August 1 and August 2, 2013 A Tale of Two Nations: Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante and Nation Beat (U.S. premiere) in NYC

Thu, August 1, 6:00pm

Lincoln Center Outdoors
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, NY 10023 ‎
Josie Robertson Plaza
Open rehearsal with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante and Nation Beat
An open rehearsal with the powerful percussionists and dancers from the Northeastern Brazil Carnaval champions and their New York counterparts

Fri, August 2, 7:00pm

Damrosch Park Bandshell
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Legendary Afro-Brazilian Carnaval champion Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante ("Bright Star Maracatu Nation") is renowned for driving beats, vibrant call-and-response vocals, high-energy movement, intricate costumes, and elaborate street theater pageantry. A Tale of Two Nations brings traditional maracatu to the U.S. for the first time for an unprecedented collaboration with Scott Kettner's New York-based Nation Beat, which blends maracatu with southern American musical traditions—New Orleans second line, funk, and country blues. ‎