It takes two to tango, but how many does it take to chacarera, malambo, murga, and zamba?
Find out when Silvana Brizuela-Weigel offers an Argentine Folk Dance class and performance at Socrates Sculpture Park on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 6 pm.
Born in Buenos Aires, Brizuela-Weigel can dance, teach, and create choreography. She started at the Escuela Nacional de Danzas and Teatro Colón, where she got a postgraduate degree in Ballet. From there, it was on to Teatro Municipal General San Martin.
The event kicks off this year’s four-part Dances Around The World’s Boro, which is presented via a collaboration with Queensboro Dance Festival.
All sessions are free and set to start at 6 pm. Registration is not required.
Here’s the rest of the schedule.
Southeast Queens-based CarNYval Dancers teaches Caribbean genres with an emphasis on Soca, an offshoot of Calypso which developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1970s.
Social Dance Circles on Aug. 13
The Astoria-based Greek American Folklore Society preserves, performs, and teaches Greek customs, songs, and dances.
The 10tecomai Yosakoi Dance Project fuses traditional Yosakoi dance with modern music.
With an entrance at 32-01 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City, Socrates is located at the banks of the East River with fantastic views of Roosevelt Island and Manhattan’s Upper East Side. It’s also NYC’s only public area dedicated to large-scale creations.
Top image: Robin Michals; bottom image: The Greek American Folklore Society