Year: 2026-2027
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artist: Meranda Flachs-Surmanek
Community Partners: Bay Shore Chamber of Commerce; Brentwood School District; En Vivo Radio; La Fiesta Radio; Patchogue School District; Tula Restaurant
Audience: 600
County: Suffolk
Year: 2025-2026
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artist: Gloria Llompart
Community Partners: Brentwood School District; Fresh and Nova Music; Jard Lerebours; JVC Radio; Legislator Samuel Gonzalez; NYS Senator Monica Martinez
Audience: 113
County: Suffolk Continue reading Splitting and Sharing: Sowing the Seeds of Cultural Resilience→
Year: 2024-2025
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artists: David Y Celia,ย Maria Loreta Celitan, Edward, Rodriguez, Elisabet Torras
Community Partners: Brentwood Library, Brentwood School District, Islip Arts Council, JVC Broadcasting, Latina Teacher Association, Legislator Samuel Gonzalez, South Shore Mall
Audience: 3,000
County: Suffolk Continue reading Sol y Sombra→
Dancer Rosa Lina Lima and new immigrant youth from Brentwood NY: final presentation dancing “Ubuntu”. Photos by Segundo Orellana.
Year: 2023-2024
DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada
Artist: Rosa Lina Lima
Community Partners: Brentwood School District; Patchogue School District; Puerto Rican Coalition; Suffolk Community College; Uplift Our Town
Audience: 120
County: Suffolk
Margarita Espada, Lia Viridia Dominguez and Karen Mena in CONSTELLATIONS
Year: 2021-2022 DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada Artist: Lia Viridiana Dominguez Community Partners: Custer Institute and Observatory, Long Island; Suffolk Community College; SUNY Stony Brook; Teatro Yerbabruja Cultural Center Audience: 355 County: Suffolk
Year: 2020/2021 DanceForce Member: Margarita Espada Artists: Ivette Chiclana, Amed Irrizary, Rosa Lina Lima, Gloria Llompart Community Partners: Firehouse Gallery; Latina Moms; Pronto of Long Island; Radio La Fiesta; Suffolk Community College; Teatro Rodante Hispanico Audience: 615 County: Suffolk