Folk Feet Workshops: Arab Social Dance

Folk Feet Video Documentary Screening

BAC Folk Arts will screen two Folk Feet video documentary projects, “Dancing in Detail: Brooklyn’s Traditional Dances in Practice, 2007-2008” which features 16 of the over 200 Brooklyn traditional dan... 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 Dance and Drum Jam

This Dance and Drum Jam brings together all the dancers and percussionists of Circle ‘Round Brooklyn workshops in Sunset Park alongside guest drummer and dancers for an improvisational evening togethe... more

Folk Feet on Fifth

Folk Feet on Fifth is part of the BAC Folk Arts' Folk Feet traditional dance project begun in 2003 to identify, document and present traditional dance in Brooklyn. Folk Feet on Fifth focuses on the ne... 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

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

Dance in the Neighborhood: Sunset Park by Day

Dance and eat your way through Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Part of Folk Feet on Fifth, this tour highlights cultural communities and social life along 5th Avenue through the neighborhood’s dance traditions... more

Dance in the Neighborhood: Bay Ridge by Night

Dance and eat your way through Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Part of Folk Feet on Fifth, this tour highlights cultural communities and social life along 5th Avenue through the neighborhood’s dance traditions. ... more

Bomba, Cumbia, and Salsa in Sunset Park

FOLK FEET ON FIFTH BOMBA, CUMBIA AND SALSA IN SUNSET PARK Latino Dance Traditions in the Neighborhood FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 La Salsa de Hoy, 504 46th Street, Sunset Park, Brooklyn (R train to 4... more

Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet

Join BAC at this second annual, FREE event, presented as part of the city-wide Immigrant Heritage Week, features Brooklyn-based traditional dancers from culturally-specific immigrant groups alongside ... more

Culture and Dances of Scandanavia

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

Norwegian and Levantine Dance Party/Hafla

Part of Folk Feet on Fifth's Norwegian Nights and Levantine Layali: 3 Evenings of Dance in Bay Ridge. Initiated by Young Dancers in Repertory, a Folk Feet on Fifth community partner, this series of N... more

Lebanese and Palestinian Debke Dance Class

Part of Folk Feet on Fifth's Norwegian Nights and Levantine Layali: 3 Evenings of Dance in Bay Ridge Initiated by Young Dancers in Repertory, a Folk Feet on Fifth community partner, this series of No... more

Norwegian Folkdance Class

Part of Folk Feet on Fifth's Norwegian Nights and Levantine Layali: 3 Evenings of Dance in Bay Ridge Initiated by Young Dancers in Repertory, a Folk Feet on Fifth community partner, this series of No... more

Hoofin' it in the Hood

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

DUMBO Fight Night

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

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

Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet

Circle 'Round Brooklyn 3

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

Circle 'Round Brooklyn 2

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 Brooklyn 1

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