All tagged World music
DakhaBrakha burst onto the scene 20 years ago, redefining what the genre of world music could encompass with larger-than-life costumes, theatricality, and multimedia elements. They quickly became bold new ambassadors for Ukrainian culture, highlighting festivals around the world. This April 4, they come to the Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons to demonstrate why they have made such an impact everywhere they’ve performed.
Yo-Yo Ma is famously cited for elevating the idea of The Edge Effect, a scientific term for when two ecosystems combine and, as a result, create an area of increased biodiversity. An example of this would be a coral reef, where land and sea come together as a unique, biodiverse habitat. Yo-Yo Ma posed the idea that The Edge Effect could pertain to the Arts as well, and that if you took two very different artforms and performed them side –by side, something new and more powerful than both would be born.
To illustrate this point, Yo-Yo Ma performed Camille Saint-Saens' The Swan with street dancer Charles Riley, aka Lil' Buck, at China's National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
