By Walter Rutledge
This weekend culture abounds throughout the city. James Baldwin creates a discussion in Brooklyn, Dance taking over Chelsea and we are “nightclubbin” at the Apollo. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
This weekend culture abounds throughout the city. James Baldwin creates a discussion in Brooklyn, Dance taking over Chelsea and we are “nightclubbin” at the Apollo. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Walter's World:
Tagged 651 Arts, Apollo Club Harlem, Apollo Theater, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Doug Varone, Duke Ellington, Harlem, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Luca Veggetti, Martha Graham, Martha Graham Dance Company, Maurice Hines, Myth and Transformation, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:
By Walter Rutledge
This weekend is just the beginning of a week of diverse arts activities. We have dance downtown, jazz on the Westside, and auditions for a new dance/theatre production in Brooklyn and in Harlem at the house “where stars are born and legends are made.”
Posted in Harlem
Tagged A Ramp To Paradise, Apollo Theater, Herbie Hancock, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joyce Theater, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Matthew Rushing, Paradise Garage, Philadanco, Ronald K. Brown, Rose Theater, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center, Toots Thielemans, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:
By Walter Rutledge
The November 4th and 5th concert of Purelements: An Evolution in Dance lived up to the company moniker. The choreography and the company are an ever-evolving experience in concert dance and dance theatre. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Lillias White at Aaron Davis Hall
Broadway star and Tony Award-winning singer and actress Lillias White will perform in concert, for the first time, at Aaron Davis Hall 7 p.m. Friday, November 4. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem
Tagged Aaron Davis Hall, Albert Murray, and Elisa Monte Dance., Aubrey Lynch, Billy Strayhorn, Daniel Gwirtzman, Denise Jefferson, Duke Ellington, Edwidge Danticat, Fana Fraser, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Kevin Joseph, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, LaChanze, Lakai Worrell, Lilli-Anne Tai, Lillias White, Louis Armstrong, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Margo Jefferson, Purelements: An Evolution of Dance, Romare Bearden, Ronald K. Brown, Sam Shaw, The Francesca Harper Project, Tony Award Nominee Karine Plaintadit
In 1981 two crews met for battle at a community center in a Brooklyn housing project. The crews were not battling with guns and knives these crews weapon of choice was break dance moves and hip-hop bravado. Continue reading