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BETWEEN TWO KNEES
Feb 3—24, 2024
At Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), 251 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007
Between Two Knees is an outrageously funny ride through American history
written by the acclaimed intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s
(Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls) and directed by Eric Ting.
For tickets, visit: https://pacnyc.org/whats-on/
Coming to PAC NYC following acclaimed runs at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theater and Seattle Rep, this play centers on one family’s story of love, loss, and resilience spanning the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, forced re-education at Indian boarding schools, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam and the American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973. Directed by Obie Award winner Eric Ting and infused with The 1491s’ boldly uninhibited comedy, this New York City premiere takes a hard look at the effects of systemic oppression long after our textbooks typically stop teaching Native history.
Past Events
Kingding Sindaw
In Honor of the Ancestors: January 11 - 26, 2024
We are so excited as our In Honor of the Ancestors exhibit is less than one week away. In addition to the exhibit, we have a bunch of programs for you to have an even further immersive experience. Below, you'll find the description of programs for the first week along with the calendar of all programs. If you are interested in attending a specific program, please email
Theater For The New City
JAPAN SOCIETY
Out of Bounds:
Japanese Women Artists in Fluxus
October 13, 2023—January 21, 2024
This exhibition will be the first to fully explore the essential role of Japanese women in Fluxus, a movement instigated in the 1960s that helped contemporary artists define new modes of artistic expression. Near the 60th anniversary of the movement’s founding, this exhibition highlights the contributions of four pioneering Japanese artists — Shigeko Kubota (1937–2015), Yoko Ono (1933–), Takako Saito (1929–), and Mieko Shiomi (1938–) — and contextualizes their role within Fluxus and the broader artistic movements of the 1960s and beyond.
The exhibition is organized by Midori Yoshimoto, Guest Curator, and Tiffany Lambert, Curator and Interim Director, Japan Society, with Ayaka Iida, Assistant Curator, Japan Society.
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Archives
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, March 21, 2020 - 10am - 8pm
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
(Visit Dance.NYC for accessibility features)
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Saturday, November 9, 2019, 12 Noon
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SIDDARTH KISHORE
Sunday, September 29, 2019, 3PM - 6PM
Shirdi Sai Dham Temple 12 Perrine Road Monmouth Junction, NJ |
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An Aum Shanthi Aum Production presents: Radhika: Exploring Love through Tagore September 12, 2019 Scandinavia House: 58 Park Avenue NY, NY Doors open at 7! |
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World Music Institute presents Tibet in Song Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 The Rubin Museum 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 Tibet in Song introduces us to Tibetan folk music and reveals how Chinese policies have been systemically tried to destroy it since the takeover of Tibet in 1949. The film weaves a mesmerizing story of beauty, pain, brutality, and resilience, introducing Tibet to the world in a never before seen on film. Ngawang Choephel's breathtaking personal story as filmmaker turned political prisoner guides the film, while the Tibetans he films bravely speak out to the world, for the first time.
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Ganondagan Indigenous Music & Arts Festival Saturday thru Sunday, July 27th & 28th, 2019 Ganondagan State Historic Site 700 Country Road 41, Victor, NY Formerly the Native American Dance & Music Festival celebrates 2019 with the return of the Taiko Drummers, Soh Daiko, the Ganondagan debut of Freightrain, the culturally diverse, soulful band with a distinctive and energetic approach to American roots, two performances daily by the Allegany River Dancers in full regalia. Plus the Hodinöhsö:ni' Juried Art Show, traditional arts demonstrators, storytelling, Native American art market, indigenous food, the Family Discovery Tent, raffles, tours, guided trailed walks, and much more!
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Earth Day Native American Celebration Saturday, April 20th, 2019 Sunset Park Recreation Center 7th Ave. and 42nd St., Brooklyn, NY 11232
"Honor Mother Earth with Indigenous artists from North, Central & South America, the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands"
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Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM HIDETARO HONJOH Hauta Shamisen: Edo-Period Love Songs
Shamisen master Hidetaro Honjoh offers a traditional-style concert featuring works from the hauta repertoire, the quintessential "pop music" of its time. Let this virtuoso of Edo-period love songs gently serenade and transport you to the streets of pre-modern Tokyo. The program also includes tunes from the working class of various rural areas that radiate a tender, à la mode vibe. Awarded Japan's highest honor for artists, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, Hidetaro restores gems from this fading genre of music from the end of the samurai era. Joined by Hidejiro Honjoh on shamisen and kokyu, and Yumi Kurosawa on koto. Cash bar opens at 7 pm.
A pre-performance lecture begins one hour prior to the start of the performance.
Tickets: $35/$28 members Tickets can be purchased Here, or by visiting/calling the Box Office at (212) 715-1258. |
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Robert Browning Associates in partnership with Flamenco Festival presents Friday, March 16, 2018 at 8:00pm 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn (tel. 917-267-0363)
The passionate and soulful vocalist Angelita Montoya, daughter of dancer Antonio Montoya and singer La Negra, is from one of the most famous Gypsyflamenco families, the Montoyas. Since making her debut at the age of nine in Nuevo día directed by Lole and Manuel, she has worked with Familia Montoya, Fernanda de Utrera, Chocolate, Camarón, Chano Lobato, Manuela Carrasco and Pastora Galván, among others. Acclaimed for her deeply expressive interpretations of martinetes, malagueñas, soleás, seguiriyas, tangos and bulerias,she has appeared at major flamenco festivals, including the Bienal de Sevilla. For this program, she will present Versos olvidados (Forgotten Verses), a 90th anniversary tribute to the women poets of the Generation of 1927 who have long been forgotten. Their poetry, now rescued, has been put to the music of Alejandro Cruz Benavides. Accompaniment by Benavides on piano and Fran Cortés on guitar. NY debut. Tickets: $32; seniors, students $28 |
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Robert Browning Associates in partnership with Flamenco Festival presents JOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ Roulette One of Spain’s leading flamenco guitarists, Córdoba’s award-winning José Antonio Rodríguez will be making a rare New York appearance. A remarkable guitarist acclaimed for his powerful and evocative renditions of contemporary flamenco, he has composed music for orchestras and dance companies, participated in major projects with Paco de Lucía and Alejandro Sanz, and appeared in Carlos Saura’s Flamenco. As a teenager in 1981 and 1982, he won first prize for flamenco guitar at prestigious contests at Minas de la Unión and Jerez de la Frontera. His recent CD, Adiós Muchachos, was declared by Spain’s El País newspaper to be the best flamenco album of 2016. For this program, he will be accompanied by Patricio Cámara “Pachi” (percussion, vocal) and Paco Peña (bass).
Tickets: $32; seniors, students $28 “(he) took us to the highest spheres of the flamenco guitar universe… amazing technique…exceptional composing skills.” - Diario Córdoba
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Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates presents PAOLO ANGELI
From the island of Sardinia, Paolo Angeli draws on the folk heritage of his homeland, adding elements of jazz, early music, and other genres to create an intriguing sound that is hard to categorize. His instrument, a prepared guitar with multiple strings and pedal-controlled effects, becomes a veritable orchestra. “Sardinia's madly imaginative master of the guitar…veers, in dreamy and almost stream-of-consciousness kind of way, between the traditional music of his island homeland, improvisational jazz and punk with a palette of super-saturated colors and amazing textures.” – NPR
Tickets: $48, $38 |
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World Music Institute Presents:
Meredith Monk and Ani Choying Drolma Concert
Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 9:30PM
National Sawdust, 80 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY
Click here for more info!
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Romanee and Company Presents:
WHERE KATHAK AND BOMBA MEET IN ME
An Intercultural Series
11/8 - 11/20, 2016
Click here for Tickets and Info!
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The Japan Society presents:
WORKSHOP
Meditative Chanting with Ko Ishikawa
Thursday, November 10, 7 – 8:30 PM
Escape from the busy streets of New York and immerse yourself in the meditative chanting of kagura-uta (god songs) and roei (poem recitation), enjoyed by aristocrats during the Heian period (794-1185). Notable gagaku (Imperial Court music) musician Ko Ishikawaleads this introspective workshop.
Tickets: $35/$30 Japan Society members
Max. 50 participants; no experience required.
Link: http://www.japansociety.org/
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To register for Kathak classes with Pt. Charka, please call 845.783.7514 or email
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GONG: Spirits of the Archipelago
September 9th and 10th, The Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave, NY, NY 10027, 7 pm. Tickets: $25 each
Saung Budaya is proud to present eight newly choreographed traditional dances from Papua, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, in addition to contemporary dances accompanied by a live music ensemble from Indonesia. The title GONG, is based on the South East Asian metal percussion instrument that is hit with a mallet. Though Indonesia’s various islands have different cultures, stories, and souls, the one constant in all things music is the sound of the gong. Its distinct sound is quite deep and subtle however, it is a sound that is familiar to the people of Indonesia. Its significance in daily life is to bring communities together for a start of a celebration; in music and dance, it is the constant sound for tempo and movement. Like the gong, Saung Budaya has a similar role within the Indonesian American community. This production will showcase the different stories of these islands through the subtle yet important sounds of the gong and how it unifies Indonesian people and its various cultures.
Click here to purchase tickets.
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Gorana Dance Presents: Rhythms & Patterns
7:00pm Saturday, April 2, 2016:
JCC Manhattan - Goldman-Sonennfeldt Family Auditorium
334 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023
Join Gorana Dance Company as they celebrate their Ten Year Anniversary!!
Past Events
Click here for more info - The Pedritio Martinez Group
Click here for more info - Vincente Amigo Guitar
organized by Asia Society, New York
November 15, 2015 at 2pm
Kinding Sindaw Family Performance
A journey into the ancestral heritage of the phillipines through legends, epics, and myths. Families will experience and participate in dance, kulintang music and silat martial arts. An optional family -friendly tour of Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms.
Danza Espana
Thalia Spanish Theatre
Danza Espana
Friday April 24- May 10, 2015
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 4pm
Diego El Cigala
Carnegie Hall Presents
Diego El Cigala
Friday May 8 - 8:00pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
