Past Folk Feet Events

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Sunday, July 13 & 20, 2008
Folk Feet Workshops: Arab Social Dance
Arab American Heritage Park Festival, at Prospect Park
Join BAC for two Sundays of dance workshops that cap-off the Arab arts programming presented in our March 2008 Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival. All workshops are free, presented outdoors and are...more

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet
Chez Bushwick
Dance performances by Yasser Darwish, Meredith Glisson, Katie Key, Kevin "Shock-a-lock" Porter, Rita Silva...more

Sunday, June 8, 2008
Circle 'Round Brooklyn 3
Fort Greene Park
Folk Feet Circle 'Round Brooklyn 3 is an afternoon of traditional dance workshops and performances highlighting Brooklyn-based groups. This year's theme is Earth Stomping Dance Traditions featuring South African gum boot and Zulu warrior dance, Lebanese style debka line dance, Indian Kathak dance, and Panamanian cumbia atravesada with zapateo arreglos... more

Sunday, June 17, 2007
Circle 'Round Brooklyn 2
Fort Greene Park
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 to shapes such as the circle and line... more

Sunday, October 8, 2006
Circle ‘Round Brooklyn 1
Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, in DUMBO
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...more