Marcos Napa

Percussionist Performer

Performed with the internationally acclaimed folkloric ensemble "Peru Negro" as First Cajón 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 Norteños 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 Cusqueña" 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 Cajón" 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