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Al Nujoom is a New Jersey-based Palestinian folkloric debkah troupe founded in 2005 and led by Ramzi Zdouq, who has called Paterson his home for nearly 3 years. Many of Nujoom’s members are originally... more
Alberto Gonzalez - Panamanian dances
Alberto Gonzalez is director of the Brooklyn-based Panamanian dance ensemble Conjunto Nuevo Milenio. Born in Colón, Panama, he started dancing at age five and later joined the Panamanian Ballet Folkló... more
Since the start of her career, Azza has been a featured dancer in all of New York's top Arab nightclubs, including The Nile, Cedars of Lebanon, Mofeta's, and Ibis. Based in Brooklyn, she dances at man... more
BAC’s Arts in Education programs strive to enhance the study of all art forms in our schools while supporting artists in their contribution to the culture of our community. We seek teaching artists... more
Brighten Ballet and Folk Dance Company
Artistic Director and Founder Irina Roizin and Brighton Ballet's dancers are former soloists from the Kirov Ballet, the Bolshoi Theater, and the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The company has appear... more
Chrisafo Madimenos - Greek line dance
Chrisafo Madimenos, an excellent teacher of Greek social dance, weaves lessons about the aesthetics and meaning of dances into her classes. The Brooklyn-raised Chrisafo spent summers in Greece with he... more
Circle ‘Round Brooklyn 2, a participatory dance event, held from 3 – 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 17, at Fort Greene Park, featured performances by soloists and troupes, whose traditional dance forms relate... more
This Year's Theme: Earth Stomping Dance Traditions FEATURING: JUXTAPOWER, SOUTH AFRICAN SONG AND DANCE Founder Sduduzo Ka-Mbili and Michael Nyonende Forde perform and teach Zulu dance (traditio... more
Sunday, October 8, 2006 Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, in DUMBO 2:00-5:00p.m.
Classroom Management Stories and Strategies from the Field
This seminar, presented by BAC's Arts in Education program, is aimed at teaching artists of all disciplines. Many teaching artists are faced with the challenge of maintaining an attentive and engag... more
Cliff Matias - Native American dance
Cliff Matias is the founder and director of Redhawk Native American Arts Council, a Brooklyn-based organization established in 1995 that promotes and presents Native American arts and culture. Each J... more
Darrah Carr, artistic director of Darrah Carr Dance, has choreographed for and performed with Broadway productions and dance companies at home and abroad. She learned traditional Irish dance in her na... more
Deborah Strauss - Yiddish dance
Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is one of the finest of the contemporary klezmer instrumentalists and a well-known Yiddish dance instructor. She frequently appears as a featured dan... more
Don Coy - American square dance
Don Coy, who made his way to Brooklyn from his native Louisville, Kentucky, in 1990, has trained as a square dancer caller since 1974. Don is also an expert square dance teacher, and country guitar pl... more
One of the most creative and successful Irish dancers, Donny Golden, is a North American step-dancing champion and a National Heritage Award winner. He has choreographed shows for his troupe at Radio ... more
FOLK FEET FIGHT FOR DUMBO Last year BAC's Folk Feet dancers knocked out audiences at DUMBO FIGHT NIGHT, the DUMBO Improvement District's first annual fundraiser. Team "Folk Feet" has been invited bac... more
This drum and dance ensemble specializes in Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest art form dating back to its colonial history. Bomba's musicality and aesthetics are a combination of African, Indigenous, and Eu... more
Euston James - Trinidadian limbo and calypso
Euston James, a native of Trinidad, has lived in Brooklyn since 1972. In the U.S. he has participated in West Indian carnival traditions as a dancer of calypso and limbo and as a fire-eater. His speci... more
Holy Cross Greek Cultural Festival Greek dances led by Chrisafo Madimenos 9/21/2008 Ridge Boulevard and 85th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Folk Feet is made possible, in part, by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The New York Community Trust.
Folk Feet Dance Workshops focus on teaching the movement repertoire of specific traditions. Each workshop also provides an overview of the dance’s cultural setting, such as the costume, music and craf... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: American Square Dance
Join dancers Don and Dot Coy at this free workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. 7223 Ridge Boulevard. Ages 10 through adult. Call 718.748.5709 to register. ... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Egyptian Folkdance
Join dancer Yasser Darwish at this free workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. 7223 Ridge Boulevard. Ages 10 through adult. Call 718.748.5709 to register. ... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Greek Dance
Join dancer Chrisafo Madimenos at this free workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. 7223 Ridge Boulevard. Ages 10 through adult. Call 718.748.5709 to register.... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Panamanian Dance
Join dancer Alberto Gonzalez at this free workshop presented by Young Dancers in Repertory, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. Salam Arabic Lutheran Church 345 Ovington Avenue Between 3rd and 4th Aven... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Ukrainian Dance
Join dancer Tamara Chernyakhovska at this free workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. 7223 Ridge Boulevard Ages 10 through adult. Call 718.748.5709 to register.... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, in collaboration with Brooklyn Arts Council, presents Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi (Ukrainian Village Dance Party). BROOKLYN UKRAINIAN RESTAURANT 1223 Ave... more
BAC Folk Arts' initiative Folk Feet on Fifth, is part of the Folk Feet traditional dance project begun in 2003, to identify, document and present traditional dance in Brooklyn. Folk Feet on Fifth foc... more
Folk Feet Workshops at Spoke the Hub
This fall, Folk Feet Dance Workshops collaborates with Brooklyn’s Spoke the Hub Dancing (STH) (www.spokethehub.org) to launch their new World Dance Program, to be held at STH’s beautifully renovated s... more
Folk Feet Workshops: Arab Social Dance
Sunday, July 13th, 2-6pm Bay Ridge Arab American Bazaar, at Shore Road Park, (79th and Shore Road, Bay Ridge Brooklyn) click for map Sunday, July 20th , 2-6pm Arab American Heritage Park Festi... more
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