The Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center
is one of four active cultural centers on the mainland US affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture for our offering of authentic, high-quality cultural programming. Celebrating our 10th Anniversary, our nonprofit (501C3) is creating a cultural anchor in the Southwest United States for Puerto Rico as one of the few cultural centers in the country, and the only in all of Texas and our four surrounding states, offering ongoing performance and educational programs in the full cross-section of traditional dance, music and culture for children through adults, as well as a professional-level performing company under one roof. Our achievement and quality has been validated by repeat support by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and others.
Our cultural center is home to Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance our professional-level performing company of dancers and musicians who perform at cultural events throughout the year. Trained by the masters on the Island, we are one of the few on the mainland US with the expertise to teach and perform the full cross-section of folklore from Puerto Rico -- Bomba, Plena, Seis, and Danza -- to children through adults, beginners through professional level.
Our website receives over 2,000 visitors each week from around the world and is providing a valuable resource on the music, dance, and history of our culture to educators, students, and the world-wide-web community.
The Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center
is dedicated to those who come seeking a world-class education in culture and folklore, who wish to discover and celebrate their identity, who yearn to become connected to a community, who will inspire and be inspired by role models, mentors and friends, and who, inside our walls, find a sense of pride and a dream for the future.
Visit our website for information on Puerto Rico's cultural traditions, upcoming performances, and classes in traditional dance, music and percussion for all ages.
See our photos from our company performances and events.
Our Next Events:
Celebrando 2008 - Rediscovering Boriken
June 21 (8pm) & 22 (2pm) 2008
Throughout the year, our 10-year old performing company of dancers and
musicians educates our community on the cultural traditions of Puerto Rico
through educational programs and community performances. It is with great
pride that this year we have been able to grow in the knowledge and
traditions of Puerto Rico's Primera Raiz (first root).
In this once in a lifetime performance, PUERTO RICAN FOLKLORIC DANCE
brings Tainos of Guatu Ma-Cu A Boriken ( http://conciliotainopr.org/ )
direct from Boriken, to share the stage with us and bring to our community a
lively, first-time experience in Taino music and dance.
See our Website for more information.
