In this episode we go to Puerto Rico a bombear! We explore the development of bomba in Puerto Rico, its Black roots, some of its main figures, its various rhythms and dances, the government's involvement, the role bomba has played in recent social movements, and the exciting and inclusive new voices and dynamics that are emerging in the bomba scene.
Our collection of guests is just marvelous, check it out: Dr. Bárbara Abadía-Rexach is an Assistant Professor of Afrolatinidades at San Francisco State University and a prominent researcher on bomba, if you are researching bomba, you will come across her work; Dr. Sarah Bruno is currently a Postdoc of Latinx Studies in Arts, Cultures, and Religions at Rice University, she received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mar Cruz has been a bomba dancer and practicioner for over 11 years, she dances with her sister Maria with the group Parranderos de Loiza and their own group Bomba Yemaya, you may recognize Mar on the instagram page Se Baila Bomba; Marién Torres López is the Manager and director of Taller Tambuyé, a Professor at the Dance Department, Universidad Sagrado Corazón, a Folklorist, Dancer, Musician, Drummer, Choreographer, Singer, and Cultural events manager.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: Marisa Melchiorre
Katelina Ecclestón is the creator of Reggeatón con La Gata, the first femme platform dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and Perreo 101, a bilingual podcast detailing the evolution of reggaetón. Katelina is also the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show De la Calle.
Katelina talks to us about the journey toward becoming a prominent platform dedicated to the analysis and history of reggaetón. She also shares about her upbringing, perspectives related to the history and development of reggaetón, and her work as a burgeoning reggaetón artist.
You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode about reggaetón: Track 8: When Dancing Reggaetón.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
En Censurarme Eddie Dee confronta prejuicios raciales y clasistas y también las hipocresías moralistas de figuras políticas y sociales que intentan censurar a las personas que hacen rap y reggaetón por lo que consideran temas vulgares y lenguaje ofensivo, al mismo tiempo que cometen crímenes terribles y extrema corrupción.
Nuestra presentadora invitada es la doctora Beth Colón-Pizzini, quien contextualiza la canción y nos habla de una variedad de temas incluyendo la censura, el rol de los raperos en el desarrollo del reggaetón, y las hipocresías políticas en Puerto Rico.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Cuando Baila Reggaetón, dedicado al ritmo y baile de reggaetón, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras personas invitadas están fuera de serie!
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
In Censurarme Eddie Dee Eddie Dee confronts racial and classist prejudices and the moralistic hypocrisy of political and social figures who try to censor rappers and reggaetón singers for what they consider vulgar topics and foul language while at the same time engaging in despicable crimes and abject corruption.
Our guest host is Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini, who contextualizes the song and talks to us about a variety of topics including censorship, the role of rappers in the development of reggaetón, and the political hypocrisies in Puerto Rico.
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This episode accompanies the episode Cuando Baila Reggaeton / When Dancing Reggaetón of the second season of our podcast devoted to the reggaetón rhythm and dance, check it out! We have some great guests!
We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Host/Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Dr. Beth Colón Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department. Her expertise is on Puerto Rico’s music and street art, Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Afro-Diasporic feminism; pan-Caribbean and afro-diasporic cultural and political exchanges; and decolonial practices.
Beth talks to us about the history of reggaetón, the contribution of various Caribbean countries, the evolution of the genre, the political and moralistic fights surrounding the rhythm, and her own connection to the reggaetón.
You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode about reggaetón: Track 8: When Dancing Reggaetón.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Party de Palo is the first single of Inka's upcoming album Villa Mella, in which he pays homage to this historically Black place in which Inka grew up in the Dominican Republic. In Party de Palo, Inka invites to party along the rhythms of Villa Mella while he reminds us with his lyrics of the incredible cultural richness that Black communities hold.
Our guest host is Inka himself, who contextualizes the song and tells us about the reasons why he decided to create the album Villa Mella.
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This episode accompanies the single Flow Caribe which contains the extended interview we had with Inka a couples of months ago.
We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Host/Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Party de Palo, es el primer sencillo del álbum que Inka va a lanzar próximamente, llamado Villa Mella, en el cual le rinde homenaje a este lugar históricamente poblado por comunidades negras en el cual Inka creció en la República Dominicana. En Party de Palo, Inka nos invita a enfiestarnos al son de los ritmos de Villa Mella, al mismo tiempo que nos recuerda sobre la increíble riqueza cultural que poseen las comunidades negras.
El presentador invitado de este episodio es el mismo Inka, quien nos contextualiza la canción y las razones por las cuales ha decidido crear el álbum Villa Mella.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al single Flow Caribe que contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Inka hace unos meses.
¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Inka, rapero, productor musical, educador, y gestor cultural ubicado en Villa Mella, en la República Dominicana, nos habla sobre su enfoque musical que él llama "cimarronaje musical" y nos cuenta sobre varios temas incluyendo las bases rítmicas negras del reggaetón y del dembow, la anti-negritud presente en la construcción de la identidad dominicana, y la importancia de comunidades afrodescendientes como Villa Mella que evitan que la rica herencia cultural negra en Latinoamérica se pierda.
Este Single contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Inka. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en inglés el en Track 8 de nuestra segunda temporada: Cuando Baila Reggaetón .
Este Single se publica el día 31 de Agosto, Día Internacional de las Personas Afrodescendientes, y día en que Inka lanza el primer single de su más reciente álbum llamado Party de Palo. Tuvimos la fortuna de incluir parte de esta canción en el single.
¡También estamos celebrando que este es el episodio número 50 de nuestro podcast!
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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
La canción de hoy, Loíza, es parte del álbum debut de Tego Calderón, El Abayarde. En Loíza, Tego mezcla una colección de ritmos modernos con la bomba puertorriqueña, y remata la mezcla con incisivas letras, que en este caso critican la forma en que políticos, agentes del orden público, oficiales del gobierno, y personas pudientes en Puerto Rico, discriminan y excluyen a la municipalidad de Loíza, la cual es altamente poblada por afro-puertorriqueños.
En este track tenemos la fortuna de contar con la doctora Beth Colón-Pizzini quien nos ayudará a contextualizar la canción Loíza. La doctora Colón-Pizzini es profesora asistente de instrucción en la Universidad de Texas, Austin, en el departamento de Estudios Africanos y de la Diáspora Africana.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Cuando Baila Reggaetón, dedicado al ritmo y baile de reggaetón, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras personas invitadas están fuera de serie!
¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Today's song, Loíza, is part of Tego Calderón’s extremely successful debut album, El Abayarde. In Loíza, Tego mixes an assortment of modern beats with bomba, and topples the mixture with his signature sharp lyrics which in this case criticize the way in which politicians, law enforcement, government officials, and wealthy individuals in Puerto Rico discriminate and exclude the town of Loíza, a town heavily populated by Afro-Puerto Ricans.
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In this episode we team with up with Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini to contextualize Loíza. Beth is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department.
This episode accompanies the episode Cuando Baila Reggaeton / When Dancing Reggaetón of the second season of our podcast devoted to the reggaetón rhythm and dance, check it out! We have some great guests!
We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In this episode nos dedicamos a perrear. We visit the roots and development of reggaetón, learning about the economically disadvantaged, Caribbean Afro-descendant youth who rebelled the rhythm into existence. We also learn about the musical elements of the rhythms and about the dance of reggaetón, touching briefly on reggaetón's relation to Dembow.
For this track we have a set of illustrious guests: Beth Colón-Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department; Katelina Eccleston aka La Gata is the creator of the platform Reggaeton con La Gata dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and is the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show “De La Calle”; Inka is a Dominican rapper, music producer, educator, and cultural manager; and Cris Moreno is a New York City based dancer who has been dancing to Afro Latin rhythms for many years and who has been teaching reggaetón in recent years.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Las expertas folcloristas, maestras Edelmira Massa Zapata @elpalenquededelia y Rosita Lozano @frampezcolombia nos comparten su conocimiento sobre los orígenes de la cumbia y lo que representa para la cultura colombiana y latinoamericana, resaltando el profundo encuentro de las culturas Africana y Amerindia en el corazón de la cumbia.
Edelmira Massa Zapata es una reconocida coreógrafa, profesora, y artista plástica. Ella es la directora general del palenque de Delia. Edelmira es hija de la celebrada etnógrafa, investigadora, coreógrafa, y folclorista Afro-colombiana Delia Zapata Olivella, y es sobrina del legendario escritor Afro-colombiano Manuel Zapata Olivella.
Rosita Lozano, fue por muchos años una bailarina prominente en los grupos de Totó La Momposina y de Delia Zapata Olivella. Hoy en día Rosita es gestora cultural y es la directora de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.
Este Single contiene las entrevistas extendidas que tuvimos con Edelmira y con Rosita. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Track 7 de nuestra segunda temporada: Yo Me Llamo Cumbia.
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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
La distinguida palenquera Matilde Herrera Hernández, profesora de bailes folclóricos colombianos con más de 50 años de experiencia, estudiada etnoeducadora, directora y coreógrafa del Grupo de Danzas Kumbé, nos habla sobre Palenque, sobre su lenguaje, su cultura y su legado a la cultura colombiana.
San Basilio de Palenque es un pueblo en el departamento de Bolívar, al norte de Colombia, históricamente conocido por las siguientes razones. Primero, porque está entre los primeros pueblos en América fundados por personas negras anteriormente esclavizadas que escaparon de sus captores en América; a estos pueblos se les conoce como palenques o quilombos. Segundo, porque muy posiblemente es el primero y el único de esos pueblos que alcanzó reconocimiento oficial de su libertad por los colonizadores en América. Palenque obtuvo oficialmente su libertad en el siglo XVIII, casi 100 años antes de la independencia de Colombia. Tercero, porque San Basilio muy probablemente es el único de esos palenques y quilombos que permanece hasta nuestros días con su cultura, sus tradiciones, y su organización social bastante preservada.
Este Single contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Matilde Herrera Hernández. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.
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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Data curioso: este es el último episodio en que nuestra presentadora Mel firma como "PhD candidate", ya que se gradúa este fin de semana. De ahora en adelante firmará como Melissa Villodas, PhD 👩🏾🏫👩🏾💻👸🏾
La canta-autora de bailes cantaos Nelda Piña, del grupo Nelda Piña y sus Tambores, nos comparte un poco de su biografía y de su conocimiento sobre las raíces del bullerengue y de la cumbia. Ella también nos habla sobre las contribuciones de la gente negra a estos ritmos y menciona la importancia de apoyar a la juventud en los lugares donde estos ritmos fueron creados. !Y además nos da un pequeño concierto donde canta un fragmento de la bella canción "Palenquero" de su último álbum "Eco de Mis Ancestros"!
Este Single contiene la entrevista completa con Nelda Piña. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Track 7 de nuestra segunda temporada: Yo Me Llamo Cumbia y en el Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.
Singer and song-writer of bailes cantaos Nelda Piña, of group Nelda Piña y sus Tambores, shares with us her life journey and her knowledge about the roots of bullerengue and cumbia. She talks about the contributions of Black people to these rhythms and touches on the importance of supporting the youth in the places where these rhythms are created. And she sings for us a little bit of "Palenquero" a beautiful song in her latest album "Eco de Mis Ancestros."
This episode is in Spanish, so if you understand Spanish or are looking to improve your listening comprehension, you’re in the right place. You can always find a summarized version of this interview translated to English in Track 7 of our second season: My Name is Cumbia, or in Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.
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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
In Palenquero (Palenque Man) singer and songwriter Nelda Piña pays homage to the town of San Basilio de Palenque, to its music, its cultural influence, and its deep Black roots . Although to be precise, Palenque has Black roots, Black trunk, Black branches and Black, beautiful flowers. The whole tree is black!
Were we listening?
In this episode we are fortunate to have Nelda Piña herself reflecting on the song she wrote and Matilde Herrera, instructor of Colombian folkloric dances with more than 50 years of experience, trained practitioner of ethnic education, director and choreographer of Kumbé Dance Company, and a Palenquera who has represented Palenque culture in many festivals around the globe and who has received numerous awards for her work.
This episode accompanies the Yo Me Llamo Cumbia/My Name Is Cumbia episode of the second season of our podcast devoted to the cumbia rhythm and dance, check it out! We invited great experts!
We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
En esta canción Nelda Piña rinde homenaje al pueblo de San Basilio de Palenque, su música, su influencia cultural, y sus profundas raíces negras. Aunque para ser precisos, Palenque tiene raíces negras, tronco negro, ramas negras, y hermosas flores negras. ¡El árbol completo es negro!
En este episodio tenemos la fortuna de tener a Nelda Piña reflexionando sobre la canción que ella misma escribió, y a Matilde Herrera profesora de bailes folclóricos colombianos con más de 50 años de experiencia, estudiada etnoeducadora, directora y coreógrafa del Grupo de Danzas Kumbé, y una palenquera que ha representado la cultura de Palenque en muchos festivales alrededor del mundo y que ha recibido un gran número de premios por su trabajo cultural.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Yo Me Llamo Cumbia, dedicado al ritmo y baile de cumbia, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Tenemos un@s invitad@s increíbles!
¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
En este episodio nos vamos para Colombia, la amada madre patria de nuestro host Andrés. ¡Este largo viaje a América del Sur lo hacemos para hablar sobre la cumbia! Este ritmo, hijo del caribe colombiano, se ha expandido a muchos países incluyendo Mexico, Argentina, y Perú. Su difusión ha sido tan amplia que los amantes de la cumbia a veces no están conscientes de su lugar de procedencia o de las culturas que lo crearon.
En nuestro viaje a Colombia exploramos las raíces Negras y Amerindias de la cumbia, su baile y sus instrumentos originales, su relación con el ritmo de bullerengue, los procesos de blanqueamiento de la cumbia, y su expansión por fuera de Colombia.
Para este track tenemos un grupo increíble de invitados: Nelda Piña es una cantaora de bullerengue y la voz del grupo folklórico Nelda Piña y Sus Tambores; Rosita Lozano fue bailarina en las compañías de Totó la Momposina y de Delia Zapata, y actualmente se desempeña como gestora cultural y directora de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez; Edelmira Massa Zapata es una folclorista, coreógrafa, artista plástica, y directora de El Palenque de Delia; Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste es profesor en el departamento de Lenguas del Mundo en la universidad de Georgia State, y es autor del libro Cumbia! Escenas de un Género Musical Migrante Latinoamericano; Carmen Dence es una profesora retirada y la fundadora y coreógrafa de la compañía de danza folclórica Grupo Atlántico en St. Louis, Missouri; y Santiago Andrés Rojas Lozano es un conocedor de la música tradicional del caribe colombiano y es el vice-presidente de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.
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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
In this episode we visit host Andrés' beloved motherland: Colombia! We travel all the way to South America to talk about Cumbia! This rhythm, child of the Colombian Caribbean, has expanded to many countries including Mexico, Argentina, and Perú. Its diffusion has been so widespread that cumbia enthusiasts are sometimes unaware of where the rhythm is from and which cultures created it.
In our journey to Colombia we explore the Black and Amerindian roots of cumbia, how it's danced and its original instruments, its relation with the bullerengue rhythm, and cumbia's whitening and expansion outside of Colombia.
For this track we have a battery of great guests: Nelda Piña is a bullerengue cantaora (singer) and lead voice of folkloric ensemble Nelda Piña y Sus Tambores; Rosita Lozano is a former dancer of Totó la Momposina's and Delia Zapata's ensembles and is currently a cultural manager and the director of the Foundation Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez; Edelmira Massa Zapata is a folklorist, choreographer, visual artist, and director of El Palenque de Delia; Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is a Professor in the Department of World Languages in Georgia State University and author of the book Cumbia! Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music Genre; Carmen Dence is a retired professor and the founder and choreographer of folkloric dance company Grupo Atlántico in St. Louis MO; and Santiago Andrés Rojas Lozano is a connoisseur of the traditional music of the Colombian Caribbean and vice-president of the Foundation Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
En Rebelión, la canción más famosa de Joe Arroyo, el Joe nos lleva en un viaje desde la tristeza sin nombre de la esclavitud en general, al dolor específico de una pareja negra esclavizada, y en últimas a la rebelión del hombre negro suscitada por el deseo de proteger a su pareja.
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Con este episodio, el último de este año 2021, estamos celebrando que nuestra Mix(ed)tape Playlist de Canciones Afro-Latinas tiene ahora más de 1000 canciones!!!! Las canciones de esta playlist hablan de la negritud en América, del orgullo y la belleza, pero también de las dificultades y el racismo. ¿No les parece esto algo digno de celebración? Ayúdanos a celebrar escuchando la playlist, dejándonos un like en Spotify, y recomendando la playlist a aquellas personas que creas que puedan disfrutarla.
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
In Rebelión, Joe Arroyo's most famous song, El Joe take us from the nameless sorrow of slavery in general, to the specific pain and ultimate rebellion of a black, enslaved man sparked by the desire to protect his partner.
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With this last episode of 2021 we are celebrating that our Mix(ed)tape Playlist of Afro-Latin songs has now more than 1000 songs!!! The songs in this playlist talk about blackness in the Americas, both the beauty and the pride, but also the perils and the racism. Ain't that something special? Help us celebrate and spread the word by checking out the playlist, giving it a like, and recommending it to those who you think might like it.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
En África Terra Querida (África Tierra Querida), el cantante y compositor Paulo Flores @paulofloresmusic demuestra su lírica poética con una cándida y melancólica descripción de varias situaciones que ejemplifican la vida en el continente africano y en Angola en particular, que van desde la relación con los mayores, a las interacciones entre vecinos, a el extremadamente popular juego de fútbol, el deporte de las masas.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Dança Kizomba, dedicado al rite y baile de kizomba, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. Chequen ese episodio porque está buenísimo! En este episodio tenemos el honor de tener a Rui Djassi Moracén como co-presentador para que arregle la traducción del portugués de Andrés y para que contextualice la canción. Rui es un administrador de proyectos en la industria del gas y petróleo, y es también el fundador de la University de la Kizomba, una iniciativa educacional sin ánimo de lucro cuyo objetivo es promover Angola en general, preservando su cultura y la esencia de sus bailes.
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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
In África Terra Querida (Africa Beloved Motherland) singer and songwriter Paulo Flores displays his poetic lyricism with a candid, melancholic description of various situations that depict life in the African continent and in Angola in particular, ranging from the relationship with elders, to interactions between neighbors, to the extremely popular game of soccer, the sport of the masses.
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This episode accompanies the “Dança Kizomba” episode of the second season of our podcast devoted to the kizomba rhythm and dance, check that one out because it is fire! In this episode we are fortunate to have Rui Djassi Moracén as a co-host to fix Andrés’ broken Portuguese translation and to contextualize the song. Rui is an Angolan project manager, and the founder of the University of Kizomba, a non-profit educational initiative that aims to promote Angola at large, preserving its culture and the essence of its dances.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Our season so far has consisted of Afro-Latin rhythms. This month we are taking a trip across the ocean, away from the Americas all the way to Africa, because the rhythm we are talking about today is… Kizomba!!!
We travel to Angola to talk about the history of Kizomba and the socio-political and cultural context in which it developed. We talk about Kizomba’s musical influences and about how the dance came to be, and we discuss its international reach.
Our guests are Rui Djassi Moracén, an Angolan project manager, and the founder of the “University of Kizomba”, a non-profit educational initiative that aims to promote Angola at large, preserving its culture and the essence of its dances; and Kimberly Nicole , a marketing and communication professional who is also the owner of Kizomba RDU in the Triangle area in North Carolina, where she teaches kizomba and semba.
As part of this episode we also created the Spotify playlist 🎧 “Kizomba Black Pride” which consists of Kizomba songs celebrating blackness. You can find in it here.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
El Negrito del Batey composición de Hector J. Díaz y Medardo Guzmán, en la voz de Alberto Beltrán con La Sonora Matancera, es un clásico del merengue que mucha gente en América Latina identifica fácilmente. La canción nos ofrece una combinación intoxicante de ritmo y letra que inicialmente da la impresión de caer en la trampa de estereotipar a la gente negra solamente para luego arrojar el estereotipo por la ventana. Es por eso que la canción es perfecta para nuestra serie Were You Listening por su mensaje sutil y no tan sutil.
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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Yo Soy Merengue de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. En este episodio tenemos dos invitados afro-dominicanos: Edwin Ferreras quien es un educador de baile y música, compositor, arreglista, productor, y uno de los fundadores de Areíto Arts; y Socrates Garcia quien es un profesor de la universidad de Northern Colorado, productor, ingeniero de mezclas y grabación, arreglista, compositor, y líder de grupos musicales. Y también escuchamos en el episodio a la mamá de nuestro host Andrés Hincapié!
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Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.
Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
El Negrito del Batey (The Black Man from the Batey) composed by Hector J. Díaz and Medardo Guzmán, in the voice of Alberto Beltrán with La Sonora Matancera, is a signature merengue song that many people in Latin America easily recognize. The song presents us with an intoxicating combination of rhythm and lyrics, which appear to walk right into the trap of stereotyping black people only to later throw the stereotype out of the window. It is hence perfect for our Were You Listening series for its subtle and not so subtle message.
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This episode accompanies the Yo Soy Merengue episode of the second season of our podcast. In this episode we hear from two Afro-Dominican guests: music and dance educator, composer, arranger, producer, and co-founder of Areíto Arts, Edwin Ferreras, and University of Northern Colorado Professor, music producer, recording and mixing engineer, arranger, composer, and bandleader Socrates Garcia. And we also hear from host Andrés Hincapié’s mom Margarita Noreña!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This episode is named after the song Yo Soy El Merengue in honor of the late Johnny Ventura who died July 2021. But, who is the merengue? What is it? How is it danced? What is the Black contribution to this contagious rhythm, staple of house parties not only in its birthplace the Dominican Republic, but also in other Latin American countries such as Puerto Rico and Colombia.
In this episode we talk about the origins and history of merengue, its role as the national rhythm of the Dominican Republic under dictator Rafael Trujillo, and its diffusion all over the Latin American and Latino markets in the U.S. including its mixtures with Hip Hop. Of course, since we're dancers, we also explore how the Black roots of merengue informed how the rhythm is danced.
Our guests are Dominican music and dance educator, composer, arranger and producer Edwin Manuel Ferreras Madrigal, Dominican music professor, arranger, recording engineer, composer and band leader Socrates Garcia, and doctoral student in ethnomusicology, teacher and musician John Bimbiras.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In this single we celebrate the first anniversary of our podcast and reflect on the knowledge that all of our incredible guests have generously shared with us. We talk about our mission to advance anti-racism in the Afro-Latin dance community and we also reflect on our work in season one, Were You Listening?, our singles and our ongoing second season.
Kick back and listen at the coziest most relaxing plant corner in your home (you’ll know what we mean when you watch on Ig, Facebook or YouTube 😉)
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Caribe Soy (I'm Caribbean) by Ramón Torres is a great fit to accompany our Señora Bachata Mix(ed)tape Podcast episode because, among the many bachata songs expressing some version of national pride, Caribe Soy is one of the only ones that uses the formula of national or regional pride while also explicitly recognizing the African roots of the region and the inequalities across racial lines.
In spite of the fact that Ramón Torres was not able to acquire many years of education given his poor upbringing, he is one of the few bachateros who go beyond lyrics of love and heartbreak introducing in his lyrics reflections addressing social issues. Caribe Soy is a prime example of this approach because it does not blindly buy into the miscegenation myth. Instead, the song recognizes the hardship of the African and native peoples, breaking the romanticized notion of an ideal, somehow superior mix.
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In this episode we hear from host Andrés Hincapié and from two Afro-Dominican guests: dancer and instructor Noeli Nathalie Rubio Reynoso and Spanish interpreter and local bachatero Antonio “Chaggy” Feliz Gómez.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We all know that in dance socials in the U.S. and in other parts of the world, if you’ve danced three or four salsa songs, La Señora Bachata is coming your way! In this episode we embark on a difficult voyage to explore the black roots of bachata. The fascinating development of this popular rhythm reveals conflicts of racial identity that exist in the Dominican Republic and in Latin America at large.
In our visit to La Señora Bachata we talk about the development of the rhythm and its musical influences as well as the political and social events that marked its evolution. We also talk about bachata dance and about the role of sensual bachata on the diffusion of traditional Dominican bachata. We close the episode with reflexions from local bachateros regarding the lack of explicit race-driven discussions on the contributions of black people to the rhythm of bachata.
Our guests are doctoral student, singer, writer, performance artist and musicologist Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Dominican dancer and instructor Noeli Nathalie Rubio Reynoso, and bachateros from our local social dance scene Jordan Alayna, Courtney Cooper-Lewter, Antonio “Chaggy” Feliz, Angel García, and Kemar Ebanks.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In Las Caras Lindas De Mi Gente Negra (The Beautiful Faces Of My Black People) Ismael Rivera interprets Tite Curet Alonso's ode of love to black people, masterfully injecting his brilliant soneo. The main two ingredients in Tite Curet’s ode are the obvious, intrinsic joy and beauty of black people, and the sorrow that has accompanied blackness in the Americas. If you have listened to our previous WYL episodes you probably recognize a similar sorrow in songs like Raza or Canto das Três Raças.
"We are the molasses that laughs, the molasses that cries" writes Tite Curet Alonso. Molasses was a commodity traded for (and most likely produced by) enslaved Africans in the Americas during the Transatlantic Enslaved Trade. This is exactly why, when Maelo Rivera sings of molasses as the materialization of Blackness in the Americas, the duality of joy and sorrow is accentuated. We are, quite literally, the molasses that laughs and cries.
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In this episode we hear from host Andrés Hincapié and from guests and listeners Brandon Hampton (from Ritmos Negros Podcast), Lauren Wilmore, and Tyler Cobb.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We explore our favorite Afro-Latin rhythm (or more precisely, blend of rhythms): Salsa! Our exploration includes a historical contextualization of the development of salsa, highlighting the role of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Latin@s broadly as well as the rhythmical richness inherited from Africa. We also provide a description of the introduction and diffusion of salsa in the United States and discuss the need to recenter blackness and the role that dancers in the Afro-Latin dance scene play in the preservation of the roots of this beloved blend we call salsa.
Our guests are Afro-Cuban folklore expert, dancer, choreographer, and PhD candidate Neri Torres, retired 1st dancer from Conjunto Folklórico Nacional (Cuba) and chair of the Department of Folkloric Dance at Instituto Superior de Arte (Cuba) Alfredo O'Farrill Pacheco, and choreographers, dancers and business owners Norberto "Betto" Herrera, Fuquan Ferrell and Candace Joyner.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In Ojos Chinos El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico reveals a blind spot with respect to people of Asian descent. The song is a confusing act that oscillates between appreciation and mockery of Asian and Asian-Hispanic people. Although we love El Gran Combo here at The Mix(ed)tape Podcast, would this love we have for El Gran Combo be true if we weren’t willing to point at the blind spots as well? Probably not. So here we are, using this song to grow together.
Why is it a confusing act? Well, on the one hand, the song professes abounding, overflowing love for a Chinese muse (the chinita). On the other, it creates a racialized stereotype of Asian people by coupling exaggerated fake Chinese accents in Spanish, with references to Asian food items, and with poor emulations of Chinese sounds. The original cover of the album where the song first appeared tilts the scale further on the side of mockery by relying on blatant yellow face.
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The construction of this episode was a collaboration between our Host/Producer Andrés Hincapié and our Graphic Content Creator Susan Mykalcio, who is a woman of Asian descent.
Check out our playlist Arroz con Salsa!
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Due to the rise in anti-Asian hate and the shooting in Atlanta last month we decided to follow on our antiracist principles and delay our next rhythms episode to devote the month of April to explore Asian and Asian American experiences through the lens of dancers from the Afro-Latin dance community.
Susan Mykalcio, our graphics content creator and the host for this episode, met with social dancers, Leslie Cao and Ron Nguyen, and professional dancers, Peiwei Li Cobo, and Tina Cavicchio. They talked about instances of racism, their feelings around Identity, and connecting to and honoring Afro-Latin culture being of Asian background.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In Elogio a Nieves Fresneda, El Goyo Hernández constructs a eulogy to Nieves Fresneda, an icon of Afro-Cuban folklore, based on the myriad of instruments and rhythms that exist in Afro-Cuban folklore.
In the construction of this episode we received help from our previous guest the great Marisol Blanco and from her main instructor, Alfredo O’Farrill Pacheco, who she helped us contact. Alfredo O’Farrill Pacheco is a renowned Afro-Cuban dancer and teacher. He is the 1st dancer of the distinguished Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba and is currently the head of the Department of Folkloric Dance in the prestigious Instituto Superior de Artes in Havana. Alfredo’s teachers include both Nieves Fresneda and El Goyo Hernández.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Marisol Blanco met with host Andrés Hincapié for the most recent episode of our second season, which was devoted to Afro Cuban rhythms. The conversation with Marisol was so rich, we knew we had to find a way to let ya’ll listen to the whole thing in Marisol’s own voice. So we made it into a Single.
This episode is in Spanish, so if you understand Spanish or are looking to improve your listening comprehension, you’re in the right place. You can always find the edited and English translated version of this interview in Track 2, Afro Cuba.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We explore Afro-Cuban rhythms: from basic historical events that played an important role in their development and popularity, to the connection between the dances and the religious practices they often derive from, to the ways in which dancers are encouraged to approach this folkloric gems centering blackness and the contributions of Afro-Cubans. Our guests are Afro-Cuban folklore expert, choreographer and dancer Marisol Blanco, and choreographers and practitioners Serena Spears and James and Peiwei Cobo.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In Canto das Três Raças, Clara Nunes, with her deep ties to popular Brazilian music, becomes the perfect interpreter for a song that unveils the sorrow hidden in plain sight in the sounds of Brazil.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We are exited to launch our second season. We’ll be talking about Afro-Latin and African rhythms that we grew up listening to and encounter in our social dancing sphere. If you loved the “Were You Listening?” series, fear nothing, we’ll be accompanying a WYL episode for each rhythm we explore.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In the words of our guest Pablo Guerreiro, samba is a connection between heaven, earth and humans, it’s a movement, it’s what transforms, what makes everything. We explore historical events that played an important role in the development of samba, consolidating it as a symbol of Brazilian identity. We also talk to samba dancers Charis Railey and Adriana Blanco about their experience with this Afro-Brazilian rhythm.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
In Herencia Africana Yuri Buenaventura reveals a strong connection with and awareness of the African roots of the culture of the Pacific coast of Colombia, where he was born and grew up. Yuri was requested by our listener Carmen Dence in St. Louis, MO, who is the director of folkloric dance company Grupo Atlántico, where host Andrés used to dance.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Ismael (Maelo) Rivera often sung about blackness and racism. In this song, through his captivating storytelling style of soneo, Maelo tells a story as old as time – anti-blackness and the hate crimes associated with it.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Even though ChocQuibTown is a hip-hop band in “Salsa & Choke” they experiment with a different, more recent rhythm called “salsa choke’’ which was molded in the Pacific coast of Colombia, a majority black region, by mixing elements from all over the continent.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This track's song is "La Quiero Negra" by Joe Arroyo. This hidden gem doesn't focus on the black woman's body. Instead, it presents the black woman as a human being, victim of discrimination, but most importantly, her own beacon of virtue and wisdom.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This track's song is "Bembelequa" by Celia Cruz. It’s easy to be so captivated by Celia’s unique voice, tongue twisting phrases, and the rhythms of the band, that we forget to stop and listen to the story she seeks to tell. Who is Bembelequa?
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We explore meanings, connotations and uses of "negrita" and the implications of such uses. Our guests Andrea Bolivar, Briana Harrison and William Garcia-Medina help us navigate the topic.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This track's song is "Esto te pone la cabeza mala" by Juan Formell y los Van Van. If you have danced to Los Van Van music and thought “they really get me” with the fusion and homage to African influence, it's because they really do get you. It's their deliberate approach.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This track's song is "Mi negrita me espera" interpreted by Ismael "Maelo" Rivera. Normal details of life are made song through the lens of a black couple. The song highlights a simple but powerful fact: normalcy also belongs to black people.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
This track's song is "Buenaventura y caney" interpreted by Grupo Niche, an ode of love to Buenaventura, a majority black Colombian town that has suffered great inequality and injustice for decades.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We translate and comment the song "Bemba colorá" interpreted by la reina de la salsa, Celia Cruz. This is a classic example of festive salsa music hiding deeper meaning in plain sight.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We start our "Were you listening?" series with the song "Raza" by Alexander Abreu and Havana D'Primera feat. Osain del Monte
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We introduce our new series "Were you listening?" We'll be translating and annotating songs from our Mix(ed)tape playlist. These songs have been talking about the beauty and perils of being Black in the Americas for a long time. Were we listening???
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Together with three guests from the dance community we dive into the nuances of colorism within various ethnic identities. We also talk about actionable steps to make our dance space more welcoming.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We discuss the main insights regarding racism and the dance community from our conversations with social and professional dancers in the Afro-Latin dance scene.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We talk about coping and empathy when consuming distressing news about police brutality and racism. We also talk about the late Chadwick Boseman and his impact on the culture. We introduce the concept of "Singles."
“Singles” will be episodes that might appear out of sequence from what we had originally planned to deliver. They might be centered on a pressing issue or related to a particular topic of interest.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We let our listeners take charge of this anti-racist project. Our listeners share their impressions and experiences in dance communities locally and abroad.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We continue our conversion with Lauren Wilmore (Ballroom, NYC) and Kimberly Nicole (Kizomba, NC) regarding how race & racism intersects with professional Afro-Latin and African dance, dance classes, dance team management, and dance businesses.
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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We talk with Lauren Wilmore (Ballroom, NYC) and Kimberly Nicole (Kizomba, NC) about how race & racism intersects with professional Afro-Latin and African dance, dance classes, dance team management, and dance businesses.
For more info and resources check our website here and our YouTube channel here.
Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com
If you like the music we use check our playlists here.
Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We talk to social dancers Sharita Thomas and Victor Connor about the ways in which racism manifests in the Latin Dance scene during socials, classes, and congresses.
For more info and resources check our website here and our YouTube channel here.
Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com
If you like the music we use check our playlists here.
Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
We offer context about who we (Mel and Andrés) are, what has shaped our racial and ethnic identity and who we are as social dancers and academic researchers.
For more info and resources check our website here and our YouTube channel here.
Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com
If you like the music we use check our playlists here.
Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Where it all started...
For more info and resources check our website here and our YouTube channel here.
Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com
If you like the music we use check our playlists here.
Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
