Mickela at SummerStage

As the four-time Emmy-winning host and executive producer of the PBS travel series Bare Feet, highlighting the diversity of dance, Mickela Mallozzi likes to say “I make new friends by dancing with strangers.” For SummerStage Anywhere, she joined Milteri Tucker Concepcion, the Founder and Artistic Director of the Bombazo Dance Company, in conversation about CONNECTION: Culture, Identity, & Community. An educator and master Bomba dancer, Tucker Concepcion lectures in dance departments on Bomba dance technique, figure and timing across the U.S.—and the world—having apprenticed and performed with Bomba elders and distinguished Bomba families throughout Puerto Rico. She’ll also soon be seen on the silver screen, set to appear as a dancer in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights The Movie.

Watch the LIVE #SummerStageAnywhere session with Mickela and Milteri below:

SummerStage is New York City's largest, free outdoor performing arts festival that produces free shows across all five boroughs, reflecting the true diverse cultures of New York, and it has been a platform and an advocate for community-based change for more than 30 years.  And the best part about this #SummerStageAnywhere series is now you can join us from ANYWHERE!