More than a month, black history, culture and heritage

Movement: Body Drum and Rhythm Connection through Hambone

Saturday, 2/8/2020
12:00 - 12:45
Golden Gate General Floor Area
Golden Gate Valley

1801 Green Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
United States

415-355-5666

Learn about Hambone and its evolution from Africa to modern North America as both a physical and metaphoric form of expression for resilience, faith, and creativity in the African American community. For kids and their families.

What is Hambone? Where does the name come from? What are the significance and the meaning of these words? Why was Hambone created? Through many traditions and styles of body drumming such as Rhythm tap dance, Hambone, and Step dance, the interconnectedness to African influences is performed. This Hambone performance-workshop will concentrate on traditional styles of Hambone body music and the instructions are to help participants find playful rhythms to express their own Hambone musical style in a fun and non-competitive atmosphere.

 

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

Notice: This event may be filmed or photographed. By participating in this event, you consent to have your likeness used for the Library’s archival purposes and promotional materials. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform a staff person or the photographer. A sticker will be provided to help identify you so that we can avoid capturing your image.

Public Notice and Disclaimer

This program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave SFPL's website and enter a website not operated by SFPL. This service may collect personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of SFPL’s Privacy Policy describing Links to Other Sites.

The views and opinions expressed in programs presented by groups unaffiliated with SFPL do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SFPL or the City.