Harlem Stage celebrates their 40th anniversary season with the launch of the "Uptown Nights Latin Music Series." Kicking off the series on Friday, September 22, is Pablo Mayor’s Folklore Urbano Orchestra. Get ready for an evening of music and dancing! Choreographer, dancer, and Harlem Stage commissioned artist, Daniel Fetecua, will teach a pre-concert salsa, cumbia, and … [Read more...] about The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays Colombian Salsa for Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage
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Harlem Stage Celebrates 40 Years of Visionary Artists of Color
Past Artists You get to see artists here ~ before they are famous. To date, five Harlem Stage artists have gone on to win MacArthur Genius Fellowship Awards: Kyle Abraham (2013), Vijay Iyer (2013), Jason Moran (2010), Bill T. Jones (1994), and Cecil Taylor (1991). About Harlem Stage The Croton Aqueduct Gate House was built in 1884 and decommissioned in 1984. In … [Read more...] about Harlem Stage Celebrates 40 Years of Visionary Artists of Color
Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots
Yasser Tejeda in New York City Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at … [Read more...] about Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots
Black Arts Movement: Then & Now Conference
The Black Arts Movement was a flowering of African Diaspora culture that developed alongside the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s-70s. Together, we changed the world. Why is This Important? Most Latin AND American popular culture comes from the African Diaspora! The Spaniard brought the African. The African put everyone to dance. In the States, … [Read more...] about Black Arts Movement: Then & Now Conference
Louis Hayes, a Chief Architect of Modern Jazz Drumming, Celebrates His NEA Jazz Master Award & New Album
Jazz Times called Louis Hayes, “one of the chief architects of modern jazz drumming.” He came up in Detroit playing with artists like Yusef Lateef and Kenny Burrell. In New York, Hayes joined Horace Silver’s band when he was still a kid and went on to play with many legends. Now Hayes is himself a legend, a 2023 NEA Jazz Master. Louis Hayes in New York … [Read more...] about Louis Hayes, a Chief Architect of Modern Jazz Drumming, Celebrates His NEA Jazz Master Award & New Album
Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage
UPTOWN NIGHTS: Curtis Brothers & Circa '95 play African, Creole, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Brazilian, jazz, hip-hop, samba and more at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, Manhattan on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30pm. $25 The Curtis Brothers map the rhythms of the slave trade. Circa '95 raps in Spanglish about what happened once we landed in El Barrio. This show is presented … [Read more...] about Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage