ShowcaseRoundtable: Arab Dance Traditions
04/22/08
7:00PM - 9:00PM
An evening exploring Arab dance traditions, with primary emphasis on their performance in New York City presented by Dr. Kay Turner, who teaches in NYU’s Performance Studies Dept. and is also folklorist for the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Co-moderated by Turner and Folk Arts Associate Nicole Macotsis, the panel brings together scholars and practitioners of Arab dance including Deborah Kapchan on Moroccan gnawa, Mohamed Bechar, gnawa master, Najwa Adra on Yemen bara’a, Yasser Darwish describing and demonstrating Egyptian tannoura and saidi , Phyllis “Phaedra” Saretta on New York style Oriental dance of the 1970s and 80s, and Levantine debka traditions discussed and shown by Eman Hamad.
WHERE: New York University, Performance Studies Dept.721 Broadway (corner of Waverly St.) Manhattan, 6th Floor, Rm 612
Folk Feet is funded by Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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