Showcase
Vongku Pak performs at Circle 'Round Brooklyn.
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication
Workshop 2: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Workshop 1: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Folk Feet Dance Showcase
03/01/09
2:00PM - 5:00PM
Vongku Pak performs at Circle 'Round Brooklyn.
6TH ANNUAL FOLK FEET TRADITIONAL DANCE SHOWCASE
DANCING THE DEAD
Sunday, March 1, 2-5pm
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Dancing the Dead, brings the various dances of death, mourning, and remembrance practiced in Brooklyn's immigrant communities to the Whitman Theater stage for a first-ever presentation in the same program. Experience dance traditions of China, Korea, Grenada, India, and more. Featuring Aeilushi Mistry, Dean Maitland,Euston James, Conjunto Folklorico Alianza Dominicano, Vongku Pak, Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Senior Dance Group, and Erhan Yildirim. Free!
The funeral traditions of certain Brooklyn immigrants incorporate dance and music in celebration of the deceased. Grenadian bongo (a dance performed at wakes) and Dominican palos (a drumming style), for example, can play a role in wakes. And in some cultures, sacred legends tell the story of gods such as the Hindu Ganesha and the Chinese Taoist Cheng Ur who defy death to become immortal.
DANCING THE DEAD
Sunday, March 1, 2-5pm
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Dancing the Dead, brings the various dances of death, mourning, and remembrance practiced in Brooklyn's immigrant communities to the Whitman Theater stage for a first-ever presentation in the same program. Experience dance traditions of China, Korea, Grenada, India, and more. Featuring Aeilushi Mistry, Dean Maitland,Euston James, Conjunto Folklorico Alianza Dominicano, Vongku Pak, Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Senior Dance Group, and Erhan Yildirim. Free!
The funeral traditions of certain Brooklyn immigrants incorporate dance and music in celebration of the deceased. Grenadian bongo (a dance performed at wakes) and Dominican palos (a drumming style), for example, can play a role in wakes. And in some cultures, sacred legends tell the story of gods such as the Hindu Ganesha and the Chinese Taoist Cheng Ur who defy death to become immortal.
Video: Kay Turner
Director of Islamic Funeral Services in Ft. Greene, the Turkish-born Erhan Yildirim is heard chant-singing mevlid, the traditional Turkish Islamic lamentation for the dead which is performed at all commemoration ceremonies. Accompanied by Euston James.
Video: Kay Turner
Brooklyn Chinese-American Senior Dancers perform the dance associated with Cheng Ur, the moon goddess celebrated during Autumn Harvest ceremonies.
Video: Kay Turner
“Invocation” a danced interpretation of burial preparations at the gravesite as performed in Carriacou, a small island dependency of Grenada in the Caribbean. Performed by Dean Maitland and “Art in Motion” at Beth Elohim Synagogue. Dean is a native of Grenada now living in Brooklyn.
Download the Folk Feet Dance Showcase 2009 Program
> FOLK_FEET_Dance_Showcase_2009_Program.pdf (2863.127 kb)
> FOLK_FEET_Dance_Showcase_2009_Program.pdf (2863.127 kb)
Download the Press Release
> Days_of_the_Dead_Spring_2009_Press_Release_BCBC_Showcase-1.pdf (59.151 kb)
> Days_of_the_Dead_Spring_2009_Press_Release_BCBC_Showcase-1.pdf (59.151 kb)
Download the DODB Spring Events Postcard
> DODB_Postcard_2.pdf (4078.856 kb)
> DODB_Postcard_2.pdf (4078.856 kb)
BAC Folk Feet traditional dance programs are supported by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The New York Community Trust. Days of the Dead in Brooklyn is made possible with major support from National Endowment for the Arts, Con Edison, and NYS Tribute Foundation.
BAC's media partner for Days of the Dead in Brooklyn is The L Magazine.Related Categories
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