Английская Википедия:Batala NYC
History
Шаблон:More references Founder and Artistic Director Stacy Kovacs first encountered members of Batalá Mundo performing in the 2011 Brazil Day celebration in New York City while she was performing with Manhattan Samba.[1] Following this introduction to Batalá and a desire to form her own drumming band, Kovacs traveled to Brazil in 2012 for that year's Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia with Bloco Afro Cortejo Afro. Kovacs brought back 35 drums, and Batalá NYC had their first rehearsal in March 2012. Batala NYC (there was no accent on the last "a" in Kovacs' Batala band) proceeded to grow to 90+ members over a 4.5 year period performing in over 100 events per year in the greater New York City area.[2]
Batalá NYC dissolved in July, 2016. Most of its members then created Batalá New York, a continuation of the original band: an all-female, female-led banda de percussão (percussion-based band) that promotes Afro-Brazilian culture and women's empowerment Batalá New York plays from the same repertoire of northeastern Brazilian songs that Batalá NYC was assigned to play by their Mestre, Giba Goncalves. Шаблон:Cn
Kovacs, together with 17 members of the original Batalá NYC, founded a new musical entity named Fogo Azul NYC, and joining the Marcus Santos' music education network Grooversity. Fogo Azul NYC now has 125 women, transgender, and non-binary drummers who are there to drum and enjoy the music of Grooversity and Brazil. The band takes individuals of all musical levels, and teaches them to drum. Fogo Azul means Blue Fire in Portuguese.Шаблон:Cn
Performances
Batalá NYC performed with notable acts such as The Rolling Stones,[3]Шаблон:Failed verification participated in many events including New York's Village Halloween Parade,[4] and took part in benefit concerts for One Billion Rising.[5] The band was also featured on the cover of Issue 11 of Tom Tom Magazine.[6]
References
External links
- FogoAzul NYC
- Official Batala NYC site
- Meet Batalá NYC, the All-Female Brazilian Drum Troupe That Might Play Gloria Steinem’s Funeral. Brooklyn magazine, 16 July 2015.
- How Batala NYC Began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4YzU9h2ff0
- Listen to a very long Interview with Stacy Kovacs about Batala NYC and the transition to Fogo Azul NYC http://thebrazilianbeat.com/blog/2019/11/2/episode-56-stacy-kovacs-fogo-azul-nyc
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