Rhythmic Arts Center NYC

Rhythmic Arts Center NYC A home for rhythm, movement, and cultural connection

Join us for Time Share this Saturday 4/25 7pm at the house 🏡 Hosted by from the RAC collective (she’s back!). This mont...
04/23/2026

Join us for Time Share this Saturday 4/25 7pm at the house 🏡 Hosted by from the RAC collective (she’s back!). This month’s Time Share centers on the theme of interdisciplinary explorations. We invite and encourage ideas/work/improvisation/play that span and intersect mediums and modalities. (Of course, as always, you can bring/do whatever is in your heart, but this can be a jumping point of inspiration and organizing principle if you’re uncertain).

Bring your friends, family, enemies, roommates, baristas, crushes, gamer bros, downstairs neighbors who you want to understand why you’re banging upstairs, etc., and tell them to bring their instruments, because we are going to vibe out once again at your favorite open floor in NYC with music, dance, poetry, art, technology, and more at the RAC 4/25.

Sign up link in bio! See you there or be square!

One more time with this coming Monday 4.20 at 7pm at the house 🏡 for Baby, Bebop, and the Blues before she shares excer...
04/18/2026

One more time with this coming Monday 4.20 at 7pm at the house 🏡 for Baby, Bebop, and the Blues before she shares excerpts of her work at Works & Process: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2026 Summer Preview next week.

This is a class where you will transpose bebop tunes such as “Anthropology” and “Billie’s Bounce” by Charlie Parker who had a huge influence on the way Baby Laurence expressed himself musically through tap dance. the class will also bring you into a deeper look at the intersection of culture, history, and innovation. Sign up link in bio ✨🔗

About Baby Laurence Legacy Project: “Tracing Steps” (working title) is an archival/performative process to create an integrated work of jazz tap dance and jazz music that investigates and celebrates the artistic and social influences that “Baby Laurence” Donald Jackson had on the culture of Tap Dance and Jazz Music. This project aims to capture and demystify lost information about this iconic tap dancer from Baltimore, MD. It includes new research from interviews, archival film, documentation tracing the footsteps of Baby Laurence in Baltimore, Harlem, and Washington D.C., and curricula for students and educators. Brinae Ali will present choreography, compositions, and multimedia to reimagine the various ways we can interact and preserve history.

04/16/2026

.gimbel here checking out our Vinyl record collection at the house 🏡 the other day is bringing her first ever Music Futures Forum I here this Thursday 4.16 7pm! An amazing opportunity to gather in community and drop into our visions and exchange ideas for the future of music ✨This event is made possible by

Next one coming up 4.30 save the date 💫

Body rolling has been happening with on Sundays for her private clients. Join Dallas Fridays 10:00am-11:00am at the hou...
04/10/2026

Body rolling has been happening with on Sundays for her private clients. Join Dallas Fridays 10:00am-11:00am at the house 🏡 175 E105th St, New York, NY ✨ Donation based

Excited to announce our upcoming pop up Community Highlight with ✨ Monday April 13 7-8:30PM . advanced tap class 🔗 sign...
04/08/2026

Excited to announce our upcoming pop up Community Highlight with ✨ Monday April 13 7-8:30PM . advanced tap class 🔗 sign up link in bio ✨ space limited.

John Manzari is a dancer, singer, actor & choreographer. Stage: Funny Girl (OBC); White Christmas (TUTS); Anything Goes (MUNY); The Tap Dance Kid (Encores!); Bzzz. Television: Law & Order SVU; Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future; Rooted; The Kennedy Center at 50. Concerts: solo shows Recenter & The First Set; guest appearances with NY Pops, NSO, Seattle, Houston, Vancouver, and other symphonies; The Hot Sardines; Fall for Dance; Fall for Dance North; Amelia Island Dance Festival. Film: Reimagined. Short Films: I Get Knocked Down; Ghost; To: Everything I Love; Slip. Documentaries: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back; Leonard Soloway’s Broadway.

04/08/2026

Join every Monday 6:00-7:00PM for the Foundation of Rhythm: Drumming 101 Sign up link in bio 🔗

Learn to drum from the inside out with Julliard graduate and seasoned NYC freelance percussionist, Jeremy Smith. This is not just about learning an instrument - it is about connecting with rhythm as a universal principle that underlies all music and movement. You will learn essential drumming patterns, get into collective grooves, and discover how rhythm functions as a medium for musical communication and meaningful human connection. All levels and drumming styles are welcome. You can choose from our variety of instruments provided by RAC or bring your own.

Research shows that rhythm training and drumming support whole-brain development and wellbeing.

• Strengthens neuroplasticity by activating multiple brain regions simultaneously

• Improves bilateral coordination and communication between brain hemispheres

• Enhances executive function (focus, planning, impulse control)

• Increases working memory and auditory processing

• Supports stress regulation by lowering cortisol and activating rhythmic breathing patterns

• Promotes dopamine release, supporting motivation and positive mood

• Improves sensorimotor integration (timing, reaction, body awareness)

• Encourages social synchronization, strengthening empathy and group connection

• Supports emotional regulation through rhythmic expression and movement

• Provides moderate physical activity, benefiting cardiovascular and muscular endurance

✨ Rhythm is one of the most ancient tools humans use to organize the nervous system, communicate, and connect. Hope to see you in class!

Surprising you this Wednesday April 1st with a Pop-Up Listening Party! Special thanks to for letting us take over for ...
04/01/2026

Surprising you this Wednesday April 1st with a Pop-Up Listening Party! Special thanks to for letting us take over for the first part of our Dancing Allowed | Listening Party with .ascends 💫 5:30-8:30PM ✨ then we will gather and head to the house at 175 E105th st, New York, NY to join & Teranga Band for an open rehearsal from 8:30-9:30PM to end the evening to send them off with good vibes before their performance for the mayor 🙌 will be providing Vegan Taco 🌮😋 All ages welcome! Come party with us today!!! 🪩

finale of our weekend recap of this past Sunday with a glimpse of what .ascends & brought to the house 🏡 Always good v...
04/01/2026

finale of our weekend recap of this past Sunday with a glimpse of what .ascends & brought to the house 🏡 Always good vibes! We celebrated Elika’s birthday in community. A rare chance to catch .ascends TODAY 4.1 6:30-8:30PM at for a special community pop-up set 🪩 followed by an open rehearsal with our house Senegalese band 🇸🇳 who will be performing for the mayor on Saturday from 8:30-9:30PM in the living room 🏡 with bringing us vegan tacos 🌮 | come pre-game with us at Senagalese Sabar Drum class 3:30-5:00PM 🥁 be in community with us today!

04/01/2026

This Saturday we were incredibly lucky to have and to host a special Time Share Brazilian Edition 🇧🇷✨ A HUGE shout out to everyone who came out for this experience with us, especially our favorite barista from ❤️‍🔥 who joined us after work! 🥰 Save the date for the next Time Share 4.25 🏡

Time Share is a showcase, a jam, and a gathering rooted in rhythm and community. A combination of performance, experimentation, and exchange hosted by NYC tap dancers, educators, and choreographers alongside electronic musicians, underground bands, and contemporary movement artists. Time Share is adopting a rotating host system. Stay tune on who’s our next host 👁️

Beginning to recap our heart warming weekend by paying gratitude to for bringing their medicine into the space 💗 an ...
03/31/2026

Beginning to recap our heart warming weekend by paying gratitude to for bringing their medicine into the space 💗 an evening of meditation, prayers and play! Check out their work on their pages and save the date for ‘s next ceremony and Sound Bath at the house again 🏡 Wednesday April 8th 7:30-11pm✨more details coming soon

Beautiful capture of some behind the scene shots of the fam Claudia Rahardjanoto .aldet at the opening of the at U...
03/31/2026

Beautiful capture of some behind the scene shots of the fam Claudia Rahardjanoto .aldet at the opening of the at Umeå Sweden.

local press officially applause. If you haven’t seen the Max Pollak Group perform live, then you haven’t lived…

From the stage, life is somehow pumped back into us frozen Nordics, tormented by the knowledge of the world’s sorrows and future prospects. The warmth of the Latin American rhythms and the joy of creation from the artists waft like a comforting wind through the venue; you feel that something is lightening up inside. Maybe it’s because there are probably few of us who have seen anything like it. Max Pollak is one of the first to combine tap dancing, body percussion – that is, using the body as a percussion instrument – ​​and singing, and the result is something of a holistic experience that you definitely wish your worst enemy to experience; maybe then it would finally be kind. Because despite the incredibly high level of the performance, it creates a completely human and inclusive atmosphere.

The repertoire is a mixture of Max Pollak’s own works and arrangements of others, including “Siboney” by Ernesto Lecuona, with languid singing by Camila Aldet. Or Oscar Peterson’s “Bossa Beguine” where Claudia Rahrdjanoto owns the stage with her sweeping tap dance, accompanied by pianist Michael Jellick, who initially plays melodica, which marries in a lovely way with the sound of the metal of the tap shoes against the stage floor….

Also impressive is percussionist Samuel Torres, who truly deserves the title “master of maracas”; the image of what is possible to do with these two rattling mallets is forever changed after an impressive rhythmic performance to Pollak’s simple, whistling melody.

The most memorable from the evening is still the improvisational relay race between Max Pollak and the seventh star Nicholas Young. They dance and play with their bodies in an absorbing, humorous and life-affirming interplay that should awaken the rhythm in every hardened heart out there.

beyond proud and happy for the crew tonight.

03/28/2026

Join + tomorrow Saturday March 28th 7pm for a Brazilian take over 🇧🇷 of our house favorite Time Share ✨ monthly gathering✨while is off to ✈️

Time Share is a showcase, a jam, and a gathering rooted in rhythm and community. A combination of performance, experimentation, and exchange hosted by NYC tap dancers, educators, and choreographers alongside electronic musicians, underground bands, and contemporary movement artists.

for this night of March 28th, get ready for a vibrant night of live music, movement, and community! This special edition of Time Share, hosted by Maria Clara & Thiago Trad, is your invitation to dive into the irresistible grooves of Brazilian culture 🇧🇷

💛 Suggested donation: $15 (all proceeds goes towards our hosts for the evening)

🎸 Musicians get in FREE!

Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for music—let’s make it a night to remember!

Maria Clara Laet is a tap dancer, choreographer and historian from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, currently based in New York City. She produced, choreographed and starred in the dance short film Luvemba, screened at 14 festivals internationally, including the Future Dance Festival produced by 92NY Harkness Dance Center.
She was one of the 25 dancers selected to be a part of the Jacob’s Pillow Tap Dance Ensemble in 2025 directed by Dormeshia and Derick Grant. She is a dancer at kamrDANCE and performed in renowned venues such as the Apollo Theater in Harlem, National Jazz Museum and Arts on Site.

Thiago Trad is a Brazilian percussionist and multi-instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, New York. His work is rooted in Afro-Brazilian traditions from Bahia, exploring instruments such as berimbau, atabaque, pandeiro, and flutes. Blending ancestral rhythms with contemporary improvisation, Thiago creates immersive musical experiences that connect music, movement, and cultural expression. His workshops and performances invite participants into a vibrant dialogue between rhythm, dance, and Brazilian identity.

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