ShowcaseCircle 'Round Brooklyn 3
06/08/08
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Pages From BAC
Performance with Hassan Hakmoun and Mohammed Bechar ... 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
Check out the Maqam Events Archive Learn about Maqam Artists Learn about Brooklyn's Arab Music and Culture ... more
Brooklyn’s Maqam: Reinventing Arab Music in the Borough
Friday, March 7 BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 9:00-10:30pm
Call For Proposals: City Walls
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), in partnership with the MetroTech BID seeks proposals for artwork to be installed on construction fences in downtown Brooklyn. Proposed works should have strong visual im... more
Yehezkel Zion, born in Jerusalem, is of Iraqi descent and comes from a very musically talented Baghdad family. His father was a singer and drummer and his siblings, all living in Israel, practice musi... more
Born in Lebanon, Fakhoury studied classical guitar at the Conservatoire of Lebanon. He later picked up electric guitar, inspired by Omar Khoshid, famous for integrating electric guitar into the stand... more
Carnival Masqueraders in Brooklyn
This exhibition featured a photographic essay by Anthony Bonair that chronicles Carnival in Brooklyn from 1974 to 1994, showcasing examples of costumes and Carnival music alongside Mr. Bonair’s images... more
CASYM Steel Pan Orchestra performs the rhythms and sounds of the steel drum that are an integral part of the rich cultural heritage of the Caribbean Islands of Trinidad and Tobago. CASYM has performed... more
This organization presents a dazzling variety of traditional Chinese operas, including Journey to the West with the famous Monkey King, Sun Wuk'ung, as well as classical Chinese Dance, Martial Arts, a... 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 Afro Dominican and Haitian Dance Workshop
Jose Figueroa will teach the movement and rhythms of traditional dances of Haiti and Dominican Republic, such as the processional dance of gaga (rara) and the traditional drums and rhythms of Dominica... more
CIRCLE ‘ROUND BROOKLYN 2 is sponsered by Commerce Bank and is supported by major grants from Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust. BAC Folk Arts is made possible, in part, wit... more
Circle 'Round Dance Performances in Sunset Park
An Afternoon of Participatory Dances in the Park! Circle 'Round Brooklyn series culminating event! Part of Sunset Park International Family Day Thursday, June 4th 2009, 2-4pm 41-44th Street and ... more
Circle 'Round Korean Dance and Drumming Workshop
Vongku Pak will teach and perform bongsan mask dance, using the janngu (hour glass drum) as musical accompaniment. The Bongsan Mask Dance-Drama originated in Bongsan, located in Hwanghae Province in ... more
Circle 'Round Lebanese and Palestinian Debke Workshop
Sheren Attal and Ramzi El Edlibi teach basic steps of debke. Debke is a popular traditional line dance from the Levantine region of the Middle East and performed enthusiastically at social gatherings ... more
Sunday, October 8, 2006 Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, in DUMBO 2:00-5:00 pm Circle dance is the oldest dance form dating back thousands of yea... 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
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Fri... more
Friday, March 28 Tarboosh Cafe 9:00pm-Midnight
Although the administrators of brooklynartscouncil.org will attempt to ensure that event descriptions and dates below are valid, Brooklyn Arts Council will not be held responsible for the content of a... more
Conversations: Rediscovering Community Resources to Sustain your Art
Presented by the New York Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with Brooklyn Arts Council. New York City can seem overwhelmingly vast, divided, and impersonal to newcomers and longtime resident... more
BOOK YOUR SPACE FOR WALKING TOURS OF THE BOROUGH'S ARAB NEIGHBORHOODS. The Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival drew many of its talented musicians and its inspiration from two thriving Arab neighbor... more
Culture and Dances of Scandinavia
Folk Feet on Fifth community partner, The Norwegian Folkdance Society, presents Culture and Dances of Scandinavia. Saturday, February 21 10 am - Noon FREE Sporting Club Gjoa 850-62nd St, ... more
DanceAfrica 2010: African Rhythms/American Echoes
Presented by Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Click here for more info WHEN: Friday, May 28, 7:30pm; Saturday, May 29, 2pm & 7:30pm; Sunday, May 30 & Mon... more
Dancing in Detail: Brooklyn’s Traditional Dances in Practice
“Dancing in Detail: Brooklyn’s Traditional Dances in Practice, 2007-2008” presents each dancer in a brief interview followed by a close, on-the-body dance demonstration. The video was made to create a... 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
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