BAILA Society is a cultural arts organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating Afro-Latinx dance and music heritage through an international repertory company, live classes, and community events. Salsa and Latin Hustle sit at the center of their work, approached as both social art forms and living history rooted in Afro-Latinx communities. At Culture Around the Corner, BAILA directors Ahtoy Juliana and Edwin Tolentino open the Sunset Salsa Dance Party with improvisational partnerwork and solo work, then guide participants into dancing \”shines,\” the solo practice of Mambo and salsa, sharing the historical context behind the movement along the way. From there, the floor opens up, and everyone is invited to social dance for the rest of the event, in a space built on mutual respect and collective care. Never salsa danced before? Doesn\’t matter. Come move with us!
Luminous Abstract will provide vivid, larger-than-life, projection-mapped live visuals for the Sunset Salsa Dance Party. The visuals will be site-specific, mapped to the architecture of the Slocum Library in Long Branch, NJ.
A 3-Day Festival of Arts, Food, and Discovery.