With support from the California Arts Council INCA, the Peruvian Music & Dance Ensemble will produce INCA’s 45th Anniversary concert at the Colony Theater in Burbank, pay rent for the Flamenco Dance Studio, in Alhambra, CA, where the dancers of INCA rehearse and hold community Peruvian dance lessons, The Remo facilities in Santa Clarita, where INCA holds the International Cajon Festival, and the expenses connected with these events, plus to compensate the dance instructors, musicians, dancers, and staff for all these various events, as well as rehearsals involved to develop and practice the repertoire. These funds will also be used by INCA to compensate administrative staff responsible for coordination and supervision, accounting, promotion, and technical personnel responsible for live sound and documenting the Colony Theater concert, as well as costume storage and transportation.
INCA provides performances at schools, libraries, theaters, colleges, universities, Senior citizen centers,
festivals, museums, and private events, as well as workshops and master classes featuring, as mentioned above, the multi-cultural music and dance forms from Peru.
Since 1982 “INCA” has gained steadily in artistic excellence and in reputation as one of the west coast’s leading ethnic performing companies. Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, the Redlands Bowl, The Fresno Civic Auditorium, Zion National Park, El Paso’s El Chamizal Amphitheater, Santa Fe’s Greer Garson Theater, Albuquerque’s S.B.C.C., Colorado State University, Colorado College, etc., are true
indicators that the company has a feisty following throughout California and the western states. In ’93-’94 “INCA” performed at Mingus Auditorium in Cottonwood, AZ; at the Luther Burbank Ctr. for the Performing Arts in Santa Rosa, CA; Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, CA; in ‘95 at the Detroit Institute of Art. Throughout the years INCA toured throughout California aided with touring grants from the California Arts Council.
INCA also produced and presented “Fiesta Peru”, a festival of Peruvian music and dance, in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, “Fiesta Argentina”, Argentine Tango and Folklore music and dance, at the Ford Amphitheatre. In 2007 INCA produced the “40th Anniversary Concert Tour” presentation in Los Angeles of the emblematic group from Chile “Inti-Illimani” at the Ford. In 2008 INCA participated again at the Summer Sounds program at the Hollywood Bowl for a two week engagement, and at the Paul Getty Museum in connection with their Peruvian exhibit. INCA does shows at parks/schools and libraries through the Music Center of L.A. County. Every year INCA holds the International Cajon Festival at the Remo facilities in Santa Clarita (simultaneously held in Peru, Japan and other countries), and the dancers offer community Peruvian dance lessons at the Flamenco Dance Studio in Alhambra.