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NADIA CALMET & AFRO PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE

NADIA CALMET & AFRO PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE NADIA CALMET & AFRO PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE NADIA CALMET & AFRO PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE

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Welcome to NADIA CALMET

  

Nadia Calmet is a professional Peruvian Folk Dance Artist, specializing in Afro-Peruvian Dances.  She has more than 25 years of experience participating in cultural exchanges with organizations in more than thirty countries as a

cultural representative of Peru.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Hospitality with studies in Public Policies for Vulnerable Populations, as well as in Arts Therapy and Intercultural Education and Child Development. She also have a degree in Community Artist from CAL STATE University, Los Angeles.

Nadia was a member of the Millennium Theater Group (Kimba Fá - Peru). She have worked as a choreographer and soloist for the legendary singer Eva Ayllon. 

In 2015 Nadia participated in the Peruvian delegation with the production "PERU: Pachamama" organized by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Additionally, she engaged in cultural exchanges with organizations such as Conjunto Folklórico Nacional in Cuba, Familia Ayala in Puerto Rico.

She is a script writer, choreographer and artistic director of more than 20 Peruvian musicals in different cities such as: Lima, Seattle, Utah and Los Angeles.

She is the main initiator of the “Afro-Peruvian Cultural Day” in Los Angeles, CA a first for the city. 

She has given lectures at several universities in the United States, such as: Connecticut University, Purdue University, Indiana University, UCLA, YALE among others.

She is also the founder and Artistic Director of the performing arts company the “Afro-Peruvian Experience” in Los Angeles which allows her to continue to vindicate, embody, and give visibility to the cultural diversity of Peru. 

Currently, Calmet works as a dance teacher and specialist in the African diaspora dances, as well as creating curricula for multicultural arts education programs in the city of Los Angeles. Calmet has just published his first bilingual children's book titled "Cajón, Cajita y Quijada".

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Upcoming Events

Performance

Afro Peruvian Music & Dance

Afro Peruvian Music & Dance

Fire, Tradition, and Cultural Survival in the Central Andes

FOLWER MUSEUM - UCLA 

April 6, 2025 | 3:00PM - 6:00PM

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Afro Peruvian Music & Dance

Afro Peruvian Music & Dance

Afro Peruvian Music & Dance

Tia's Chuchas Workshop  

Thursdays  6:00PM - 7:00PM

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Upcoming Events

Performance

Brand Library Dance Series  

 MAY 1O, 2025 | 5:00PM 


The performances are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. An accessible entrance and parking is located on the East side of the building. For more information, contact 818-548-2051 or info@brandlibrary.org

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"CAJÓN, CAJITA Y QUIJADA" - CHILDREN'S BOOK

Calmet is the author of this bilingual children's book, which has been created to honor the invaluable cultural heritage of Afro-Peruvians, who left us a message of resilience and cultural resistance, with the hope of inspiring new generations to write and tell our own stories.


AFRO PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE Dance Co.

Nadia Calmet is CEO & Founder of Afro-Peruvian Experience Performing Arts Company, an artistic company based in Los Angeles California, which integrates art from a holistic perspective, resulting in RESISTANCE and culture.

RESILIENCE of our African ancestors in Peru that we present on stage.

CONFERENCES

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

Understanding the cultural diversity of Peru

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MOLAA MUSEUM: Resilience and Cultural Resistance through the Arts

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

Peruvian women and their contribution to artistic and cultural development

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EL CAMINO COLLEGE: Resistance Rhythms

PERDUE UNIVERSITY: Identity, Cultural Diversity and the African Diaspora in Peru

EL CAMINO COLLEGE: Resistance Rhythms

Rhythm as an organizer. Understanding dance, poetry and the history of Afro-Peruvians.

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theater productions

"Juan Palenque" Lima - Perú

"María Landó" Utah & Los Angeles

"Juan Palenque" Lima - Perú

Dance, Music and Theater of Peru

(2014)

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"Letters From Perú" Los Angeles

"María Landó" Utah & Los Angeles

"Juan Palenque" Lima - Perú

Dance, Music and Theater of Peru

(2016)

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"María Landó" Utah & Los Angeles

"María Landó" Utah & Los Angeles

"María Landó" Utah & Los Angeles

Dance, Music and Theater of Peru (2021)

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AFRO PERUVIAN POETRY

"Me gritaron Negra"

Author: Victoria Santa Cruz

Zamacueca del Bicentenario

This is Nadia Calmet's first composition and musical production. 

An offering to Peru. Say: Here we are! We continue resisting! 

This song was recorded in 2021, in the midst of the global pandemic with the aim of sending a message of hope, love and faith through our art.

The arrangement is by José Roberto Hernández on guitar; on the voice, Elizabeth Panchano, Pierr Padilla on the quijada de burro, tumbadoras and dance; in the Cajón the great Juan Medrano “Cotito”, and Federico Zúñiga in the Bajo.


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Afro-Peruvian Experience is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax. All gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. 

EIN number 93-2562697.

Copyright © 2021 NADIA CALMET - All Rights Reserved.

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