The music of "bomba" has echoed through the homes, villages, and communities of Puerto Rico since the 1600s ... and the spirited steps of a single dancer. It tends to bring out the curiosity ...

The dance is called Bomba. It's a Puerto Rican tradition dating back 400 years, and is considered a fluid dialog between dancer and drummer. Related: Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week kicks off Sept.

Dance and music are pivotal to the culture of Puerto Rico. With a unique mix of Taíno, Spanish, and African traditions, the many stories of the island can be felt by the songs as styles of bomba ...

Cepeda is founder of a Kissimmee-based Puerto Rican traditional dance and music school, Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda. She says her school serves as a tribute to her mother, Tata Cepeda ...

Bomba is a traditional music and dance style in Puerto Rico that has evolved into a form of community expression. "I want to go back every day," Rodríguez said in Spanish. "But we're helping ...

Then one of the group’s dancers, Liliana Rodriguez Muriel, starts moving to the infectious beat of the barrill de bomba, the traditional drum used in bomba — an Afro-Puerto Rican genre of ...

“Bomba and the Coquí,” a brand new show celebrating Puerto Rican culture and pride with an original score, Bomba music, dance, bright and flowing costumes and a humorous script, will open in Park ...

When we represent Puerto Rico, we represent their heart,” said Chris Santiago, 23, of The Bronx, who has been to the event every year since he was a child.

Wilbur Cross tenth grader Shayel Rodriguez gathered with 12 other student dancers in the school’s gymnasium to perform Puerto Rican bomba, Colombian cumbia, and Brazilian samba – to help celebrate the ...

About a dozen young girls joined the small parade wearing flouncy, ruffled white dresses, traditionally worn by bomba dancers in Puerto Rico. Bomba, a dance style introduced in the late 17th ...