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Circle 'Round 06. Photo: Chrisafo MadimenosCircle ‘Round Brooklyn 1
10/08/06
2:00PM - 5:00PM
Circle 'Round 06. Photo: Chrisafo Madimenos
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, in DUMBO
2:00-5:00p.m.
Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, in DUMBO
2:00-5:00p.m.
Circle dance is the oldest dance form dating back thousands of years. Many cultures throughout the world retain circle dance traditions and here in Brooklyn a number of communities still come together in the round at weddings and festivals to dance their love and commitment to each other in ancient forms such as debkeh, syrtos, and sili.
Solo Performances:
Cliff Matias-Native American Hoop Dance
Yasser Darwish-Tanoura, an Egyptian spinning dance
Rita Silva-Brazilian candomble invocation
Following the solo performances, five dancers demonstrated, taught, and led participatory circle dances in the Greek, Swedish, Lebanese, Palestinian, Polish, and Nepalese traditions.
Cliff Matias-Native American Hoop Dance
Yasser Darwish-Tanoura, an Egyptian spinning dance
Rita Silva-Brazilian candomble invocation
Following the solo performances, five dancers demonstrated, taught, and led participatory circle dances in the Greek, Swedish, Lebanese, Palestinian, Polish, and Nepalese traditions.
Download and read the program
> CircleRound_06_BBPC_Program-1.pdf (2329.992 kb)
> CircleRound_06_BBPC_Program-1.pdf (2329.992 kb)
CIRCLE ‘ROUND BROOKLYN 1 is part of an ongoing BAC Folk Arts project, Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts, Heritage and Preservation; NYSCA Folk Arts; Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; and Con Edison. Folk Feet’s goal is to identify, document, and present traditional dancers who live and work in Brooklyn.
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