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The Journey of Kuchipudi: From Yakshaganam to the Solo
October 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Danspace Project
To watch Sreelakshmy Govardhanan perform is to witness a body surrender to, and simultaneously command, the extraordinary demands of Kuchipudi. “Surrender, unlearning and absorption” is how Govardhanan describes the development of her practice: a state in which rigorous technique unfurls into something far more elusive and expansive. For The Journey of Kuchipudi, Govardhanan will present a solo performance interspersed with historical and cultural context, followed by a conversation with dance critic and writer Marina Harss and the audience. 7:30pm, doors 7pm.
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Transatlantik II: Jardineros, Tree Trini Collective, DJ Sabine Blaizin
November 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Public Records
Night one of Transatlantik II features Jardineros, three remarkable Cuban musicians whose intertwined stories represent both the legacy and possible trajectories of the island’s storied music—multi-woodwind player Hery Paz, multi-dimensional drummer Francisco Mela and “living repository” of Afro-Cuban culture Román Díaz on percussion and voice; The Tree Trini Collective—vocalist Fay Victor, steel pan player Lyndon Achee and drummer Jessie Cox—who center the long and often undiscussed history of experimentation at the musical core of the sister island nations of Trinidad and Tobago; and DJ Sabine Blaizin, celebrated DJ and founder of Oyasound Productions, who will spin selections at the intersection of Afro-diasporic traditional rhythms & electronic music before, after and between each set. 100% of ticket proceeds will be donated to Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, a Brooklyn-based organization offering free legal clinics, preparedness workshops and other support to those affected by the Trump administration’s termination of TPS (Temporary Protection Status) for Haiti. Doors 7, music 7:30.
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Transatlantik II: ReFash NYNY Band, Anaïs Maviel & Friends, DJ Tara
November 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Public Records
Night one of Transatlantik II features ReFash NYNY Band, a joyous high energy bann a pye (“walking band” in Haitian kreyol) originally founded in Port-Au-Prince in the 1980s under the name Fashion Mattè, now conducted by Jean Wesly “Dadou” Cantave, who joined the original Fashion Mattè band in the early 1990s; Anaïs Maviel & Friends, in which the vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer gathers her extended musical family around the deep pleasure of song and rhythm, including longtime collaborators and special guests from New York City and Sao Pãolo’s fertile creative music communities—Judette Elliston (vox, synth), Bonita Oliver (vox, effects), Xavier Del Castillo (bass clarinet, vox), Alec Goldfarb (guitar, vox), Aliya Ultan (cello), and more—joining Maviel (vox, kamele n'goni, keys, electronics) to move from intimate duo settings to joyous ensemble numbers. DJ Tara will spin soulful selections that cross eras, genres, and continents before, after and between each set. 100% of ticket proceeds will be donated to Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, a Brooklyn-based organization offering free legal clinics, preparedness workshops and other support to those affected by the Trump administration’s termination of TPS (Temporary Protection Status) for Haiti. Doors 7, music 7:30.
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Fay Victor: Black Poems
December 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Brooklyn Public Library (Dweck Auditorium)
In collaboration with the Brooklyn Public Library, FourOneOne presents Black Poems, the quintet led by vocalist, composer and educator Fay Victor. Drawing from writers who have served as deep inspirations for Victor throughout her life—Nikki Giovanni, Ntozake Shange, Thulani Davis, Sonya Sanchez, Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde and Jayne Cortez—Black Poems uses eight of their poems as source material for a tapestry-based score and suite. Victor will be joined by poet and vocalist LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, pianist Angelica Sanchez, drummer Lesley Mok, and bassist and fellow singer Devon Gates for the first Black Poems performance since 2022. Join us for an inspired interweaving of the Black music and literary traditions, performed by both burgeoning and established forces within New York’s creative music community.
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Fay Victor's Black Sonic Space
Residency
November 1, 2026–January 31, 2027
Over the past 25 years, vocalist, composer and educator Fay Victor has expanded the terrain of America’s Black vocal tradition through a kaleidoscopic career—enveloping her musical upbringings in Brooklyn, Trinidad and Tobago, and Amsterdam’s vibrant “New Dutch Swing” scene of the 1990s. Her singular “everything is everything” approach—from speech to scat, song to call-to-action and interrogations into who gets to make “new music compositions”—has won her a devoted audience over a dozen albums as bandleader. Victor is an electrifying live performer, whose voice can turn from crystalline to gritty within the same breadth. Cecil Taylor was once moved to approach her after a set and exclaim, “Betty Carter would have SHOT you!” From November 2026 through January 2027, her residency with FourOneOne foregrounds the creative histories central to her practice, with the help of collaborators and friends including Terry Jenoure, Lyndon Achee, Jessie Cox, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Devon Gates, Angelica Sanchez, Lesley Mok, and more.
