ShowcaseFolk Feet on Fifth
NEIGHBORHOOD DANCE TRADITIONS OF SUNSET PARK AND BAY RIDGE
Members of Sunset Park-based Mexican Folklórico group Quetzalcoatl, directed by Benito Bravo, at Folk Feet on Fifth’s event at the Danish Athletic Club. Photo: Amanda Barrett
Folk Feet on Fifth is part of the BAC Folk Arts' Folk Feet traditional dance project begun in 2003 to identify, document and present traditional dance in Brooklyn. Folk Feet on Fifth focuses on the neighborhood specific dance traditions of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. It aims to reinvigorate traditional dance and facilitate cultural networks throughout these two neighborhoods, which are linked by the lively 5th Avenue corridor, from Greenwood Cemetery to the Verrazano.
Highlighted dance traditions tied to community places and to neighborhood populations include Mexican folkdances performed at Sunset Park churches for the Feast Day of la Virgin de Guadalupe, Palestinian debke lines at El Widdi banquet hall weddings, and Swedish schottisches danced at St. Lucia’s celebration at the historic Danish Athletic Club.
You can view excerpts from Folk Feet on Fifth’s Video Documentation Series, Dance in the Neighborhood online, or hire one of several dance teachers based in the 5th Avenue neighborhoods through Folk Feet Dance Workshops.
Click here to explore our Past Folk Feet Events
Brooklyn’s traditional dancers involved in Folk Feet continue to be involved in BAC activites through Folk Feet Dance Workshops, BAC Folk Arts, Arts in Education as well as other projects, and can always be located through BAC’s online registry and directory.
Highlighted dance traditions tied to community places and to neighborhood populations include Mexican folkdances performed at Sunset Park churches for the Feast Day of la Virgin de Guadalupe, Palestinian debke lines at El Widdi banquet hall weddings, and Swedish schottisches danced at St. Lucia’s celebration at the historic Danish Athletic Club.
You can view excerpts from Folk Feet on Fifth’s Video Documentation Series, Dance in the Neighborhood online, or hire one of several dance teachers based in the 5th Avenue neighborhoods through Folk Feet Dance Workshops.
Click here to explore our Past Folk Feet Events
Brooklyn’s traditional dancers involved in Folk Feet continue to be involved in BAC activites through Folk Feet Dance Workshops, BAC Folk Arts, Arts in Education as well as other projects, and can always be located through BAC’s online registry and directory.
Folk Feet is made possible, in part, by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The New York Community Trust.
Additional support is provided by New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation.Related Categories
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