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The Center for Traditional Music and Dance works to preserve and present the performing arts traditions of NYC's immigrant communities.

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Thanks to a $33,000 grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation, our Beat of the Boroughs NYC Online series will continue through the spring!
https://t.co/mFuCY9ZcHL

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In the latest edition of BKLYN Sauce from @TheBKReader, #BeatOfTheBoroughs-featured artist Jake Shulman-Ment, a world-renowned Klezmer violinist, talks about klezmer music and performs. https://t.co/ebtzV4moli

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Coming up Monday at 5 PM, our next Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presentation, with Danys “La Mora” Pérez, Founder, Artistic Director & Choreographer of Oyu Oro, a NYC-based Afro-Cuban dance company. Learn about her in today's @BklynEagle
https://t.co/s9qrerZMYm

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Éléonore Weill is featured in our Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online series this Wedesday - and you can learn more about her life and career in today's @BklynEagle https://t.co/JbBku6xIrp

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We received a $33K grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation to extend our Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online series through Spring 2021.
https://t.co/B4mluENYj7

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"It is always an honor to share our music and I would like to thank the Center for Traditional Music and Dance for allowing us to continue to do it virtually through the Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online." https://t.co/yiiwlsxPia

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"I am inspired by music, and traditional music in particular, because it has a special power to break boundaries between people of different cultures and backgrounds." https://t.co/wHGTf7wrpF

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“If cities are going to rebound, they’re not going to do it without arts and cultural creatives." @nytimes https://t.co/5twV0z2m8A

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Great news: @UntappedNY is excited to partner with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance to share their new online concert series Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online. https://t.co/Y2WuiaKimq

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"It is a great honor to be a part of this marvelous initiative, and I hope it will grow bigger and bigger." - Rafael Leal Ramirez tells the @QueensEagle
https://t.co/msdJgOqYXB

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Öneza Lafontant, Founder and Lead Singer of KONGO, a Haitian Roots Music Group of Brooklyn, is featured in today's @BklynEagle https://t.co/lbxbixcptI… (Be sure to tune in today at 5 PM at - https://t.co/RRb09njf8N - to see his presentation!)

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The pandemic has hit performing artists especially hard because of canceled concerts, performances, exhibitions, and other events. Folk and traditional artists are among the most vulnerable members of the creative community. https://t.co/bEtHdV5Fko

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The #COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Latinos. Less visible is that this disparity also applies to the arts. @eldiariony @CityLimitsNews https://t.co/1AV06GISqf

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New report highlights rise in NYC's immigrant artists since 1990: up 69% to about 51,000 today (compared to a 30% rise in U.S.-born artists in NYC during that time). @CharlesPassy @WSJ https://t.co/sLoMKE69CK

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Sunset Park’s Suvda Khereid brings Mongolian folk singing to Beat of the Boroughs @BklynEagle
https://t.co/y4qKm0squo

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There’s a certain worker undeniably in high demand during this pandemic: multi-skilled, flexible, resilient, tolerant of risk and the great unknown. Basically, immigrants. @mitrakalita https://t.co/pT1JzFi8RE

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“Our main goal was always to educate and show people that this music exists. People know Colombia, but sometimes they don’t know the good things about Colombia. Music is such a good way to show what we have.” https://t.co/YeHZBHmGh5

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Whitestone’s Ronald Polo brings Afro-Colombian rhythm to Beat of the Boroughs @ctmd_nyc https://t.co/WaVzXSwCCj @GrupoRebolu

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Amid Isolation and Distance, the Sounds and Dance of New York’s Soul Break Through @CityLimitsNews @jarrettmurphy https://t.co/U3tvpdK9Y2

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Like klezmer music? Then you won't want to miss this Wednesday's Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online, featuring Frank London and Radiant Others' @DanBlacksberg (it starts at 5 PM!) https://t.co/nrbIRdssSY