(PERTH AMBOY, NJ) -- Join New Jersey's premier Spanish & Flamenco dance company, the critically acclaimed Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, for two FREE public USA/250 History Lecture/Demo events on September 26th at the Kennedy Library, Piscataway, and on October 4th at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy. Both events are at 2:30pm.
As Spain's crucial role in the American Revolution is not commonly known or acknowledged, Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre will celebrate Spain's contributions and the legacy of Hispanics to U.S. Independence with a cross disciplinary program featuring a history lecture/PowerPoint presentation by Paul Soltis, a New Jersey State Parks Historian, and live demonstrations of Spain's 18th Century dance and music traditions by Alborada's dancers and musicians as well as reenactment specialist, Maria Hill.
The event brings to light how Spain and the Caribbean colonies shaped the battle for American Independence, including one of the most important players, General Bernardo de Gálvez.
The focus on New Jersey highlights Juan de Miralles, a Spanish merchant based in Cuba who supplied funds, munitions, uniforms, and supplies, meeting with Washington at his headquarters at the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage in Somerset, NJ, owned by Jacob Hardenbergh, the first President of Queen's College, now called Rutgers University
Tickets: FREE Admission. To Register visit: https://AlboHistoryEventSept2026.eventbrite.com
Through dance, drama and music, Alborada's passionate artistry reveals the many diverse and historical threads that comprise the multicultural fabric of Spanish culture. Both entertaining and educational, the variety of its repertoire runs the artistic gamut of Spanish Flamenco and traditional dances to Hispanic, Celtic, Moorish cultural influences and beyond. Tammy LaGorce, New York Times, Alborada is "awhirl in drama and color."
Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
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