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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
Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal
For over 20 years, La Troupe Makandal and its Artistic Director, Master Drummer, and National Heritage Award winner, Frisner Augustin, have thrilled audiences with the exciting traditional dances, mus... more
Gaida Hinnawi is a vocalist and composer working at the intersection of the New York Arab and improvised music scenes. Her compositions draw on classical Arabic song, Syrian folk traditions, and impro... more
Brooklyn-based Shafik grew up in a musical family in Cairo surrounded by Egyptian popular, folk, and classical music that made his Shobra neighborhood jump. As a young boy, he practiced percussion on... more
George was born in Birzeit, Palestine, and pursued music from a young age. In 1986 he moved to the United States, where he has studied oud with Simon Shaheen and classical singing and voice with Youss... more
We are always looking for dependable volunteers for BAC's film and media arts program. Volunteers should have an interest in the arts, relevant experience, and must be committed to fulfilling the ... more
Sherley St. Fort - Haitian dance
Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Born in Nador, Morroco, to a family that practices music traditions, Hisham began playing percussion at age 13. His first lessons in music came from his cousin and a close friend, both of whom played ... more
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 histo... more
How to Organize a Dance Workshop
Learn about the workshop teachers and dance forms.Our roster of traditional dancers who teach through Folk Feet Dance Workshops have been selected from BAC’s ongoing Folk Feet project for their commit... more
Independent Filmmakers - The Power of Art
Long Island University, Spike Lee Screening Room 1 University Plaza (at Flatbush and Dekalb), Brooklyn
Independent Filmmakers – A Contemplation of Power
Long Island University, Spike Lee Screening Room 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn At Flatbush Ave and DeKalb Ave
Independent Filmmakers – A Contemplation of Violence
SHORT FILMS - 5:30
Canadian-born Gutwilik’s interest in music began at a young age when his aunt gave him a Perez Prado album and his own transistor radio. School offered him an immersion into the world of traditional J... more
Lebbos comes from Beirut, Lebanon and learned debkah – the celebrated social line dance of the Levant- in the rural areas where it has been danced into the earth for generations. Lebbos’ debkah pract... more
From Casablanca, Morocco, Bohsina bought his first keyboard at age 12, and – as he recounts – it grew with him. Today he is one of NYC vocalists’ most requested and respected keyboardists. By 16, Bo... more
By the age of 3 Jehan was already dreaming of becoming a bellydancer, having been introduced to the art form via the star dancers of Egyptian golden-age cinema. Pursuing the study of raqs sharqi or... more
Johnny Farraj has studied riq (Egyptian tambourine) and frame drum with Karim Nagi and Fairuz's percussionist Michel Merhej, both featured in Brooklyn Maqam. He also studied oud with Simon Shaheen and... more
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