Welcome to Center of Peruvian Arts

The Center of Peruvian Arts connects audiences and students to the folkloric arts & culture traditions of Peru, through music, dance, drama and visual arts.
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Find out how to get involved, join our classes, or see our dancers perform throughout the Chicagoland area.

ABOUT US

Find out about our founders, our mission, and our various programming.

 

Summer Peruvian Dance Classes 2025 - Chicago

Peruvian Dance Classes 2025

Through this discipline, children can learn to communicate better with their peers, enjoy physical exercise and develop cognitive skills. The most amazing thing is that it can help them express that which they are not able to say with words.    

In these classes, participants will enjoy the development of their creativity and the benefits of dance through traditional and contemporary games, such as social development, physical activity, discipline, physical and auditory development, and coordination. Through the practices, the values of respect, leadership, teamwork and valuing their cultural roots will be developed. This allows the child to strengthen personal integration while reinforcing their group identity and sense of community. The joint work has the mission of reinforcing and providing a comprehensive education to the participants, reinforcing their self-esteem for the development of a consistent human being for the future.

At the same time it gives them a new perspective on the culture and builds an unconscious connection. With this connection, students are more likely to be respectful of other cultures because they don't seem so foreign to them.

Dates/Fechas : June/Junio: 20,21,27,28 - July/Julio: 11,12,18,19

Kids/Niños: Friday/Viernes 5 - 6 PM Saturday/Sábado 3 - 4 PM

Adults/Adultos: Friday/Viernes 6 - 7 PM Saturday/ Sábado: 4 - 5 PM

Closing Ceremony/ Clausura: Sunday/Domingo, July/Julio 20th 

Place/Lugar: 6718 Belmont Ave. Chicago IL 60634

Cost/ Costo: $150 ( for 8 clases and rent of 1 tradicional attire for the closing ceremony day) 

Payment/Pago: Cash and Zelle.

Please fill the form if you are interesting/ Por favor llena el formulario si estas interesado/a

https://forms.gle/m5Fz84x1dxYEyQkq7

Please any question or concerns let us know to the email: centerofperuvianarts@gmail.com

Por favor cualquier pregunta o preocupación dejanos saber al correo electrónico: centerofperuvianarts@gmail.com

Text to/ Envia un texto a : (630) 542-2056


La Salle II – MAGNET SCHOOL - Tocapus workshop

Students using stamps paint a tocapus in their tunics.

WHAT IS A TOCAPU?

An Inca tocapu is a decorative geometric motif used in the Inca Empire to create art on textiles, ceramics, and wooden objects:

Peruvian Christmas event for refugee latinos

 

Elm Elementary School - Multicultural Event

Here at the Elm PTO Culture & Community Committee our goal is to showcase the diverse

cultures that make up our vibrant school community.


Elmhurst University, IL Jan 2025

Peruvian Indigenous Workshop


 
 

Congratulation for the Award to our President Ruben Pachas

Our congratulations go out to the nine recipients of Arts Midwest's inaugural Midwest Culture Bearers Award, including local dancemaker Rubén Pachas Center of Peruvian ARTS!

https://artsmidwest.org/.../2024-midwest-culture-bearers.../

Rubén: “As co-founder and artistic director of the Center of Peruvian Arts, I produce, and participate in theatrical Peruvian productions that emphasize the connections in Incan cosmology between humans and stars, Nature and the entire universe. My work in this vein has fostered knowledge and enjoyment of Peru’s rich cultural heritage in diverse communities, and even kindled people’s desire to visit the country.”

Courtesy of the Artist and Arts Midwest. pc Manuel Gutierrez. Students of Rubén Pachas before the Closing Ceremony of the Peruvian Fall Dance classes held at the Quinn Center of St. Eulalia Church auditorium in 2016.

 
 

SBC - News at “ Jump start with Jackie”

Wednesday, July 24th 2024

The Center of Peruvian Arts has an honor to appears in Tv and Mr. Rubén Pachas was Interviewed and teach a Huayno dance to the great Jackie kostek in the promotion of the Tanta’ celebration named PERU MARKET DAY ROOFTOP PARTY, celebrating LAS FIESTAS PATRIAS on Sunday, July 28, 2024, from Noon until 3 pm. Join us on the rooftop terrace for an unforgettable afternoon filled with vibrant festivities!

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Center of Peruvian Arts Music & Dance Academy

Fall 2024

Kids classes - Last closing ceremony on June 29th of 2024

 

Cajon classes - Last closing ceremony on June 29th of 2024

 

Adult dance classes - Last closing ceremony on June 29th of 2024


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