Tamara Martinez Borre

About the Artist

Tamara Martinez was born in Santa Marta, Colombia. From a very early age, her love for music and dance was very apparent. As a child she performed in all the dance performances at her school. When she moved to Bogota, she began her professional studies at Tambores de Elegua, a dance company dedicated to the study of traditional Colombian dance. She has had the opportunity to perform as a dancer on television for shows such as CELIA and PAMBALE. In 2015, she traveled to Belgium and represented her native Colombia in two world dance festivals, Dance in Da Stand an Hello Schoten. She now resides in Los Angeles where she accompanies her father Eduardo Martinez, Afro-Colombian Drumming and Dance workshops in collaboration with Casa Del Mexicano, Tarima y Tambor (a series of workshops provided to the community at Plaza de La Raza), and most recently in collaboration with Alliance for California Traditional Arts as a instructor in the Reentry program.