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Hammerstep

Admission: FREE

Hammerstep
as part of Black Artstory Month in association with Myrtle Avenue Partnership

Saturday, February 7 | 3 pm-5 pm

At Ingersoll Community Center 177 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

“Dark…Intense…Mysterious…Blew me away.” – Mel B, NBC’s America’s Got Talent

“Hammerstep makes their own rules.” - The Irish Post

In the late nineteenth century, Fort Greene—home to over half of Brooklyn's African American population—became widely known as ''Young Dublin'' for the large Irish population that settled on what is now Myrtle Avenue. The stylistic and technical similarities of Irish step dance and American tap dance are a reflection of a century’s long cross-cultural dialogue that is important to Fort Greene's history.

Brooklyn-based critically acclaimed Hammerstep’s groundbreaking show integrates traditional Irish step, tap, and hip hop dance forms and presents them through cutting edge choreography, lights, and sound in a way that reinvents the dance show experience. Addressing contemporary social and political issues along the way, Hammerstep elevates dance to act as a platform for personal and collective empowerment and sparks social progression.

Following the performance, company members will discuss their new approach to Irish dance.

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Irish Arts Center programs, are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.	Irish Arts Center programs, are made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.	Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government partners including the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the Northern Ireland Bureau; British Council Northern Ireland; the Arts Council of Northern Ireland; The American Ireland Fund; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and thousands of generous donors like you.