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Cultural Immigrant Initiative at P.S.69Q (2024)

A city-supported dance residency for grade school students in Jackson Heights, Queens

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Overview

Irish Arts Center returns to P.S. 69Q in Jackson Heights, Queens, for our sixth intercultural dance residency! This year's program pairs artists from Darrah Carr Dance and Kamate Traders with more than 200 first, second, third, and fourth graders to explore both Irish and West African dance forms.

Public sharing performances will take place in the Auditorium at PS69Q at 8:40am and 9:45am on Tuesday, March 26th and Wednesday, March 27th, 2024.

We thank Council Member Shekar Krishnan for granting IAC the Cultural Immigrant Initiative Awards that make this program possible.

About the Artists

Sadi Weir

Yahaya Kamate

Daysha J Williams

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Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.