Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Please note schedule is subject to change…
Catskill
Puppet
Theatre -
Willow Girl
When a young
Chinese girl
immigrates
to the
American
frontier,
she finds
herself
facing
discrimination
in a swirl
of other
immigrants
and
cultures.
But she
possesses
special
gift. She
has been
taught the
healing
power of
plants and
has a secret
in the
mysterious
spirit who
inhabits a
beautiful
Willow Tree.
When the
Willow Girl
meets two
Irish
brothers,
one generous
and good,
the other
selfish and
unkind, they
all discover
that the
magic of The
Willow works
two ways.
This rod
puppet show
features a
large,
gracefully
animated
Willow Tree
and is a
wonderful
blend of
humor,
mystery,
drama and
magical
effects. It
is
illustrated
with
original and
traditional
fiddle
music.
Grades K-6
The
Signature
Project
The
Signature
Project is
multi-faceted
experience
that
explores the
human spirit
through art,
music and
technology.
At its core
is a huge 76
ft x 36 ft
mural
layered with
hidden
secrets. A
live
performance
brings the
mural to
life, with
artist
Patrick
Dunning
ingeniously
weaving
stories and
images in
the great
tradition of
Irish
artists. A
unique,
exhilarating
tapestry
blending art
and
technology,
the live
performance
of The
Signature
Project also
offers the
opportunity
for the
audience to
join over
300,000
people whose
signatures
already
comprise the
fabric of
this
monumental
art work.
Grades K-12
Caryn Lin’s
- Bach to
Rock
This program
presents the
simplicity
of the solo
acoustic
violin and
its origins
demonstrated
by
performing a
simple Bach
minuet.
Whisked into
present day,
Caryn uses
the five
string
electric
violin and
sound
effects to
transcend
that “solo”
sound by
creating
sound loops
live that
she adds to
and
embellishes
during her
performance.
This 3
dimensional
sound magic
is performed
right before
your eyes.
Grades
K-8
Thomas
Edison with
Patrick
Garner
Broadway,
television
and movie
veteran,
Patrick
Garner,
brings the
greatest
figures in
history into
your
school. Who
better to
teach your
children
life's
lessons than
those whose
lives have
become
legend? Who
better to
teach the
value of
hard
work than
Thomas
Edison?
Audiences
don't merely
learn
history,
they learn
from
history!
Grades K-8
In Real Life
–
George Street
Playhouse
When two
students
find their
feud
surfacing on
friends'
cell phones,
emails and
the
world-wide-web,
insecurity,
fear and
humiliation
surround
their every
move. In
this play,
students
will be
faced with
the choice
to stand-up
for a
friend, find
the power to
confront a
bad
situation
and
walk-away
and begin
the
discussion
on how to
take an
active role
in ending
cyber-bullying.
Grades 6-8
Einstein’s
Mozart: Two
Geniuses
Award-winning
poet Kate
Light and
the Madison
String
Quartet
immerse
young
audiences in
history,
biography,
science,
music, and
poetry,
combining
Mozart's
music with
Kate’s fun,
information-packed
prose and
poetry
narration
about the
extraordinary
lives and
creative
work of both
Einstein and
Mozart.
Grades 3-12
Artist
Residency
Roundtable –
Sneak Peek
-
Erin
Maile
O'Keefe
- Circus
Yoga
-
Carin
Frost
Olmsted
- We Are
All
Artists
Bruce Van
Patter –
Let’s Get
Creative
Bruce Van
Patter
is more than
just your
average
children's
author and
illustrator
-- he's a
creative
writing
motivator.
Bruce has
inspired
nearly
100,000
elementary
students in
seven states
to get
enthused
about their
story ideas
with his
unique blend
of
kid-friendly
artwork,
audience
participation
and playful
sense of
humor. Wait
until you
see how
excited your
students
will be
about
writing
after Bruce
spends a day
in your
school!
Grades K-6
Artist
Residency
Roundtable –
Sneak Peek
-
Joanna
Pang
Atkins –
Multicultural
Folk
Dance
Peacemaker
The Blues
and the Reds
have lived
on either
side of the
Wall for
decades.
Interaction
is
forbidden,
and both
communities
live in an
atmosphere
of fear,
suspicion,
and
mistrust.
But when
Simp, a
curious
young Red,
meets a Blue
for the
first time,
they learn
they have a
great deal
to offer one
another, and
an
unexpected
friendship
blossoms.
Peacemaker
has always
been a
joyful
experience
for the
students and
teachers
alike! This
35-minute
play is
immediately
followed by
a 25-minute
workshop, in
which the
teaching
artists
discuss the
themes of
the play
with
age-appropriate
activities.
Encouraging
audience
participation,
Peacemaker
is a
charming
parable of
our
increasingly
diverse
society,
promoting an
end to
prejudice
based on
what people
look like or
where they
come from.
Grades
Pre-K-5
The Mask
Messenger
The Mask
Messenger
is a witty
and often
thought-provoking
performance
that
presents a
stunning
kaleidoscope
of character
transformations
brought to
life through
body
movement.
The
performance
will provide
audiences
with a
cultural,
historical,
and artistic
overview of
the use of
masks
throughout
the world.
Grades
1-12
Bash the
Trash
Environmental
Arts
This group
offers
performances,
workshops
and
residencies
– all with
an
Environmental
emphasis!
Music
programs
include
“Bash the
Trash”,
“Found Sound
Science” and
“Fairy Tales
Reduced,
Reused &
Recycled”.
Performances
and
residencies
use musical
instruments
built from
recycled and
reused
materials.
Other
programs
include
“Green Art”
– visual
arts
residencies
and
workshops
using found
and recycled
objects as
raw
materials
for
artworks,
and
“Sustainable
Storytelling”
-
performances
and
residencies
that always
ask - what
can we do to
make a
difference?
Bash the
Trash has
been
providing
environmental
arts
education
for twenty
years,
emphasizing
science,
global
warming,
conservation
and
sustainability.
Grades
K-8
Phenomenal
Physics
Phenomenal
Physics
helps
students
realize that
science is
interesting,
fun, and
something
they can do.
The program
encourages
exploration,
experimentation,
and inspires
students to
see more
information
for
themselves.
The
performance
demonstrates
seemingly
impossible
circus
tricks that
actually
have
scientific
explanations.
Mr Fish does
all this in
a lively,
fun, and
entertaining
way.
Grades K-6
Wednesday,
May 12, 2010
Please note
schedule is
subject to
change…
Meet the
Musicians
-
Dennis
Kobray
This program
is a
dramatic
presentation
of
storytelling
and music by
brilliant
pianist
Dennis
Kobray who
becomes
Bach,
Mozart,
Beethoven,
Schubert,
Chopin,
Brahms, a
friend of
Scott
Joplin,
Stephen
Foster or
George
Gershwin.
Children
discover the
feelings,
music, life,
and history
of some of
the world's
most famous
composers. A
period
costume is
worn by the
artist who
also brings
his own
keyboard,
sound system
and mural
backdrops.
Programs are
adapted in
length and
content to
strike
chords that
all children
can
understand
and that
adults
appreciate.
Grades
K-5, 6-8,
9-12
Peter and
the Wolf –
Pushcart
Players
A splendid
introduction
to theatre,
classical
music and
value
clarification
themes.
Filled with
laughter and
love,
friendship
and feeling,
this
riveting
theatre
piece offers
young and
family
audiences a
precious
moment of
theatre and
enrichment.
Grades K-5
Key Wilde
and Mr.
Clarke
Key Wilde
and Mr.
Clarke
perform
original,
humorous,
upbeat,
songs with
an emphasis
on guitar
and tight
vocal
harmonies.
Their songs
introduce
students to
a wide range
of musical
styles from
bluegrass to
samba and
are
presented
with
animated
projected
visuals
created by
illustrator
Key Wilde.
The
illustrations
illuminate
themes and
characters
depicted in
the songs
and are
designed to
stimulate
the
imaginations
of young
students.
Winners of a
Parent’s
Choice Gold
Award for
Spring 2010
- “With
singing
voices a
little
reminiscent
of Mick
Jagger and
Eric Clapton
(Clarke was
born in the
U.K.), and
Johnny Cash
and Buddy
Holly (Wilde
is from
Texas),
these two
have teamed
up to create
an
astonishingly
witty
collection
of songs
about pigs
growing as
big as
tractor
trailers,
flying to
the moon in
a red
balloon, and
a dog who
thinks he's
a frog.
Clever,
laugh out
loud lyrics,
from
musicians
who clearly
enjoy their
work.
Grades K-4
Dinoman
What could
be more
dramatic
than a
paleontologist
on his way
to do his
laundry,
discovering
a dinosaur
footprint in
your school?
How do we
know
dinosaurs
existed?
What is a
fossil? How
are they
made? Join
the
paleontologist
and his pet
raccoon
“Reflex” on
a journey
that
concludes
with the
discovery of
three
life-size
dinosaurs. A
performance
as
entertaining
as it is
educational.
Grades
K-8
The Spirit
Ensemble
Pulsating,
bright,
rhythms of
sounds and
colors
dancing.
Exotic,
traditional
instruments
of the world
- mbira,
kora,
shekere,
steel pan,
hand drums,
bamboo flute
and voices
weaving a
tapestry of
percussive
patterns and
melody.
Warning:This
ensemble
causes
audiences of
all ages and
nations to
dance with
joy and
abandon.
Grades K-8
New Jersey
Symphony
Orchestra –
Cinderella
Cinderella
- Three
gifted
musicians
from the New
Jersey
Symphony
Orchestra's
REACH
program and
a narrator
weave
together
storytelling
and
classical
music in
this
retelling of
the beloved
fairytale,
bringing the
action and
emotion to
life!
Audience
members
conduct
using Fairy
Godmother's
magic wand,
dance at the
royal ball,
create a
barnyard
symphony of
sounds all
while being
introduced
to three
members of
the string
family. Grades
K-8
I Love
Books:
Making Books
with Dar
Hosta
This
information
packed
Multi-Media
presentation
will show
students who
Dar Hosta
is, what
goes into
making her
books, and
how she
creates
beautiful
collages.
Students
will see
various
stages of
the process
through a
state-of-the-art
15 minute
DVD
presentation
and a 40
minute
interactive
Power Point
presentation.
This
energetic
presentation
touches on
the
important
topic of
writing
revision and
looks at how
carefully an
illustrator
must plan a
project like
a book,
presented in
an way that
is
informative,
fun, funny,
and
appropriate
for all
Grades K-5.
Mayhem Poets
"Let's go
see a poetry
show." That
is a
sentence
rarely
proclaimed
and usually
responded to
with cringes
and excuses.
The Mayhem
Poets are on
a mission to
change that.
Having been
dubbed "an
amazing
ride" by the
New York
Times, this
mind
boggling
performance
has been
described as
"The
Simpsons
meets
Malcolm X at
a Notorious
B.I.G.
concert".
These
theatre
trained,
comedically
gifted,
lyrical
virtuosos
seamlessly
blend raw
elements of
hip hop,
theatre,
improv and
stand up
comedy to
tell gut
wrenching
truths that
leave
audiences
forever
changed.The
Mayhem
Poet's
unique
approach to
spoken word
has landed
them feature
spots on The
Today Show
and
Eyewitness
News, after
winning 1st
place and a
grant for
100K in the
Microsoft
Idea Wins
Challenge in
2006. Since
then they've
been touring
internationally
collaborating
with the
likes of hip
hop legends
such as KRS
ONE as well
as world
class
musicians
including
Greg Patillo
(beat box
flute) and
Jane Hunt
(violin).
Their latest
CD, Reverse
Birth was
hailed as
one of the
Top spoken
word CD's of
2007 by
about.com's
poetry
section.
Their NYC
based
educational
training
operation
Slam Chops
is providing
opportunities
for aspiring
poets of all
ages.
Grades K-12
A Midsummer
Night's
Dream
-
Shakespeare
LIVE
Shakespeare
LIVE!
always
offers a
fresh,
imaginative
take on this
perennial
audience
favorite.
When
starry-eyed
young lovers
and zany
would-be
actors cross
paths with
mischief-making
fairies in a
magical
forest, the
result is
one of the
world’s most
uproarious
comedies.
A Midsummer
Night’s
Dream
is the
ideal “first
Shakespeare”
for
elementary
grades, and
a riotous
roller-coaster
ride for
teens (and
teachers).
Grades 3-12
Artist
Residency
Roundtable -
Sneak Peek
-
Pages to
Players-
New
Jersey
Shakespeare
Theatre
-
Dan
Fenelon
– Mural
Artist
-
Kathy
Casper –
Mosaic
Artist
Face It
Myriamne
Coffeen-Vandeven,
creator of
Face It!
Together We
Can Make a
Difference,
and her
colleague
Susan
Fuller,
bring a
plastic
skeleton,
wigs, masks
and a lively
interactive
slide
presentation
in their
quest to
empower
children to
be
individuals.
The two
session
workshop
engages
students in
a discussion
of the
elements of
what makes
them who
they are,
and
emphasizes
self-respect
and
tolerance.
This lesson
in diversity
in the
broadest
sense
culminates
with
beautiful
portraits
created by
the
students.
Grades 3-5
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
Hayes
Greenfield's
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
is a fun,
interactive
and
educational
jazz
experience/assembly
program for
students K
through 12.
Hayes and
band take
young people
on a lively
journey of
call-and-response,
singing,
scatting,
dancing, and
improvising.
Everyone
gets a
chance to
become a
part of the
ensemble and
creative
process. No
instruments
required!
Hayes has
been
referred to
as “the jazz
equivalent
of Leonard
Bernstein”
and has
performed
for
thousands of
students
internationally. Grades
K-12
Let’s Bloom
Together
Let's Bloom
Together is
a gardening
program
designed to
make
learning
about plants
and flowers
fun and
interesting
for
children.
It's a
gardening
and
enrichment
program that
is a lot
deeper than
just
gardening.
The themes
of
responsibility,
sustainability,
and
community
are woven
throughout
all the
lessons.
Sessions
also include
all the core
subject
matter that
schools are
required to
teach like
science,
math,
history,
astronomy
are in the
program."
Grades K-4
Jigsaw
Jones:The
Case of the
Class Clown
– Arts Power
Athena
Lorenzo has
been slimed
and she
doesn't
think it's
very funny.
Someone in
Ms.
Gleason's
class is
playing
practical
jokes.
Theodore
“Jigsaw”
Jones claims
to be the
very first
detective in
the whole
school. It's
up to Jigsaw
and his
friend Mila
to
investigate
the sliming
and track
down the
class clown.
This could
be their
stickiest
case yet!
Brimming
with music,
charm, and
humor,
ArtsPower’s
new
production –
based on the
book by
renowned
author James
Preller -
will make
audiences
laugh and
think as
they learn
the secret
codes that
Jigsaw must
decipher to
solve the
mystery.
Grades 1-4
