• The Spirit of Aña

    Afro-Brazilian drum group Batala NYC, screening of the documentary film Sweet Dreams and Q&A with director Rob Fruchtman, dance & shekere lesson by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers, screening of film clip from Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa with Bronx filmmaker Seyi Adebanjo. Screening of the film, Sweet Dreams, […]

  • 2nd Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drums

    BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United States

    Musical performance by Alessandra Belloni & the Daughters of Cybele, plus a discussion with Mary Gardner, Yvette Ghoughassian, Norka Hernandez Nadal, and Liliana Raposo

  • Third Annual Spirit of Aña: Women & Drum Series

    In honor of Women’s History Month, celebrating traditional rhythms and sounds of the Adukeiras and Batukadeiras, featuring the Adufe ‐ the frame drum played by women in Portugal. The adufeirasare […]

  • Fourth Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drum Series

    Tonight we'll celebrate a wedding night Manden tradition in which women from the bride's family form a drum circle and sing songs to welcome children into the marriage. Led by […]