BARE FEET WITH MICKELA MALLOZZI Season 6


#601 - Empower NYC
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Mickela is inspired and invigorated with the idea that dance can empower EVERYONE! Featuring a Native American pow wow in Queens; the healing power of dance for the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks; anti-ageism with the Pacemakers, a 65+ dance troupe; anti-ablism with disabled dancer & musician Sidiki Conde; and vogueing with Ball Scene icon Cesar Valentino and the LGBTQ community.

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Mickela meets with New Yorkers that are empowering their local communities through dance!


#602 - Latinx Communities
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Hispanic and Latinx communities span the entire city! From the historic and artistic “Loisaida” (Lower East Side) neighborhood, to dancing Dominican bachata in Central Park, to dancing tango at the Astoria Tango House in Queens, to drumming the powerful samba reggae rhythms with Batalá, Mickela travels through the boroughs to get a taste of these Latinx flavors!

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Mickela celebrates diverse LatinX cultures with Brazilian Samba Reggae & Argentinian Tango


#603 – Garifuna
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Mickela heads to The Bronx to meet with the largest Garifuna community in the United States, a people of Afro-Caribbean culture with Central American influences. She learns the dances and music that have miraculously survived generations of impossible odds, and she features the Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education and the local delicacies in the neighborhood.

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The proud Garifuna-American community in The Bronx share their dance & music with Mickela.


#604 – Little Sri Lanka
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Little Sri Lanka in Staten Island is one of the largest concentrations of Sri Lankans outside of the island nation. Mickela dances with the Sri Lankan Dance Academy and visits the family-owned restaurants on Victory Blvd. in Tompkinsville cooking up traditional dishes. She celebrates with the incredibly diverse community through song, dance, and...cricket!

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Mickela heads to Little Sri Lanka in Staten Island to get a taste of the Lankan culture.


#605 – Arab-American
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Mickela connects with the Arab-American communities in New York from learning Algerian Rai with Esraa Warda to exploring Bay Ridge’s “Little Middle East” in Brooklyn to celebrating a Palestinian wedding with the Freedom Dabka Group - Muslim and Christian brothers and sisters share their culture, food, and traditions with Mickela across the boroughs!

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Mickela celebrates with the welcoming Arab-American community in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.


#606 – Little Caribbean
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Mickela heads to the Little Caribbean neighborhood in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in preparation of the joyous Carnival season! She takes outdoor Soca dance classes, learns the steel pan with Tropical Fete, dances on stilts with the KaisokahUSA Moko Jumbies, and of course, eats the local dishes in the West Indian Market!

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Mickela ends this season celebrating Carnival in Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean neighborhood!