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 historic Danish Athletic Club on the cusp of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge hosted the event to a full-house.

Hoofin' it in the Hood was an evening of dancing and discussion with local dance masters including:

Carlos Vasquez, La Salsa de Hoy 

Cliff Matias, Redhawk Native American Arts Council 

Paul Busse, Norwegian Folkdance Society 

Benito Bravo, Balet Folkorico Quetzalcoatl 

Chrisafo Madimenos and Garafalia Papadimitropoulos, Greek dance 

Jad Lebbos, Lebanese debke and tabl player 

Sheren Attal, Palestinian debke, Yallah Youth of Arts 

Victoria Hofmo, East Coast Scandinavian Museum 

Brooklyn Chinese American Association, Chinese folk dance 

Vongku Pak, Korean dance and drumming 

Joe Dwyer, Irish step dance star 

Yasser Darwish, Egyptian Saidi dance 

Zafer Tawil, Arab tabla