April 22nd, 2011, 11:00AM - 5:00 PM.
Queens Museum of Arts, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY
1-646-820-4740, TEDxFlushingMeadows@gmail.com
Between the serious subject matter of our TEDxtalks and TEDtalk Videos we presented a group of exceptional performers who entertained us and left us wanting more. Including Museum Director Tom Finkelpearl who took the time to give us all a tour of the Queens Museum of Art. We must say a HUGE thank you to all the performers who made this event quite a lot of fun!
Over the next few weeks we will release videos of each performance on this website, so please check back regularly.
Taij Kumarie Moteelal delivered two spoken word pieces titled,
Indo-Caribbean identity, migration and resilience, both full of passion and emotion that left us all feeling especially connected.
http://www.taijkumarie.com/index.html
Maria Torres curated and oversaw choreography for four performances, each of which had us captivated. At one point the Audience was invited to participate and thats when the partying started. Maria Torres is the Artistic Director at
http://ariasdancenyc.net/
Part of the Maria Torres Emerging Artist Project, Tareake Ramos, 15, wrote and produced a piece titled "Take a stand against diabetes", that combined spoken word and Modern dance. Alexandra Rodriguez, Selina Hack and Courtney Conigatti accompanied him.
Talia Castro-Pozo and Lee Bradley thrilled us with a fast paced couples ballroom dance that had us all cheering for more.
Alycia Perrin, choreographed a Latin Jazz piece that she performed with Milagros Simon and Monique LaFlore.
Milteri Tucker leads the Bombazo Dance Company that specializes in Puerto Rican Folklore. Dancers on-stage were Dharma A. Padron, Miryam Gadri, Fabian Zarta, Milteri Tucker, and they were accompanied by Drummers William Tucker and Oreste Shivone. During the performance they got the audience involved and invited some on-stage. What a thrill it was to be part of this!
Metal Sculptor
Zac Shavrick created a one-of-a-kind sculpture for TEDxFlushingMeadows titled, "RE: THINKER", which was on-stage during the day's proceedings. See it at
FACEBOOK.COM/TEDxFlushingMeadows
Thank You, once again. It was our honor to experience your art.
Upcoming Speaker Series.
The TEDxFlushingMeadows Speaker series will visit a different venue in Queens bi-Monthly, bringing inspiration to a wider audience, developing the industrious and innovative capital of Queens so the many more people can benefit from the best new Ideas worth spreading. Please send us an email to learn more about bringing our TEDxTalks to you.
Arts & Education
Social & Civic
Research
Innovation
Technology
If you would like to host a TEDxFlushingMeadows speaker event please send an email to Darrel, TEDxFlushingMeadows@gmail.com or call 646-820-4740.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.
