Hoofin' it in the Hood

10/16/08

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Members of Sunset Park-based Mexican Folklo(accent on O)rico group Quetzalcoatl, directed by Benito Bravo, at Folk Feet on Fifth�s event at the Danish Athletic Club. Photo: Amanda Barrett

Members of Sunset Park-based Mexican Folkl�rico group Quetzalcoatl, directed by Benito Bravo, at Folk Feet on Fifth�s event at the Danish Athletic Club. Photo: Amanda Barrett

Thursday, October 16th
Danish Athletic Club
741 65th St (between 7th and 8th avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11220
6:00-9:00pm

Folk Feet on Fifth�s kick-off event brought together more than 30 local traditional dancers to sample each others' dances, food and discuss the role of traditional dance in the neighborhood. The historic Danish Athletic Club on the cusp of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge hosted the event to a full-house.

Watch dance clips from the event:

Video: Amanda Barrett, Kay Turner

Hoofin' it in the Hood was an evening of dancing and discussion with local dance masters including:

Carlos Vasquez, La Salsa de Hoy

Cliff Matias, Redhawk Native American Arts Council

Paul Busse, Norwegian Folkdance Society

Benito Bravo, Balet Folkorico Quetzalcoatl

Chrisafo Madimenos and Garafalia Papadimitropoulos, Greek dance

Jad Lebbos, Lebanese debke and tabl player

Sheren Attal, Palestinian debke, Yallah Youth of Arts

Victoria Hofmo, East Coast Scandinavian Museum

Brooklyn Chinese American Association, Chinese folk dance

Vongku Pak, Korean dance and drumming

Joe Dwyer, Irish step dance star

Yasser Darwish, Egyptian Saidi dance

Zafer Tawil, Arab tabla

Related Categories

Dance, Folk / Traditional Arts, Traditional / Culturally Specific