor. Juango received the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in 1996. He is the mastermind behind the outstanding trajectory and recording works of Los Pleneros de la 21; including LP21s most recent the Smithsonian Folkways release Para Todos Ustedes/For All of You, nominated for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Traditional World Music Album. Juangos vast musical experience includes recordings, radio, and television shows as well as touring. He has recorded and performed with renowned artists like Louis Garcia, Bobby Valentn, Angel Cuco Pea, Ricardo Ray, David Snchez, Eddie Palmieri, Paul Simon, Jennifer Holiday, Patty Labelle, Angel Papo Vzquez, William Cepeda, Viento de Agua, Taller Sic, Danny Rivera, Lucesita Bentez, Antonio Cabn Vale El Topo, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda, Vitn Aviles, Santitos Coln, Miguel Meique Barcasnegras, Los Hispanos, Angel Luis Torruellas, Johnny Albino, Vctor Montaez, Orquesta Sinfnica de Puerto Rico, Orquesta Filarmnica de Puerto Rico, and Opera de Puerto Rico.

Jos Rivera (Percussion and Vocals)


Jos Rivera has been at the forefront of bringing traditional music of Puerto Rico to diverse audiences everywhere for more than 22 years. He has been a member of Los Pleneros de la 21 along with groups like Estampa Criolla and as of late, Los Amigos de la Plena,that focus on the widespread recognition of this energetic art form. Jos, an artisan and musician, is the son of Ramn Chn Rivera a former leading exponent of Puerto Ricos Plena. Joss commitment to this music and its roots in the community have been part of the Smithsonian Museum Tribute to Puerto Rican cultural where he has demonstrated the building of a casita. Jos has also been responsible for starting Latino programs during his stint in the US Army where he taught Plena to Puerto Rican troops while stationed in Germany. Jos has recorded with artists like Pepe Castillo and Norman Durham and with Los Pleneros de la 21. Jos was also one of the first teachers to grace the Bomba and Plena Childrens Workshop founded by Los Pleneros de la 21. Currently, Jos has formed his own group called Los Amigos de la Plena, touring locally throughout New York when he is not on the road with Los Pleneros de la 21.

Alexander LaSalle (Percussion and Vocals)


Alexander LaSalle, from Moca, Puerto Rico, is the founder and musical director of Alma Moyo. He is askilled percussionist, songwriter and singer whose versatile musical talents lend themselves to singing Afro-Boricua, Afro-Dominican, Afro- Cuban and Haitian traditional music, including Rara, Palo and Salve, Bomba, Plena, and Msica Jbara. Alex is fluent in the Afro-Cuban Kongo language and an avid cultural researcher and oral historian. He has presented lectures on Afro-Puerto Rican spirituality and culture and Pan-Caribbean and African cultural connections for educators and students at Yale University, El Centro de Estudio Avanzados de Puerto Rico, Long Island University, Columbia University, New York University, Tufts University among others. A teaching artist in the public schools of New York City, Alex has taught Pre-K through adult age populations in the South Bronx and City-wide. Alex has performed with such groups as William Cepeda's Afro-Boricua, Pa'lo Monte, Nchila Ngoma Mayombe, La 21 Division, Son del Batey, and Los Tambores de Flix Alduen, and now Los Pleneros de la 21. Alexs writings on anthropological research on Bomba traditions from Puerto Rico have been published in several newsletters and are used in various Caribbean studies courses.

Julia L. Gutirrez-Rivera (Dance Instructor)


Julia L. Gutirrez-Rivera was weaned as a child on Bomba/Plena, receiving formal training as a part of LP21s Children's Workshops' Pioneer Class. She is now recognized as one of NYC's premier Bomba & Plena dancers of her generation. Throughout her childhood, Julia has been taught by many of NY's Bomba & Plena luminaries, including founding LP21 members. She developed her art, integrating diverse regional & generational influences in her dance as a performer and teaching artist with Los Pleneros de la 21, Alma Moyo, Bmbula and The Legacy Circles Womyns Drum Cypher. As LP21s Program Director and main dance instructor, she has been pivotal in developing and enhancing their local programs and in revitalizing the groups artistic endeavors and touring. Since 2003, she has taught dance to hundreds of all ages and backgrounds in/out of schools with LP21, Alma Moyo, La Tribu, and Ballet Hispnico. As an emerging cultural leader Julia bridges her passion for dance, music and culture with community and arts advocacy as a consultant for community/grassroots groups and artists, including the Association of Hispanic Arts, Hostos Center for Arts & Culture, among others. She has an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Milano, the New School in Nonprofit Management and Urban Policy.

Camilo Ernesto Molina Gaetn (Percussionist)


At 20 years old, Camilo is already an excellent musician with an impressive performing history and a demonstrated talent in a wide range of genres and percussion instruments. Having first played a drum at the tender age of 2, Camilo at a very early age demonstrated a unique talent, passion and capability to master music and percussion instruments. He blossomed quickly into a talented percussionist, taking 3rd place in the renowned Thelonius Monk International Percussion & Afro-Latin Competition when he was just 10 years old. It was at that same age he joined the LP21 performing ensemble becoming the youngest artist ever to join the accomplished group. He has since continued to expand his horizons, performing with groups such as Alma Moyo, Ilu Aye, YerbaBuena and many more. Camilo has studied under the guise of LP21 master artists, and master percussionist Louis Bauzo, he is also a graduate of LP21s Bomba & Plena Childrens Workshops, and is now a guest instructor. He continues to study and grow as a musician and is a prime example of the promising future of traditional arts and Latin percussion, and in 2011 he will begin his studies in Music in the prestigious Berklee College of Music.

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