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- EIN 11-3080063
- office@oneworldarts.org
- 718-885-2574
- 156 Marine Street Bronx NY 10464 USA
- www.oneworldarts.org
- retumba1
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Performing Arts
Mission: One World Arts, Inc. was formed in 1991 with the primary mission of enhancing individual understanding and acceptance of different races, cultures, religions, and beliefs through the medium of dance, music, theatre, visual arts and storytelling. One World Arts provides workshops, school residencies, lectures, seminars, concerts and performances to the community at large. Committed to reaching a diverse and multi-cultural audience, One World Arts Inc. seeks to preserve the folklore of a society, sustain links between generations, and promote pride in the history of ones culture in order to ensure that traditions will not be lost and encourage an acceptance of different races, cultures, religions and beliefs. The performance arm of One World Arts is ¡Retumba! (Resound!), a multi-cultural music and dance ensemble founded in March 1981. ¡Retumba! brings vibrant interactive performances that are musically soulful and passionate as well as visually fascinating. !Retumba! is a feast for the eyes and ears and brings the audience to their feet dancing. ¡Retumba! bases its work on the music and dance of Africa, Europe, and its expressions in the Americas and the Caribbean: Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Mexico and South America. One World Arts, Inc. has presented ¡Retumba! at New York City’s Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Out-of-Doors Festival. Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger. The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay and Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, State Theater New Brunswick as well as museums, community and senior centers around the United States
Target demographics: the community at large
Direct beneficiaries per year: about 500 students from Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester County and 200 senior citizens
Geographic areas served: New York
Programs: Arts-in-Education cultural presentations and programs in dance, music, percussion, and visual arts. We also offer residencies, lectures, seminars, concerts, and performances to colleges, universities, community, and senior centers. Entertainment for corporate and special events such as cultural awareness, employee appreciation, annual celebrations, and conferences. One World Arts has presented programs for Bristol Myers, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Chase, Bellcore, Lucent Technologies, Pathmark and Con Edison.