Grades: 6-12 Running Time: 55 Minutes Genre: Music
To most people, jazz, hip-hop, funk, and classical are musical genres. But to revolutionary music group Black Violin, they're nothing but ingredients. Combining a daunting array of musical styles to produce a signature sound that is part concert hall and part street, these two classically trained violinists and their DJ are redefining the music world, one violin string at a time. Black Violin breaks all the rules, blending the classical with the modern to create something rare -- a sound that exposes young audiences to new ways of listening to music and inspires them to pursue their dreams.
Stella loves the stars and Ryan, her little brother, loves nursery rhymes. One night while looking through her telescope, Stella discovers a brand new constellation shaped just like Ryan’s lost teddy bear. When Ryan extends the telescope all the way up and starts climbing into the start to get his bear back, Stella has no choice but to follow. Created in association with the UK's National Academy of Science, this magical adventure through the galaxy explores the mysteries of the universe through a child’s eyes.
Grades: 2 - 5 Running Time: 50 minutes Genre: Music
Maestro Wayne DuMaine and the acclaimed Brooklyn Philharmonic return to Brooklyn Center with The Time is Always Right: A Century of Black Music in America, a new program featuring the works of Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington, Otis Redding, and William Grant Still, four black composers who helped change the face of American culture with their classical, jazz, gospel, and R&B compositions. The program will include Ellington's "River Suite" and Still's "Lenox Avenue," as well as performances of "Respect" and "A change is Gonna Come." Joining the orchestra will be tap dancers from Divine Rhythm Productions as well as the Brooklyn High School for the Arts Choir, making this concert a must-see for all music lovers!
Always a Brooklyn Center favorite, this internationally acclaimed company celebrates their 50th Anniversary this season, blending the lore, music and dance of Jamaica and Africa with modern and classical styles to create a wildly colorful celebration of West Indian culture.
The language of William Shakespeare can seem intimidating, difficult to comprehend, and out of touch with the contemporary reader. Shake It Up! uses improvisation, comedy and audience interaction to break through these barriers. After seeing a short performance by The Improvised Shakespeare Company, students will learn some of the basic rules of Elizabethan dialogue giving them a deeper appreciation of Shakespeare's works in a way that is exciting, engaging and -- dare we say it -- fun!
Commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science and bursting with non-stop energy, "Toying with Science" is a fast-paced, varied and dynamic show combining circus skills, mime, original music, and audience involvement as it explores scientific principles such as gravity, leverage, fulcrums, and simple machines.
Dr. Seuss's beloved stories collide in this unforgettable musical adaptation of the original Broadway production. Join Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, and of course the Cat in the Hat as they find themselves intertwined in a crazy adventure, in which the power of imagination saves the day!
When a great African king desires a wife, only the most perfect maidens in the land are invited to meet him. Mufaro’s pride and joy, his two daughters of very different dispositions, travel a half day’s journey through a mystical jungle and across a deep river to be presented to the king. Along the way the two girls encounter a number of mysterious situations that test their courage, kindness and strength of spirit. Combining authentic African drumming, powerful and majestic choreography and thrilling original music, the splendor of Zimbabwe and energy of the African land will burst onto stage in this Caldecott Award winning tale!
American Family Theater’s award-winning production bursts with excitement, fantasy and song as it tells the classic tale of a lowly servant girl whose one wish is to attend the royal ball. With the help of her friend Mortimer Mouse and a magical fairy godmother, her dreams come true and, as in all good fairy tales, everyone lives happily ever after.
