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WATCH THE SYMPOSIUM ONLINE

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SYMPOSIUM

The Black and Brown Roots to Spanish Dance & Music

From JUNE 14 to JUNE 17 · Four days of symposium at Northeastern Illinois University (RECITAL HALL) including tapas and light performances · FREE ADMISSION ($10 suggested donation)

Register here for the full symposium or select an individual date below

DAY 1 · Tuesday, JUNE 14 · AFRICAN AMERICAN ROOTS

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium with La Lupi

Moderator: Jorge Pérez


12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch with a Legend    

Symposium with Otis Sallid


1:00 - 3:00 PM / Jazz & Flamenco Fusion

Discussion with Diego "El Negro" Alvarez, Otis Sallid, Yinka Esi Graves (remote) & Miguel A. Rosales

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DAY 2 · Wednesday, JUNE 15 · MEXICAN AMERICAN ROOTS

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Film Screening & Discussion: Gurumbé

Symposium with Miguel Ángel Rosales (Director)

Moderator: Pepe Vargas 


12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch 


1:00 - 3:00 PM / From Spain to Mexican Folkloric Dance 

Discussion with Irma Suárez Ruiz, Briseyda Zárate, Juan Dies & José Luis Ovalle 

Moderator: Carlos Cardenas

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DAY 3 · Thursday, JUNE 16 · PUERTO RICAN AMERICAN ROOTS

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium with Dr. K Meira Goldberg 

Moderator: Lauren Warnecke


12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch 


1:00 - 3:00 PM / From Flamenco to Bomba

Discussion with Brenda Torres-Figueroa, Tito Rodriguez and Jorge Perez

Moderator: Cesar Rolon

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DAY 4 · Friday, JUNE 17 · CARIBBEAN & SOUTH AMERICAN ROOTS

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium with Diego "El Negro" Alvarez connecting with Buika & Yinka Esi Graves

Moderator: Sekou "Tepaka Lunda" Conde



12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch with a Legend   

Symposium with Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Moderator: Dr. K. Meira Goldberg


1:00 - 3:00 PM / Spanish music between Africa and the Caribbean

Discussion with Dr. Gloria Gibson, Patricia Ortega, Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Dr. K. Meira Goldberg & Orbert Davis 

Moderator: Julia Hinojosa

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SYMPOSIUM · KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

La Lupi

Dr. K. Meira Goldberg

Miguel Ángel Rosales

is the director and choreographer of her own company. She produces Flamenco shows and performs at festivals, theaters, clubs, recitals, conferences, as well as working as a teacher in her own flamenco school.

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Miguel Ángel Rosales

Dr. K. Meira Goldberg

Miguel Ángel Rosales

is a Spanish anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. In 2004 he began his first projects as a documentary filmmmaker. Gurumbé is his first feature film.

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Dr. K. Meira Goldberg

Dr. K. Meira Goldberg

Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

is a Flamenco performer, teacher, choreographer and historian. Her monograph, Sonidos Negros: On the Blackness of Flamenco won the Barnard Hewitt Award for best 2019 book in theatre history or cognate disciplines, as well as Honorable Mention for the Sally Banes Publication Award. 

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Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

is a master cajón player. He has more than 12 Latin Grammy nominations and is a winner of a Latin Grammy in 2010 for best rock album of the year for Será by La Vida Boheme. 

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Yinka Esi Graves

Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

Yinka Esi Graves

is a Flamenco dancer. Born in London to Ghanaian and Jamaican parents, Yinka started taking dance classes at the age of 5. Currently based in Seville in Spain. She began dancing Flamenco at the age of 21 and has not looked back.

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Otis Sallid

Diego "El Negro" Alvarez

Yinka Esi Graves

Otis Sallid is a director, choreographer, and producer whose accomplishments in theater, television, and film are known throughout the entertainment industry.

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Irma Suárez Ruiz

Irma Suárez Ruiz

Irma Suárez Ruiz

Artistic Director for the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois.

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Briseyda Zárate

Irma Suárez Ruiz

Irma Suárez Ruiz

is an inspired and skilled Professional Flamenco Dancer, Choreographer, and Master Teacher from Los Angeles, CA. 

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Juan Dies

Irma Suárez Ruiz

José Luis Ovalle

is the co-founder and executive director of Sones de Mexico Ensemble, a Chicago folk music group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son.

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José Luis Ovalle

Brenda Torres-Figueroa

José Luis Ovalle

original founding director of the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago 

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Brenda Torres-Figueroa

Brenda Torres-Figueroa

Brenda Torres-Figueroa

 is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and art educator, born and raised in Puerto Rico, and working mainly in performance art, installations, and public art.

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Buika

Brenda Torres-Figueroa

Brenda Torres-Figueroa

Singer, poet, music producer

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Tito Rodríguez

Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Tito Rodríguez

founder of AfriCaribe. AfriCaribe provides Chicago with a means to celebrate the African influence in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean lands.

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Jorge Perez

Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Tito Rodríguez

Executive & Associate Artistic Director of Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois.

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Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

is an American cultural historian, performer, choreographer, and anti-racist cultural worker.

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Dr. Gloria Gibson

Dr. Gloria Gibson

Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild

President of Northeastern Illinois University

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Patricia Ortega

Dr. Gloria Gibson

Patricia Ortega

Flamenco singer with Mexican / Cuban musical roots

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Orbert Davis

Dr. Gloria Gibson

Patricia Ortega

Emmy-Award winning trumpeter, composer and educator Orbert Davis is co-founder, conductor and artistic director of Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

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Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Founding Artistic Director and CEO of Red Clay Dance Company 

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Pepe Vargas

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Founder & Executive Director at International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago.

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Carlos Cardenas

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Carlos Cardenas

Senior Vice President Wintrust Bank

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Lauren Warnecke

Lauren Warnecke

Carlos Cardenas

is a freelance arts and culture writer, educator and administrator.

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Cesar Rolon

Lauren Warnecke

Julia Hinojosa

CEO Imagen Consultants Inc. Founder – Latino Fashion Week.

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Julia Hinojosa

Lauren Warnecke

Julia Hinojosa

Chicago Dancers Unite, General Manager 

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Sekou "Tepaka Lunda" Conde

Executive Director of Muntu Dance Theatre

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American Spanish Dance & Music Festival 2022

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater

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