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MAKING THE ARTS ESSENTIAL TO EDUCATION
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PERFORMANCES
DANCE PERFORMANCES
*Please note that ArtsConnection rates may rise slightly for the 2010-2011 school year. |
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American Footsteps
Foot & Fiddle Dance Company’s performance of “American Footsteps” introduces three centuries of American folk dance in a dazzling blend of square dancing, tap dancing, Irish step dancing, and Appalachian clogging. |
$1,275 |
$1,525 |
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Folk Dances of Japan
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute introduces students to the rich and varied folkloric dance traditions of Japan. Students learn how regional dances were created and how they reflect aspects of Japanese culture including holiday and religious celebrations, as well as the traditional agrarian way of life. |
$775 |
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Native American Dance
The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers perform traditional dances of the Iroquois people of New York State and Canada. Students discover the importance of nature in Native American life and its impact on their dance forms. They learn about the clothing, musical instruments, stories and customs of the Iroquois and the contributions of Native Americans to our culture today. |
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$2,175 |
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China Patterns
Dance China NY performs dances of different genres, from raucous folk dances of farming villages to gentle to the classical dances of the Imperial Palaces. |
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$1,050 |
$1,275 |
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Poets & Peacemakers
Led by Artistic Director Kim Grier, The Rod Rodgers Dance Company celebrates the creative struggles and landmark achievements of Black heroes in choreographed tributes to Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Duke Ellington, and Harriet Tubman using poetry, music, and when possible, media elements. |
$1,125 |
$1,350 |
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Bambara Drum & Dance Ensemble
Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble’s exciting performance presents African and Cuban pieces that exemplify traditional cultural values in keeping with its mission to educate through music and dance. The large company includes dancers, musicians and even a stilt walker. Bambara’s leader, Joseph Barnes, excels at making traditional dances relevant and meaningful to contemporary urban audiences in a vibrant, energetic performance that includes audience participation. Through celebrating the beauty and diversity of African dance and music, the company makes cross cultural connections come alive for audiences. |
$2,030 |
$2,850 |
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Journey Through The Caribbean
¡Retumba!, a multi-cultural all-woman ensemble, traces the roots of Afro-Caribbean music and dance, introducing students to the dances of Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. |
$1,620 |
$1,900 |
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Salute To Our Ancestors
ASE Dance Theater Collective: Artistic Director Adia Whittaker and her company of dancers and musicians present traditional and original movement theater exploring “neo-folkloric” expressions of the African American experience. The company includes pieces based on traditional Haitian dance and music, African American social dance and song, as well as contemporary urban, spoken word performance. Audience members have a chance to participate in several songs and dances. |
$1,200 |
$1,500 |
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MUSIC PERFORMANCES
*Please note that ArtsConnection rates may rise slightly for the 2010-2011 school year. |
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2 Per Day |
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Bomba Y Plena
The musicians and dancers of Los Pleneros de la 21 introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican music and dance in a dynamic presentation of bomba and plena, explaining the African roots of these cultural traditions. Student volunteers learn a simple bomba step, and play plena rhythms on tambourine-like panderetas. |
$1,400 |
$1,800 |
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Mexico Beyond Mariachi
This delightful program showcases the vast cultural expression of Mexico. Each region from the country has its own rituals, celebrations, costumes, language and music. The ensemble’s mission is to encourage students to look beyond stereotypes and into the fascinating story and history of the Mexican people. The concert will bring students on a journey that begins over 500 years ago, first with the Aztec civilization, then continuing in a chronological order showing how time, geography, climate and foreign influence have affected folk traditions to the present day. |
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$875 |
$1,100 |
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"J" to the "A" & Double the "Z"
Singer and songwriter Aziza Miller and her trio present a celebration of jazz music. Every song illustrates a different facet of the jazz idiom and gives students unique ways to participate with the musicians. |
$700 |
$850 |
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Intro to the String Quartet
The West Village Quartet performs works by composers as diverse as Mozart, Scott Joplin, and Dvorak to illustrate the universal language of music. Members of the quartet provided a glimpse into their lives as performers, and give historical information about their instruments, the music, and the composers. |
$600 |
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Roots of Rhythm
Spirit Ensemble celebrates the dynamic sounds and rhythms of the African diaspora in an exciting performance of African and Afro- Caribbean music. The ensemble incorporates traditional and contemporary instruments including the shekere, berimbau, mbira, pandeiro, steel drums, congas, wood and tin flutes, electric and acoustic bass guitar, and rain sticks, demonstrating their mastery of percussion styles. |
$1,725 |
$2,000 |
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Swing Street Ensemble: The Dixie Rascals
Six dynamic musicians trace the origins of tap-your-feet, clap- your-hands, grin-on-your-face Dixieland music. They perform in period costume on traditional Dixieland instruments: trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, tuba and drums and focus on the role of each instrument in the ensemble. Emphasis is placed on the importance of listening to each other in the music as in every day conversation. Special attention is devoted to the cultural place of the music in “life events”, New Orleans traditions, and a celebration of the human spirit. |
$1,040 |
$1,300 |
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Taikoza
Taikoza, a Japanese Taiko drum group, demonstrates the powerful rhythms of the taiko drums. Students learn from master Taiko drummer Marco Lienhard about the role of the drum in Japanese culture, and experience the pounding rhythms of the taiko, a large, barrel-like drum that can fill the air with the sounds of rolling thunder. |
$780 |
$1,000 |
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Simply Skins: Daughters of the Drum
Simply Skins, an all female percussion ensemble, captivates students with West African, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian drumming and dancing. |
$900 |
$1,150 |
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THEATER PERFORMANCES
*Please note that ArtsConnection rates may rise slightly for the 2010-2011 school year. |
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2 Per Day |
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Before Time Was Time
Storyteller Tammy Hall mesmerizes students with stories from
the rural South and a variety of world cultures. |
$400 |
$500 |
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Pictures Come to Life
Jeff Hopkins tells stories by quickly sketching, narrating, and acting out characters’ movements and sounds. Jeff draws on wall-sized sheets of mural paper, creating large-scale images that transform and develop over the course of the story. Interactive performances incorporate humor, history, and folklore. His subjects range from Greek mythology and Impressionist painting to baseball and tall tales of the Wild West. |
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TheatreSports
Freestyle Repertory Theatre's masters of improvisation form competing teams to create scenes, stories, songs, and poems on the spot, based on audience suggestions from poetry, history, and literature. |
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$900 |
$1,100 |
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Performances by Anne Pasquale
LIBERTY BELLES
They came from all parts of the world: Russia, Italy, China and Latin America. Some came to escape oppression, others just to seek a better way of life. Meet the women who made us Americans, and hear the stories from every point of Liberty's crown in Liberty Belles.
THE REVOLUTION OF DEBORAH SAMPSON
The story of Deborah Sampson tells the story of America's birth. At the age of eighteen, when the young woman heard the cry of George Washington, she was prepared to fight and die for her liberty; she dressed as a man and enlisted in the Continental Army. See 18th century America brought to life as Deborah Sampson joins George Washington's Army for the Revolutionary War.
HELEN AND ME
Blind from the age of two and orphaned by the age of nine, Ms. Sullivan conquered seemingly impossible obstacles and revolutionized the teaching of the deaf and blind. From her own perspective, listen as 'Teacher' relates the miraculous work that transformed the life of Helen Keller and has continued to inspire millions.
CALAMITY JANE: THE WOMAN AND HER LEGEND
This is the story of how a young girl from Princeton, Missouri
became the legendary Calamity Jane. Martha Jane Cannary,
a.k.a. Calamity Jane, was an orphan at the age of fifteen when
she dressed as a man to earn a man's wage. Calamity Jane
was one of the Old West's most colorful characters. Now you
can hear her story from her point of view and learn about a
time long forgotten. Catch the pioneer spirit and travel the
Overland Trail with Calamity Jane! |
$400 |
$500 |
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| Storytelling Performances by Joy Kelly Smith |
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$500 |
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MEMOIR: MY PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
When she entered the first grade, Joy integrated her elementary school in Tennessee. Through her father, a civil rights preacher, she met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when she was 11 years old. In this program, Ms. Smith tells her personal story, along with songs and other tales of the civil rights movement. |
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE: RIVERS OF THE WORLD
The largest river of the world is the Nile, but the deepest is the Amazon. The Mississippi River is home to a wide variety of people and animals who live alongside it. Joy Kelly Smith takes inspiration from the rivers of the world as she shares stories and songs about these magical environments.
MAKIN’IT: TALES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN INGENUITY
The traffic light and ironing board are just two things invented by African Americans. But ingenuity stretches beyond objects and tools: Henry ‘Box’ Brown shipped himself to freedom; Harriet Tubman rescued her own family out of slavery and went on to help countless others. In this performance, Joy Kelly Smith explores African American history and cultures through legends, true stories and spirituals.
STORIES FROM THE AMERICAS
Joy Kelly Smith, whose great-grandmother was Cherokee, has two performances focusing on American themes. In one, she shares Native American stories and songs. In the second, she tells stories and sings songs from both North and South America – from Cajun tales to stories from the Amazon.
STORIES WITH SPECIAL THEMES
Joy Kelly Smith performs a variety of songs and stories appropriate to holidays throughout the year: Scary Stuff - a program of stories and songs featuring ghosts, witches, vampires and other eerie phenomena; Winter Holidays Around the World – stories and songs from the traditions of Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa and Diwali; and African and African American Stories and Songs – an exploration of the vast diversity within the African diaspora through stories and songs.
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*Please note that ArtsConnection rates may rise slightly for the 2010-2011 school year. |
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