Marcos Napa

Percussionist Performer

Performed with the internationally acclaimed folkloric ensemble "Peru Negro" as First Caj�n and dancer for eight years.
World toured with one of the most important singers of Peru: "Eva Ayllon" and performed with her for four years.
Performed for three years with "Mano Madera" directed by the distinguished percussionist Maria del Carmen Dongo.
Accompanist to other important Afro-Peruvian singers such as Cecilia Bracamonte, Mariella Valencia, Lucila Campos, among others.
Featured in a video by LP (Latin Percussion Co.) www.congahead.com performing with the Afro-Peruvian group "Kambalache Negro".
Currently performing in New York and New Jersey with: "Los Norte�os Del Peru" and "Alcatraz" as a percussionist and with "Ebano" as a percussionist and choreographer.
Participate in the international festivals of: "The Cervantino of Guanajuato" in Mexico, "Cerveza Cusque�a" in Peru, and "Gastronomico" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performed on important international stages such as the Municipal Theater of Lima, National Museum of Peru, UCLA University, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Queens Theater, Kennedy Center, and others.

Academy of Dance and Percussion Ebano - Lima, Peru, November 1995 - November 1996

Founder Director and Afro-Peruvian Dance Instructor

Folkloric Ballet: "Andanzas Peruanas" - Lima, Peru, January 2003 - July 2003

Artistic Director

Academy of Dance and Percussion Ebano - Paterson NJ, August 2003 - November 2004

Founding Director and Afro-Peruvian Dance Instructor

Afro-Peruvian Master Class: Peruvian Afro-American Experience - Manhattan NY, August 2005

"Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors"

Afro-Peruvian Percussion Workshops:

Queens Museum - Queens, NY, July 2005
Sage Day at Boonton School Boonton - NJ, December 2004
Center for Traditional Music and Dance - Queens NY, July and April 2004
Peruvian American Teachers Association - Paterson NJ, February 2004

Peru Negro's Afro-Peruvian Percussion and Dance Workshop - Los Angeles, CA, February 2002

Participated as "First Caj�n" in the Afro-Peruvian Percussion and Dance Workshop given by "Peru Negro" at the UCLA.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance - Queens NY, October 2004 to Present

Faculty of "Pachamama Peruvian Arts", Students between 5 and 15 years old

Center for Traditional Music and Dance "Pachamama Peruvian Arts" - Manhattan NY, July 2005 to 2006

Artistic Director

Dance Institute Raices Peruanas - Paterson NJ, November 2004 -June 2005

Afro-Peruvian Dance Instructor

Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn NY, February 08, 2006

Afro-Peruvian Dance Lessons and workshop for dance professors

BAM/ Restoration Dance Africa - Brooklyn NY, March 03, 2006

Workshop of Afro-Peruvian Dance

Restoration Dance Africa - Brooklyn NY, March 18, 2006

Afro-Peruvian Dance Lessons for Students between 7 and 15 years old

BAM "African Music Beat" Spring 2006 - Manhattan NY, March 20 to May 22, 2006

Residency Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance

Manhattan International High School, NY Grade 12

Residency Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - Brooklyn NY, March 22 to May 31, 2006

Leon Goldstein High School, NY Grade 9

Ronald Edmonds Learning Center - Brooklyn NY, March 21, 2006

Workshop and Lesson, Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance

Junior High School 113, NY Grade 7

Residency Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - Brooklyn NY, April 06, to June 7, 2006

Intermediate School 30, NY Grade 8

BAM/ Restoration Collaboration - Brooklyn NY, May 07, 2006

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - Bronx NY, May 16, 2006

Castle Hill MS 127 NY, Grade 5

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - New York NY, May 16.2006

P-35 Manhattan High School NY, Grade 12

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - New York NY, May 23, 2006

Institute for Collaborative Education NY, Grade 9

BAM/ Dance Africa 2006 - Brooklyn NY, May 24, 2006

Performance with PERU NEGRO

BAM/ Dance Africa 2006 - Brooklyn NY, May 25, 2006

Performance with PERU NEGRO

BAM/ Dance Africa 2006 - Brooklyn NY, May 26, 2006

Performance with PERU NEGRO

BAM/ Dance Africa 2006 - Brooklyn NY, May 27, 2006

Performance with PERU NEGRO

BAM/ Dance Africa 2006 - Brooklyn NY, May 28, 2006

Performance with PERU NEGRO

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance - Brooklyn NY, May 30, 2006

Leon Goldstein High School NY, 9

New York Department of Education - Brooklyn NY, June 03, 2006

Nurturing the Nature of DANCE

Workshop Afro-Peruvian Dance