Posted on Jun 24, 2023
Oye como va: New York is getting a museum dedicated to salsa music
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The heart of salsa - the fast-tempo, horn-heavy music and its hip-swinging dance style - has beat loudly and strongly in New York for decades. The Bronx even earned the title of "El Condado de la Salsa," or "The Burrough of Salsa."
Now the city is home to the first museum dedicated to the music that traces its roots to Africa.
Unlike other museums around New York teeming with displays and hushed voices, the International Salsa Museum promises to be lively and flexible, with plans to eventually include a recording studio, along with dance and music programs.
The museum is also evolving, much like the music it is dedicated to. It currently hosts large pop-ups while its board seeks out a permanent home, and the museum is not expected to occupy its own building in the next five years.
The heart of salsa - the fast-tempo, horn-heavy music and its hip-swinging dance style - has beat loudly and strongly in New York for decades. The Bronx even earned the title of "El Condado de la Salsa," or "The Burrough of Salsa."
Now the city is home to the first museum dedicated to the music that traces its roots to Africa.
Unlike other museums around New York teeming with displays and hushed voices, the International Salsa Museum promises to be lively and flexible, with plans to eventually include a recording studio, along with dance and music programs.
The museum is also evolving, much like the music it is dedicated to. It currently hosts large pop-ups while its board seeks out a permanent home, and the museum is not expected to occupy its own building in the next five years.
Oye como va: New York is getting a museum dedicated to salsa music
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..."Now the city is home to the first museum dedicated to the music that traces its roots to Africa.
Unlike other museums around New York teeming with displays and hushed voices, the International Salsa Museum promises to be lively and flexible, with plans to eventually include a recording studio, along with dance and music programs.
The museum is also evolving, much like the music it is dedicated to. It currently hosts large pop-ups while its board seeks out a permanent home, and the museum is not expected to occupy its own building in the next five years.
For a permanent space, the museum founders have their heart set on a decommissioned military facility called Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx.
The legacy of salsa should be held in the place it was popularized, said board member Janice Torres. Having the museum in The Bronx is also about providing access to a community that is often overlooked, she said.
"We get to be the ones who help preserve history – meaning Afro-Latinos, meaning people from New York, from The Bronx, from Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic," Torres said. "We get to help preserve our oral histories."
Puerto Rican and living in New York, Torres calls herself a descendant of the genre.
Even people who don't share a common language speak salsa, she said, with salsa events attracting people from all over the world."...
..."Now the city is home to the first museum dedicated to the music that traces its roots to Africa.
Unlike other museums around New York teeming with displays and hushed voices, the International Salsa Museum promises to be lively and flexible, with plans to eventually include a recording studio, along with dance and music programs.
The museum is also evolving, much like the music it is dedicated to. It currently hosts large pop-ups while its board seeks out a permanent home, and the museum is not expected to occupy its own building in the next five years.
For a permanent space, the museum founders have their heart set on a decommissioned military facility called Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx.
The legacy of salsa should be held in the place it was popularized, said board member Janice Torres. Having the museum in The Bronx is also about providing access to a community that is often overlooked, she said.
"We get to be the ones who help preserve history – meaning Afro-Latinos, meaning people from New York, from The Bronx, from Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic," Torres said. "We get to help preserve our oral histories."
Puerto Rican and living in New York, Torres calls herself a descendant of the genre.
Even people who don't share a common language speak salsa, she said, with salsa events attracting people from all over the world."...
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