Fri, Aug 02
|Somerville
Feet Keep the Beat Festival Performance & Community Workshop
Arts at the Armory’s Feet Keep the Beat Festival has commissioned five local percussive dance artists to create an evening length work to be premiered on August 2nd in the Armory Performance Hall. The Feet Keep the Beat Artists will also lead free dance jams and community workshops...
Time & Location
Aug 02, 2024, 8:00 PM – Aug 04, 2024, 6:00 PM
Somerville, 191 Highland Ave #1c, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
About the event
Somerville, MA—Now in its second year, Arts at the Armory’s Feet Keep the Beat Festival announces that it has commissioned five local percussive dance artists and one Musical Director to create an evening length work to be premiered on August 2nd in the Armory Performance Hall. The Feet Keep the Beat Artists will also lead free dance jams and community workshops throughout the festival week. Returning from last year’s festival are artists Ariaki Dandawate (Kathak), Yosi Karahashi (Flamenco) and Antonio Tran (Flamenco guitar), as well as Joh Camara (West African), Lekisha Limage (Step), and Ryan Casey (Tap), who are new to the festival this year.
The festival is being produced and presented by Arts at the Armory led by Co-Director/CEO Stephanie Scherpf and Co-Director/COO Jess White. Once again, Arts at the Armory is collaborating with Deborah Mason, who is serving as Artistic Advisor to Feet Keep the Beat, and is…