SALSA STORIES Sound of Light Edition 2022 in the Lower East Side, NYC. With the support from NYC DOT's Open Streets and The Clemente, we bring free community engagement programs with live bands and DJs, dance classes, live interactive projections, augmented reality photo exhibit, and social dancing in the streets where Salsa was born in NYC.

Created and directed by cultural producer Bianka Cypriano, Salsa Stories presented an immersive salsa experience at the Whitney Museum, as part of The Clemente / Lower East Side Open Street Series.

Dora Dias is a Brazilian-American motion designer based in the South Bronx whose work reflects her self-discovery journey into the Latin culture and the heritage of Salsa.

Salsa Stories street dancing through an augmented reality photo exhibition with archival images from Center for Puerto Rican Studies in East Harlem - 2022.

SALSA STORIES is a multimedia and multidisciplinary community engagement program that activates open spaces through pop-up photo exhibitions, video screenings, music performances and dance classes. The photos and videos showcase people from the local community, who share true events about the history and culture of salsa. They tell historical facts that shaped salsa’s evolution and transformed it into a vital part of New York’s cultural heritage. The programming has been presented under Open Streets program in the Lower East Side and East Harlem, and in community gardens such as La Plaza Cultural and New York Restoration Project's Herb Garden, with the support of NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Transportation, NY Foundation for the Arts, and the Mayor’s Office for Media & Entertainment.

A Brazilian couple dedicated to environmental preservation, promote sustainable alternatives that reconcile agriculture with soil recovery and reforestation.

Opening of the NY 7th Colombian Film Festival