We trace the routes of rhythmic footwork from Africa and Europe to the Western Hemisphere with a discussion led by dancer and choreographer Mercedes Ellington, accompanied by rumba-tap dancer Max Pollak, with amusical performance by The Afro-Peruvian Ensemble featuring a demonst rat ion of zapateo afro-peruano. Admission fee: $7 | $5 for studentsand IGresidents | […]
The Ozama River divides the City of Santo Domingo, and is an important vein of water that for years has been heavily polluted. It is transversal to the rich and the poor. At one extreme, you see marginalized neigbhorhoods and, on the other, yachts and ferries. Carribean Fantasy is a portrait of the communities outlined […]
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)
Masterclass on vocal creativity, technique, & improvisation in the world of Afro-Portuguese-Brazilian sounds. In this Masterclass, we will experience how a performance process is built on the spot and how identity is developed and performed, in a sound search that is both individual and collective. We’ll work on a series of exercises, experiences, and spontaneous […]
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 the symbolsof women's roles as the "messengers" of the ancestors. Batukuisa Cape Verdean rhythm also played by groups of women, which carries the rhythmic subdivisions […]
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)
Join us for an evening of spoken word! Hosted by Bocafloja, a spoken word artist , MC and filmmaker from the Bronx via Mexico, and poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown. Originally from Puerto Rico, Bardeguez-Brown is a poet from the Nuyorican tradition, who also served as the principal at the former MorrisHigh School, our neighborhood's oldest public […]
Worldwide, April 23rd is celebrated as International Book Day, commemorating the anniversary of the deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. In Catalonia, Spain, they also observe San Jordi Day on that date by giving giftsof books and roses. To join in on the celebration, the BMHC will give out books to readers of […]
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)