Fuerzas Culturales

Ballet Folklórico de Cedar Rapids

Celebrating tradition, youth, and community through the art of Mexican folk dance.

Fuerzas Culturales is a community-based organization that provides dance classes and performance opportunities to local kids and teens (grades K-12), made possible by community contributions and grants. 

Fuerzas Culturales, which translates to “Cultural Forces,” strives to preserve Latino culture in the youth through traditional dance and to share it with the Eastern Iowa community! 

A repeating pattern of red hearts, flowers, butterflies, and floral motifs on a black background.

What started as a dream …

… has grown into a resilient community of dancers, families, and culture bearers …

A repeating pattern of red hearts, flowers, butterflies, and floral motifs on a black background.
Young woman with sugar skull makeup, traditional dress, and jewelry, getting her hair styled by a woman in the background.
Five boys dressed as traditional Mexican luchadores with colorful satin shirts, white pants, red bandanas, and holding toy swords, standing in front of a large blue mural.
Red and black intricate floral pattern with symmetrical motifs and small decorative elements.

… and we’re just getting started!

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