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The Internationalists and LPAC presents
NOwhere NOWhere
“The Internationalists
is the resident theatre company for the
2009-2010 LPAC Season.”
NOwhere
NOWhere navigates the vast space between Western
and Eastern identity. Using Butoh, Kathak and
modern dance, Nowhere NOWhere incorporates
video, text, and music, to explore what it means
to be Asian in America.
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September 18 at 8pm
Little Theatre
General Admission: $10
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Remember that singular performance that kept you
in the seat long after the performers took their
bows and the curtain fell? Did it feel like a
journey cut too short?
Well this year LaGuardia plays map maker.
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is making
radical programming choices to suit Western
Queens and Long Island City. Yes, we have
installed road signs with arrows, mapping out
the artistic journey, so you don't have to. In
previous seasons, artists needed space to
develop, “not everyone had a venue”, so we gave
them one.
This season to keep the spotlight following the
artists, LPAC is providing direction, a forum
for performers to return to our Mainstage and
Little Theatre. At LaGuardia we understand the
timetable of the journey is nowhere important as
the map.
We're bringing back three of the 2008-2009 LPAC
Lab residents for one glorious opening night
event: Valerie Green Dance Entropy,
Michiyo Tanaka’s Mad About Dance, and Yaa Samar
Dance Theatre. The inspiration this
year's choreography includes: A fortune cookie,
life in a bird’s nest, and flour as a metaphor
for faith.
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September 25 at 7pm
September 26 at 7pm
Mainstage Theatre
Reserved Seating:
$15 in advance
$20 at the door
$10 students |
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2009 LPAC Latino Heritage Event:
"Somos:
Latinos in the Arts"
Sponsored by the LaGuardia Performing Arts
Center, Somos: Latinos in the Arts is a Latino
heritage celebration, which will be hosted by
performance poet Raven S. Blackstone. This
multi-media feast for the senses will feature
the work of Latinos in per-formance poetry,
theater, film, music, and the visual arts.
Featured artists will include Tanya Torres,
Veronica Caicedo, Chiko Mendez, Maiky J.
Rodriguez, Glenys Javier, Elizabeth "Poetisa"
Reyes, Jahnu Stayton, Cindy "BlackAngel"
Peralta, Martha Macias, Voyce DeSouza, Carlos
Asturizaga, Jose Antonio Lopez, Timothy Guzman,
Nia Diaz, Dana "La Verdad Es Veneno" King, Rocio
"Anacaona" Peña, Marcol Rodriguez, and Aja
Garzon.
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October 8th
5pm Reception at Skylight Lobby
6pm Presentation in
Little Theatre
General Admission: FREE
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Echoes in Time
Choreographer Andrew Nemr
Andrew Nemr’s choreography has been described as
"a welcome return to the elegance of simplicity
and the tap dancer as maker of aural magic." In
“Echoes In Time”, Andrew and his ensemble of tap
dancers and musicians reach back into the roots
of tap dance by recreating works of masters such
as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Buster Brown,
Bubba Gaines, Steve Condos, Henry LeTang, Jimmy
Slyde, and Gregory Hines, opening a window to
the heart of a tap dancer.
Echoes In Time is made possible by the National
Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces:
Dance Initiative, administered by the New
England Foundation for the Arts.
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October 10th at 8pm
Mainstage Theatre
Reserved Seating:
$15 advance
$20 at the door
$10 Students
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Italian Songstress,
Elena & the Carol Sudhalter Jazz Band
Together with several other Italian and
American musicians, Elena Camerin displays her
prowess as a jazz singer in a concert comprising
both repertoire from classic Italian melodies
and American jazz standards.
Saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, Boston-born,
travels frequently to Italy and tours with
Italian rhythm sections. There, she met singer
Elena
Camerin, who now has come to reside in New York.
Impressed with each other's talents, they have
carried out some excellent collaborations
from New York to Boston to West Virginia.
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October 16th at 8:00pm
Little Theatre
General Admission: $13
$10 students |
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SCHOOLTIME SERIES
Harold & The Purple Crayon
(Grades Pre-K to 3rd; Ages 3-9)
Produced by the
Enchantment Theatre Company
One evening, after thinking it over for some
time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the
moonlight.” So begins Harold and the
Purple Crayon, the first of seven delightful
picture books by Crockett Johnson, following the
zany adventures of an inventive young boy.
Enchantment Theatre’s production will take your
school and family audiences on a wild ride as
Harold jets to Mars (shooting stars, space
ships!), joins a circus (he walks a tightrope!)
and meets a king in an enchanted garden (of
course, there’s a dragon). The “Harold” books
have captivated families for more than fifty
years, celebrating the imagination of children
and the unique way they see the world.
Using all the elements of its signature style,
which combines life-size puppets, masks, magic
and music, Enchantment’s production will delight
and amaze your audiences, from children starting
at Harold’s age, all the way up to grandparents
— anyone, in fact, whose heart is young and
adventurous.
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October 20th
10am & 11:30am
Reservations Required
Tickets: $7
*one free seat per every 10 paid
seats*
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Journey to the West* ( Lab 201)
*WORK IN PROGRESS
Featuring Diane Wolkstein & Anita Ratnam
Directed by Richard Armstrong
Choreography by Sat Hon
Internationally celebrated storyteller Diane
Wolkstein and Indian dance/actor Anita Ratnam
present the great Chinese epic *Journey to the
West* – the first public performance of the
project, in preparation for two years. This
adventure follows impetuous, super-powerful
Monkey and the devoted, (mostly) fearless Tang
priest, as they journey to India to bring back
the Buddhist scriptures. Through gorgeous
movement and song, Wolkstein and Ratnam take us
on a Journey of the Soul we will not soon
forget.
The performance will be followed by Q&A.
For more information go to:
www.monkeykingepic.com
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Oct. 29th at 8pm
Oct. 30th at 8pm
Little Theatre
General Admission: $10
$5 students
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