We are thrilled to announced @educarteinc's upcoming virtual workshop series! Check out https://t.co/B1UBRuUKI9 for details and registration info. All workshops are free to the public! (Music credit: @Samba_Jig's #SambApp)
Munganga é resistência! Check out this article by @thekatespanos about frevo from Recife, Brazil. “It is easy to dismiss this violence as not being in the true spirit of carnival, but...we cannot forget, or ‘whitewash,’ the history of resistance from which frevo emerges.”
“We turn to dance and music because they offer kinesthetic knowledge that cannot be verbalized. Marginalized or oppressed communities find healing in cultural practices during challenging times such as these.”
—@thekatespanos, dance scholar
Read on: https://t.co/fH4wpH60Rz ☂️
Join us for our September virtual events! A conversation about music and dance in northeastern Brazil and Ireland on 9/4 and Trio Julio from Rio de Janeiro on 9/22 - https://t.co/ucOFpBQVBY
Excited to announce that Cape Verdean master musician Peter Arteaga and Brazilian cavaquinho player Pablo Regis have been awarded a Folklife Apprenticeship grant @mdartscouncil to foster the growth + preservation of Cape Verdean musical traditions in MD https://t.co/SVTkOuNtxm
TOMORROW! Join us for Smithsonian Folklife Festival's Brazil in DC, a livestream conversation with Christylez Bacon and Cissa Paz about Brazilian music in DC. Moderated by Pablo Regis de Oliveira. - https://t.co/216d6B97iN
Tomorrow! Join us at Creative Alliance for the Viva Brasil | Carnival Dance Party with @NationBeat and JP Silva, because carnival isn't over yet! Tickets and information here: https://t.co/l3ZSbB7Fm6
Tickets are now on sale for Djavan's "Vesúvio" show at @strathmore on Thursday 5/7! @djavanoficial will be back on tour in the USA after a 10-year hiatus, with music from his new album, "Vesúvio," and old hits, such as "Se," "Flor de Lis," and "Samurai." https://t.co/plbQYregzb