SANTO DOMINGO BLUES

"Bachata: The moving, sexually connotative, often explicit music born in the Dominican Republic will have you bobbin' your head and swingin' your hips so hard that you'll forget yourself. Before you know it, you're spinning - hands clapping, feet stomping, looking for Luis Vargas, the reigning Prince of Bachata on two continents. The old-timers call it Dominican blues-it started in juke joints and speakeasies and still enjoys the support of neighborhoods that fed its gut-bucket, sensuous legend. Gifted Director, Alex Wolfe seductively invites us to join the soulful parade of salty crooners from the villages of the Caribbean crossing over the water and public opinion to the radio waves of the Latino diaspora. SANTO DOMINGO BLUES chronicles the legend, wild popularity and global reach of this once taboo music of the patios.

The lyrics may be somewhat toned down now, but no matter how you try to sweeten the words, the story is the same-it's the blues, baby. What began as animal attraction, unspeakable joy and penultimate sex has turned cold...it's a graveyard of broken hearts and bittersweet revenge. So, cry. Screw. Drink. Forget about it. Find another! Love again. And again. And again. But whatever you do, don't stop dancing."

Wednesday 6/16 at 7:15 p.m.

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