AfroCuban Workshop by Edson de Cuba

Name: AfroCuban Workshop by Edson de Cuba
Start: 2025-09-06T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-06T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Latin Street Dancing

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Latin Street Dancing | Chicago, IL

Our Afro-Cuban workshop is designed to introduce dancers to new, rarely seen forms of Afro-Cuban and other Cuban rhythms, providing them with a new avenue for self-expression.
SCHEDULE
📅 Saturday, Sep 6th, 2025
4-7 PM
4 PM – Rumba Columbia
5 PM – Congo Palo
6 PM – Afrotimba
Early Bird Tickets
$25 – One workshop
$60 – Three workshops (3 hrs)
Apply the promo code for discounts at checkout:
EB5 for one workshop | EB15 for three workshops
Late Bird Tickets (Door)
$30 – One workshop
$75 – Three workshops
This is for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced difficulty.
No partner is necessary.
Limited space is available per workshop.
All of the Workshops are non-refundable.
Free parking at 1130 S Jefferson St.
ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTOR:
Edson Cabrera was born in Cuba and graduated from the highly regarded Escuela Nacional de Arte in Dance in 2005 and was trained at the National School of Art in Havana.
Rumba: One of Cuba’s most celebrated forms of music and dance. The genre is energetic and soulful, using conga drums, claves, maracas, scrapers, and bells. When you listen to rumba, you can’t help but start to dance! *Cuban rumba is not the same as American ballroom rumba (or rhumba) but inspired the popular ballroom dance category.
Congo/Arara: Its traditions come from the Bantú people of Central Africa (particularly from Congo). The Bantú represent the majority of African slaves coming into Cuba during the 17th and early 18th centuries; Drums and hand rattles are used in this music, which is based upon communication with ancestral spirits, the dead, as opposed to the Orishas. Arará music is characterized by particular percussive styles, including drumming, hand-clapping, and body percussion.