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Every first
Wednesday of each month |
Bronx Culture Trolley starts at
The Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
Hop on the
trolley and enjoy attractions at some of the hottest cultural spots
along the lower Grand Concourse. Visit BCA's website regularly to
find out more about each month’s trolley attractions as well as
other BCA programs and events. Trolley riders meet at Hostos
Community College on the first Wednesday of each month (except
January & September).
The trolley bell
clangs at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30pm indicating the trolley's departure
from Lonwood Art Gallery @ Hostos to make its way to the evening's
cultural events.
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Click on the image to be redirected
to the Trolley official website. |
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Wednesday, August
6th at 7:30 pm |
AILEY II FREE SUMMER
PERFORMANCE IN THE BRONX
Performance Program:
The External Knot
Splendid Isolation II (excerpt)
The Hunt
Ailey Highlights
This is a Bronx Cultural Trolley Event
For more information click on the Trolley Bus.
Tickets are general admission and are available beginning
July 6th on a first come, first served basis.
To get your free tickets,
go to the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture box office.
Tickets are limited to two per person.
FREE DANCE CLASSES
Before the performance, take a free dance class with Ailey's
teaching artists.
Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture, Memorial Plaza (outside
the Hostos Center entrance)
Wednesday, August 6th
5:15-6:00pm- Modern/Jazz Dance
6:15-7:00pm -West African Dance
Rain location TBA
All ages welcome. No experience necessary. No reservations
required.
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Friday, August 15 at 7:30pm |
Ajkun Ballet Theatre
presents a Triple Bill of Suites from:
RAYMONDA
Marius
Petipa is unanimously cited to be the most influential
choreographer that has ever lived, and recognized by Maestro
George Balanchine as his primary influence. Cornerstone and
aphotheosis of his creations was the ballet Raymonda, the last
work of the great choreographer who had previously originated
ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and Swan Lake. His
partnership with music composer Alexander Glazunov created this
glamourous and timeless ballet. AjkunBT performs a suite of this
elegant ballet featuring its marvelous highlights.
Walpurgis Night
The
Walpurgis Night ballet was first included in the Opera
Faust at the Paris Opéra in 1869. A ravishing ballet,
Walpurgis Night is rarely performed for the extreme bravura
demanded by the dancers. Originally choreographed by
Leonid Lavrovsky,
AjkunBT brings onstage Chiara Ajkun’s version to the original
score of Charles
Gounod.
A rare occasion to see the ballet, not to be missed.
Spartacus
The figure of
Thracian king
Spartacus, captured by the Romans to be a gladiator-slave, and
his leadership in the unsuccessful slave uprising against the
Roman Republic has been an inspiration to many modern art forms.
Aram Khachaturian composed the music for a world wide acclaimed
ballet that counterpart the loving relationship between
Spartacus and his wife Phrigya and the tyrannical relationship
of the Roman Consul Crassus and his
concubine Aegina.
AjkunBT’s revisitation of this masterpiece brings to life heroic
themes in an incredibly powerful suite.
SEE OUR PROMO DVD!
To watch THE
AJKUN BALLET THEATRE PROMO DVD on youtube,
click on
YouTube - AjkunBT Promo
TICKETS on SALE at SmartTix:
($35 general admission & $25 children aged 2-11)
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Oct
7-12, 2008 |
BomPlenazo 2008
Fifth
Biennial of Afro-Puerto Rican culture focusing on the traditions of
Loiza, Puerto Rico with groups, from the island, such as
Los Hermanos Ayala,
Majestad Negra,
La Sista
and
Los Parranderos de Loiza.
From New York,
Yerbabuena,
Segunda Quimbamba
and, celebrating their 25th
anniversary,
Los Pleneros de la 21.
Six days of performances, workshops, encounters, seminars and a
community jam and pig roast at the legendary
Casita de Chema. |
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Nov 1, 2008
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Grupo Folklórico Experimental Nuevayorquino
This
extraordinary group of musicians recorded just two LP’s in the early
1970’s, but it spawned other groups such as
Libre
and the
Fort Apache Band.
It included the likes of
Manny Oquendo,
Jerry
and
Andy González,
Chocolate Armenteros,
Milton Cardona
and others. Says Descarga.com, “…some of the finest examples of
Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican artistry.” This special reunion
concert is being put together by the producers of Grupo Folklórico’s
remarkable recordings,
René López
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Andy Kaufman. |
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Nov 13-15, 2008 |
The Mott Haven Latin Jazz Connection,
The Hostos
Center’s annual Latin jazz showcase, this year featuring New
York-based Cuban musicians who had their formations in Cuba. Drummer
Dafnis Prieto,
sax player
Josvany Terry
and diva
Xiomara Laguart
(of
Celia
fame), among others. As powerful and rich as Latin jazz gets. |
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Nov 19-21, 2008 |
In the Blood
The
Hostos Repertory Company’s
production of Susan Lori Park’s modern riff on
The Scarlet Letter
in which Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives with
her kids on the rough streets of the inner city. While Hester’s
kids fill her life with joy-lovingly comical moments amid the harsh
world of poverty-the adults with whom she comes into contact only
hold her back. Nothing can stop the play’s tragic end. A wrenching
commentary on modern society.
Ángel Morales
directs. |
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Dec 10, 2008 |
Hostos Celebrates Kwanzaa,
The Hostos
Center’s annual celebration featuring the
New York African Chorus Ensemble, Joyce Adewumi,
choirmaster. Stirring and inspirational voices. |
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Information on the children programming will be posted soon. |
For information and tickets call the
Hostos Box Office
718-518-4455
Monday - Friday, 12:30 - 6:30 p.m.
and two hours before showtime on weekends
Visa,
MasterCard, American Express and Bronx Cultural Pass
accepted.
Discounts available for students, seniors, members of all Bronx arts
organizations and employees of the following:
JPMorgan Chase, Local 1199, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx General Post Office and
the
Bronx Council on the Arts.
No refunds or exchanges, all available discounts require I.D., all pick-ups
require proper I.D., no camera/photography, no videotaping & no food
or beverages.
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