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Live @ The Ford

Live @ the Ford presents four live performances that celebrate the ways in which music and dance can cross boundaries and bring diverse audiences together. The celebration of border cowboy and vaquero culture by Grandeza Mexicana; the marriage of east and west through the music of Korea's Haegum Plus and dance crew Last for One; the language of hip-hop to spread a message of peace around the globe and the phrasing of Jazz to embed musical ancestries from India and Armenia, all come together to create a multi-ethnic and multi-generational live performance TV series, exploring the new face of Los Angeles.

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Live @ The Ford

Live @ The Ford

Alohafest! Kanikapila!

"Kanikapila" is Hawaiian for jam session, a free-flowing, unstructured sudden outburst of dancing and singing just for the fun of it. The Kanikapila features Southern California talent from two Pacific island cultures.

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Live @ The Ford

Live @ The Ford

Variedades: The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon

A performance inspired by the Mexican variety shows of 1920 Los Angeles and featuring L.A. bands.

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Live @ The Ford

Live @ The Ford

Viva La Tradicion! A Tribute to Nati Cano y Los Camperos

Now that mariachi music is heard everywhere, it's hard to imagine a time when it was next to unknown in the U.S. Nati Cano and his Camperos played a major role in its mushrooming popularity.

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Live @ The Ford

Live @ The Ford

The Angel City Jazz Festival -- Global Jam

This year's Global Jam is a celebration of jazz's wide cultural diversity with the Tigran Quintet and Rudresh Mahanthappa and his new project, Samdhi, a fusion of Indian melodic sounds with contemporary jazz.

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Live @ The Ford

Live @ The Ford

J.U.I.C.E Hip-Hop Festival

Producer, dancer and choreographer Emiko Sugiyama conceived an event presented by J.U.i.C.E (Justice by Uniting in Creative Energy) that celebrates world peace through hip-hop and dance.

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