Visit to Vanderbilt

In March 2024 the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (CLACX) and the Library hosted El Palenque de Delia, the acclaimed Colombian dance, music, and theater ensemble. After Vanderbilt acquired the collection of Delia Zapata Olivella from her daughter Edelmira, it was long hoped that the Center could bring the troupe to Vanderbilt to perform and present the Afro-Colombian and Indigenous dance and music traditions to the larger community. The Fundación Delia Zapata Olivella and the dance troupe was directed by Edelmira for over twenty years. They traveled to Nashville in March 2024 and she led the troupe in its residency.