Calpulli Mexican Dance Company to Perform at Four Ocean County Library Branches

TOMS RIVER – Learn the fascinating history of Mexico and its many diverse regions through folkloric dance. The Ocean County Library is pleased to honor Hispanic Heritage Month with educational performances by the Calpulli Mexican Dance Company at four branches during September.

Please register for any of these programs at https://tinyurl.com/OclCalpulli. For more information, stop by or call any participating OCL branch, call (732) 349-6200, or visit the Library’s online Calendar of Events. 

• Barnegat Branch – 2:30 PM Thursday, September 19, 112 Burr Street, (609) 698-3331.
• Little Egg Harbor Branch – 6:30 PM Thursday, September 19, 290 Mathistown Road, (609) 294-1197.
• Point Pleasant Borough Branch – 2:30 PM Tuesday, September 24, 834 Beaver Dam Road, (732) 295-1555.
• Berkeley Branch – 6:30 PM Tuesday, September 24, 30 Station Road, Bayville, (732) 269-2144.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company will perform Mexican folkloric dances featuring music, colorful costumes, memorable choreography, and interactive narration. Its programs have won praise from publications including The New York Times and Broadway World.

The New York City-based not-for-profit organization, now in its 21st year, celebrates the diversity of Mexican and Mexican-American heritage, communicating messages of hope through the languages of dance, music and spirit.

The group provides a cultural enrichment resource for teachers and students and as a center for community programs and performing arts training. Members conduct dance and music classes at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank and in Queens and New Rochelle, New York.

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