| Edition | Merengue |
| Performers | Multiple: workshop, dance and live music |
| Duration | 195 min |
After a successful sold-out first edition, Korzo X Latin Soul Dance is back!
Korzo X invites a different guest curator from The Hague’s cultural scene to take over the stage and share their world with the audience. Through music, dance, stories, and community, each edition offers a unique perspective.
This time, Angela Alfaro of Latin Soul Dance takes us into the world of merengue, the vibrant music and dance tradition at the heart of the Dominican Republic. Join us for an evening celebrating culture, connection, and movement.
What can you expect?
- Workshops for everyone, no dance experience required!
- Performance
- Live music
- Latin American food
- Stories and conversations
- Community and social dancing
We’ll be announcing the artists and performances soon that will be part of this edition’s program. Until then, keep dancing!
Merengue is more than just music or dance; it is a living expression of identity, community, and cultural resilience.
Originating in the nineteenth century in the Dominican Republic, merengue emerged from a fusion of African rhythms, European dance forms, and Indigenous Caribbean influences. Over time, it developed into a powerful cultural language that tells stories of love, migration, social inequality, resistance, and pride. For many, the rhythms of merengue remain a connection to home, keeping memories, heritage, and community alive across generations and borders.
Thanks to its accessibility and resilience, merengue has survived dictatorship, oppression, and displacement. Anyone can take part, because everyone can lead and everyone can follow. You dance with the person next to you. In this way, the dance floor becomes a space for encounter, equality, and collective joy.
What if connection could triumph over division? What if there were no fixed roles, but shared responsibility? And what if joy were not a form of escape, but an act of resilience and togetherness? Come join us and experience it at Korzo.
Korzo Zaal