Series 5: Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn
Scope and Contents
Program Files include correspondence, publicity materials, and artist information, as well as print-outs from the Brooklyn Arts Council website about Folk Feet, and funding documentation. Audiovisual materials include raw and edited performance video, interviews with artist-participants, and photographs taken during events. Photographs are print and digital.
Events represented in the Program Files and Audiovisual sub-series include:
BCAT Promo, 2003.
Conjunto Nuevo Milenio (Panamanian), October 9, 2003.
Brighton Ballet Theater Nutcracker, December 13, 2003.
Folk Feet: Celebrating Dance in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, undated.
Brooklyn College (BCBC) showcase, February 20, 2004.
The Danced Body in Brooklyn, April 6, 2004.
Folk Feet Symposium, "Teaching Traditional Dance", June 19, 2004.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, Euston James and Maimouna Keita West African Dance Company, June 20, 2004.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Senior Center, undated.
Redhawk Indian Arts Council Pow Wow, Floyd Bennett Field, June 20, 2004.
Young Hoofers, August 14, 2004.
Folk Feet Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, October 10, 2004.
St. Lucy's Feast, December 11, 2004.
Al'e'mo Squares, December 12, 2004.
BCBC -- Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 2nd annual showcase, February 20, 2005.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park: Rita Silva Los Bomeros de Brooklyn, The Young Hoofers, Yahya Kamate, June 19, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcat Drill Team anniversary, June 30, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcats, November 2005.
Maimouna Keita, undated.
Swedish Folkdancers of New York, Lincoln Center, 2005.
Yemeni American Association, Lincoln Center, 2005.
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, June 19, 2005.
Arab-American Heritage Week in Prospect Park, July 20, 2005.
Desfile Dominicano, August 5, 2005.
Workshop, August 13, 2005.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Showcase: The World Dances in Brooklyn: Music and Dance on the Plaza, August 24, 2005.
Gowanus Wildcats, 2005.
Rita Silva, 2005.
Young Hoofers, 2005.
BCBC: Folk Feet, Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 3rd annual showcase, February 26, 2006.
BCAT programming, 2006.
Dance workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, March 5, 2006.
Folk Feet symposium: Dance and the Diaspora: Professional Development Seminar, April 6, 2006.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Playday!, August 5, 2006.
Circle Round, Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Dumbo, October 8, 2006.
Symposium: Conference on Research and Dance, November 2-5, 2006.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Footbridge workshop meeting, December 8, 2006.
BCBC – Folk Feet, Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, 4th annual dance showcase, March 11, 2007.
Dance workshop: Brooklyn Public Library, March 18, 2007.
Symposium: Congreso International Musica Identidad y Cultura en el Caribe, April 13-15, 2007.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 16-22, 2007.
Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, April 18, 2009.
Folk Feet West, at Pavilion Central School and Medina High School, April 28-29, 2007.
Symposium: Managing an Artistic Life: A Conference for the Dance Community, June 11, 2007.
Foot Notes: Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, Yasser Darwish, Meredith Glisson, Katie Kei, Kevin "Shock-a-lock" Porter, Rita Silva. At Chez Bushwick, June 14, 2007.
Circle Round 2, Fort Greene Park, June 17, 2007.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Footbridge workshops, Deborah Carr, Irish Dancing class, July 9, 2007.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Playday Dance-In, August 4, 2007.
Fight Night - Folk Feet/Solo Feet/DUMBO BID's Fight Night, September 20, 2007.
Dance workshop/Teacher training: Partnering in Promotion, Long Island Traditions, September 24, 2007.
Circle Round, Brooklyn Bridge Park, September 30, 2007.
Fight Night, St. Ann's Warehouse, October 2, 2008.
Symposium: American Folklore Society, October 17-18, 2007.
Belen ara Pedro, Los Bomberos de Brooklyn, October 23, 2007.
Symposium: Congress on Research and Dance, November 8-11, 2007.
FFDW, Yasser Darwish, Saidi and Tannoor, November 17, 2007.
NEST Bac-Bomba, November 21, 2007.
Dance Workshop, Euston James, December 13, 2007.
Dance Workshop/Teacher training, Kathleen Condon and Emily Socolov, Cultural context, January 5, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth, February 7, 2008.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 2, 2008.
Arab Dance Workshops and Panel, April 21-22, 2008.
Circle Round 3, Fort Greene Park, June 8, 2008.
Dance Workshop, Haitian Kompas, Breaking and Electric Boogie, June 8, 2008.
Social Dance Traditions in the Arab World, July 13-20, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration – Shock-a-lock, August 6, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, August 8, 2008.
Brooklyn Historical Society Oral History Project, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Holy Cross Street Festival – Greek Dance, September 29, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth; Hoofin' It In the Hood: Neighborhood Dance Traditions of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Ocober 16, 2008.
Symposium: Conference on Research in Dance, November 14-16, 2008.
Dance workshop: Ukranian Folk Vechornytsi, November 20, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Swedish Dance, December 15, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Lebanese Dance, December 20, 2008.
Brooklyn Maqam Beings: Traditional Arab Dance Showcase at BCBC, 2008.
Folk Feet Training, 2008.
Folk Feet on Fifth: January 2009 Dance Events, January 2009.
Levantine Layali and Norwegian Nights, Jad Lebbos, Sheren Attal, Paul Busse, Ramzi Ed Libi, Abrahim Elehan, February 14, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth – Chinese Dance in Sunset Park, February 1, 2009.
Folk Feet Assembly, 2009.
Lebanese Dance, 2009.
Dance in the Neighborhood: Benito Bravo at Mexican Sunset Park Quinceanera; Nostrand Ave at Newkirk in Flatbush, 2009.
Swedish Dance, February 15, 2009.
BCBC Sixth Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, Ritual and Ceremonial Dance Traditions of Brooklyn, March 1, 2009.
Fieldwork/Oral History Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration: Donny Golden, Irish Dance Class in Bay Ridge, March 18, 2009.
Symposium: Immigrant History Week, April 2, 2009.
Dance workshop: Limbo, ancestral dance, April 15, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth: Cumbia, Bomba, and Salsa in Sunset Park, April 24, 2009.
Tour of Sunset Park: Kaluga, Benito Bravo, Brooklyn Chinese-American Association, LaGran Via Bakery, 5th Avenue Chinese Restaurant, Los Tres Polrillos, La Salsa de Hoy, May 2009.
Circle Round Dance workshops, May 6, 2009.
Folk Feet on Fifth: Bay Ridge by Night Neighborhood Tour, May 9, 2009.
Conversations: Rediscovering Community Based Resources to Sustain Your Art, Professional Development Workshop, June 10, 2009
Folk Feet West, June 12-14, 2009.
Folk Feet Circle Round, Sunset Park: Indian, Mexican, Egyptian, Debleen, Korean, Afro-Dominican, Haitian, June 2009.
See Audiovisual sub-series for a list of interviews.
Historical Note
Folk Feet: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, was a multi-year project led by Folk Arts Director Kay Turner. The project began in August 2003 and concluded in 2009 as a first-ever attempt to identify, document and present the range of traditional dance practices in Brooklyn. The project included several series of programs including an annual dance showcase at Brooklyn College, dance workshops, "Circle Round" focusing on circle or ring dances, professional development workshops, demonstrations, interviews, fieldwork, and symposia.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, materials in box 100, folder 5 are not open for research.
Sub-series 5.1: Program Files
Programs and Events, 2003-2009, inclusive
Dance Workshops, 2005
3rd Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, 2006
4th Annual Dance Showcase, 2007
4th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, Contracts, 2007
Dance Workshops, Evaluations, 2007
Arab Traditional Showcase, 2008
6th Annual Traditional Dance Showcase, 2009
Brooklyn Historical Society, Oral History Project, 2008
Circle Round Brooklyn, 2006
Circle Round, Evaluations, 2006
Circle Round, Contracts and Check Requests, 2006
Circle Round Brooklyn 2, 2007
Circle Round, Empire, Fulton Ferry State Park, 2007
Circle Round Brooklyn 3, 2008
Circle Round Workshops and Performance, 2009
Dance Meets, Arab Dance Workshop and Panel, 2008
Dance Workshops, Brooklyn Public Library, 2006
Dance Workshops, Brooklyn Public Library, 2007
Dance Workshops, Evaluations and Thank you Notes, 2007-2008, inclusive
Dance Workshops, Social Dance Traditions from the Arab World, 2008
Dance Workshops, Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi, 2008
Dance Workshops, Limbo: Ancestral Dance, 2009
Evaluation Meeting, 2009
Teacher Training, Footbridge Workshop Meeting, 2006
Teacher Training, Footbridge Workshops, Deborah Carr, Irish Dancing Class, 2007
Teacher Training, Partnering in Promotion, Long Island Traditions, 2007
Teacher Training, Ana Nery Fragusu, Teaching to Youth, 2007
Teacher Training, Notes, 2007-2008, inclusive
Teacher Training, Kathleen Condon and Emily Socolov, Cultural Context, 2008
Teacher Training, Correspondence, 2008
Teacher Training, Te Perez, Safe Dancing and Teaching, 2007
Teacher Training, Check Requests, 2007
Teacher Training, Insurance Waivers, 2007
Folk Feet at Fort Greene Park, 2005
Folk Feet on Fifth, Fieldwork, circa 2003-2008
Folk Feet on Fifth, Hoofin' It in the Hood, 2008
Folk Feet on Fifth, Cumbia, Bomba and Salsa in Sunset Park, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, January 2009 Events, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, Bay Ridge by Night Neighborhood Tour, 2009
Folk Feet on Fifth, On Film, Permissions, 2008-2009, inclusive
DUMBO Fight Night, 2007
DUMBO Fight Night, 2008
Folk Feet Meet Modern Feet, Notes, 2009
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The World Dances in Brooklyn, Music and Dance on the Plaza, 2005
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Dance-In, 2007
Folk Feet on Tour, Folk Feet West, 2007
Folk Feet on Tour, Folk Feet West, 2009
Professional Development, Dance in the Diaspora, Transformations and Continuities in Brooklyn Traditional Dance, 2006
Professional Development, NYFA-BAC Conversations, Rediscovering Community Bases Resources to Sustain Your Art, 2009
Professional Development, NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, 2008-2009, inclusive
Symposia, Folk Feet, The Danced Body in Brooklyn, 2004
Symposia, Conference on Research in Dance, 2006
Symposia, Congreso International Musica Identidad Y Cultura En El Caribe, 2007
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2007
Symposia, Managing an Artistic Life, A Conference for the Dance Community, 2007
Symposia, American Folklore Society, 2007
Symposia, Congress on Research and Dance, 2007
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2008
Symposia, Immigrant History Week, 2009
Symposia, Conference on Research and Dance, 2008
Archives, 2008
Event Sign In Sheets, Name Tags, Artist Cards, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Artists, Misc., circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Storycorps Video and Audio Recordings, Permissions, 2008-2009, inclusive
Fieldwork, Misc., circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Contracts, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Flyers, 2004-2005, inclusive
Publicity, Press Clippings, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Publicity, Press Releases, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Research, Immigration Theme, 2006
Folk Feet on Fifth, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Folk Feet Main Pages, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Meet the Teachers, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Circle Round, Website as of 2009, 2009
Dance Workshop (Chronological), Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Dance Workshops, Cultural Traditions, Website as of 9/18/2009, 2009
Funding, Budget, FY 2007, 2007
Funding, Funder Acknowledgement Guidelines, 2007
Funding, Notes, 2008
Funding, Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, 2005
Funding, Century 21 for Folk Feet on Fifth, 2009
Funding, Con Edison Strategic Partnerships, 2005
Funding, Danskin, 2003-2005, inclusive
Funding, Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust for Footbridge Project, 2006
Funding, M and T Bank, Bay Ridge for Folk Feet on Fifth, 2008
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Correspondence and Reports, 2004-2008, inclusive
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Applications, 2004
Funding, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation for Footbridge Project, Budgets and Financial Information, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2005-2006, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2006-2007, inclusive
Funding, NEA, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NEA, Folk and Traditional Arts, Brooklyn Renaissance, 2009, inclusive
Funding, New York Community Trust, 2006-2009, inclusive
Funding, New York Community Trust for Footbridge Project, 2007-2008, inclusive
Funding, NYSCA, Final Report 2004, 2004
Funding, Rockefeller Brothers, 2007-2009, inclusive
Funding, Sources, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Printed Matter, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Oversize Posters, 2004
Printed Matter, 2004
Oversize Posters, 2005
Printed matter, 2005
Oversize Posters, 2006
Printed Matter, 2006
Oversize Posters, 2007
Printed Matter, 2007
Printed Matter, 2008
Printed Matter, 2009
Non BAC Dance, circa 2003-2007, inclusive
Footbridge Video Project, 2007
Contracts and Check Requests, 2004
Contracts and Check Requests, 2005
Contracts and Check Requests, 2006
Contracts and Check Requests, 2007
Contracts and Check Requests, 2008
Contracts and Check Requests, 2009
Contracts, RESTRICTED, 2004-2006, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Due to sensitive personal information, these materials are not open for research.
Sub-series 5.2: Audiovisual
Scope and Contents
The Audiovisual sub-series includes interviews with artists participating in Folk Feet programs or who represent dance traditions documented by the project. Some were conducted at Folk Feet events. See listing below for interviewee, date and format.
2004
Mamadon Dahone, Ivory Coast, 1/6/2004, cassette tape
Donald Golden, Irish Dancer, 1/9/2004, cassette tape
Eleni Drogaris, Greek folk dancer, 1/9/2004, cassette tape
Cliff Matins, Native American Hoop Dance, 1/23/2004, cassette tape
Euston James, Trinidadian limbo, 3/23/2004, cassette tape
Gloria Wilson, Conjunto NM, Panamanian, 11/7/2004, cassette tape
Renee Flowers, Gowanus Wildcats, 12/15/2004, cassette tape
Mozghan Motamedi, Iranian/Persian Dance, 12/28/2004, cassette tape
2004-05
Anup Kumar Das, 2004-05, CD
2005
Joe Dwyer, Irish stepdance, 1/7/2005, cassette tape
Yemenite American Association, 2/3/2005, cassette tape
Daiana Castillo, Dominican, 3/29/2005, cassette tape
Dario of Alianza, 4/2/2005, cassette tape
Isaac Gutwilik, 5/13/2005, cassette tape
Leonardo Dominguez, Merengue, 5/15/2005, cassette tape
Najwa Adra, Yemeni dance, 7/13/2005, cassette tape
Rita Silver, Afro-Brazilian dance, 7/19/2005, cassette tape
Ahmed Alkodina, 7/19/2005, cassette tape
Yitzhak Levy, Awami, 7/28/2005, 2 casstte tapes
Mohamed Bechar, 8/23/2005, 2 cassette tapes
Antonia Guerrero, Mexican conchero dance, 11/15/2005, cassette tape
2006
Field interviews, video, VHS tape
Tiny Love/Rozvan Gorea, Uprock/B-boy (Romanian), 1/4/2006, 2 cassette tapes
Darren Carr, Irish traditional , 6/1/2006, cassette tape
2007
Renee Flowers and Ralph "King Uprock" Casonova, 2/2/2007, 2 CDs
2008
Shock-a-Lock, 8/6/2008, DVD
Sady Sullivan, Marie-Basse Wiles, Irina Roizin, Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, 2008, DVD (audio only)
Sady Sullivan, Carlos Vasquez, Shock-a-Lock, Donny Golden, Brooklyn Historical Society Collaboration, 8/12/2008, DVD (audio only)
2008-2009
Traditional Dance in Detail, demonstrations and interviews: Christafo Madimenos, Euston James, Yassar Darwish, Linda Sarsour, Nadia Dieudonne, Melinda Gonzalez, (DVDs)
Traditional Dance in Brooklyn, demonstrations and interviews: Razvan Gorea, Ralph Casnova, Rita Silva, Vongku Pak, Renee Flowers, Gowanus Wildcats, DVD
Dancing Detail, demonstrations and interviews: Porter, Matias, DVD
2009
Aeilushi Mistry, Indian/Bhartnatyan/Garba/Raas, interview 2, February 6, 2009, DVD (audio only)
Aeilushi Mistry, November 5, 2009, CD
Event Photographs and Slides, 2003-2006, inclusive
Video and Audio, 2003
Photographs, 2003
Video, 2004
Video, 2004
Video, 2004
Audio, 2004
Photographs, 2004
Video, 2005
Audio, 2005
Audio, 2005
Photographs, 2005
Video, 2006
Video, 2006
Audio, 2006
Photographs, 2006
Video, 2007
Audio, 2007
Photographs, 2007
Video, 2008
Audio, 2008
Photographs, 2008
Video, 2008-2009, inclusive
Video, 2009
Audio, 2009
Photographs, 2009
Unidentified Multimedia, circa 2003-2009, inclusive
Artist Interviews on BCAT's Brooklyn Review, Video, 2004-2005, inclusive
General
List of participating artists included in Box 60.
