CUMBIA AND COMMUNITY: Some of the cast members of “La Gran Cumbia Espectacular!,” which continues this week at the Wallace Theater. (Photo by Abe Jacobs)

Kaelani Burja, a senior at Princeton University, has created “La Gran Cumbia Espectacular!,” a theatrical performance and celebration of an art form with African and Indigenous roots encompassing rhythm, dance, and music. The show continues Thursday and Friday, April 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. at the Wallace Theater, located at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus.

The art originated along Colombia’s Rio Magdalena. The show celebrates cumbia and community, through three styles of cumbia. The cast will teach audience members interested in participating how to dance cumbia, and share what it means to them in a “perfectly imperfect rollerskating/quinceanera/Selena/Zumba/horror/drag/pop/zombie community block party,” according to a press release.

Admission is free. Visit arts.princeton.edu for more information.