S2 Track 8: Cuando Baila Reggaetón / When Dancing Reggaeton

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In this episode nos dedicamos a perrear. We visit the roots and development of reggaetón, learning about the economically disadvantaged, Caribbean Afro-descendant youth who rebelled the rhythm into existence. We also learn about the musical elements of the rhythms and about the dance of reggaetón, touching briefly on reggaetón's relation to Dembow.

For this track we have a set of illustrious guests: Beth Colón-Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department; Katelina Eccleston aka La Gata is the creator of the platform Reggaeton con La Gata dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and is the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show “De La Calle”; Inka is a Dominican rapper, music producer, educator, and cultural manager; and Cris Moreno is a New York City based dancer who has been dancing to Afro Latin rhythms for many years and who has been teaching reggaetón in recent years.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio