A particular area of focus is working with diverse communities and promoting the empowerment of women, people with disabilities, and at-risk youth. In addition, a week-long capacity-building and professional advancement program will take place at BAM in the summer of 2018. This Brooklyn-based program pairs six foreign artists abroad with six local artists.
To date, DanceMotion USA has engaged with more than 114,000 participants in 55 countries and has reached more than 40 million people online.
DCDC at Arts Cafe
Lucky for us, we can see DCDC right here in Dayton! One upcoming opportunity is the Mid-Day Arts Cafe, slated for Tuesday, April 18, at the Schuster Center. The troupe will showcase 14 dancers who will highlight the past season. A Q&A is part of the fun.
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Tickets for the popular lunchtime series are $15 and include various lunch options and discounted parking. Order online at www.TicketCenterStage.com, at the Box Office or call Ticket Center Stage at (937) 228-3630 or (888) 228-3630. Advance ticket sales will end at 10:30 a.m. the day of the Cafe.
If you are a season ticket holder to the Premier Health Broadway, Morris Family Series or National Geographic Live Series, you can purchase tickets to the Mid-Day Arts Cafe for $12 by calling Ticket Center Stage.
Chamber music competition in Yellow Springs
As its final program of the season, Chamber Music Yellow Springs will present the finalists in the 32nd Annual Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles. The special evening is scheduled for 7:30 on Sunday, April 23, at the First Presbyterian Church 314 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs.
In order to enter, groups must have an average age of 30 or under. This year’s finalists — a string quartet and piano trio — are the Vera Quartet and the Trio St. Bernard.
Formed in the summer of 2015 at the Taos School of Music, the Trio St. Bernard includes pianist Selun Hong, currently a graduate student at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, violinist Brandon Garbot, and cellist Zachary Mowitz, both graduate students at the Curtis Institute of Music. The Vera Quartet is currently Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University, where Pedro Rodriguez, violin, Patricia Quintero, violin, Ines Picado, viola, and Justin Goldsmith, cello, founded the ensemble in 2015.
The judges will award cash prizes totalling $7,000. The 2016 competition winners, the Rolston Quartet, went on to be named First Prize Laureate of the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC).
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Concert tickets are $25 for adults and $7 for students. Beginning at 6:45 p.m. there will be a pre-concert lecture in the church by Dennis Loranger. Those wishing to attend a post-concert dinner with the artists in a local home should contact CMYS at (937) 374-8800 at least four days in advance to reserve a place.
Learn from the “Kinky Boots” gang
A performance-based after-school intensive for high school students interested in musical theater will take place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. May 22-26 when the folks from “Kinky Books” are in town.
Participants will work with local theatre professionals and “Kinky Boots” cast members when possible. Master classes will cover acting, singing and dancing.
Each participant will receive a ticket to the musical, a box meal each day, camp T-shirt and show swag and the opportunity to share what they’ve learned with an audience of friends and family. Previous theatre or dance experience is not required to participate.
Cost is $199 per participant and limited scholarships are available. To register: https://victoriatheatre.com/create-learn/camps-classes/kinky-boots-after-school-camp/
Cinci Playhouse to feature play by Dayton native
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will open its 2017-2018 Shelterhouse season will a play by Dayton native Daniel Beaty. The drama, entitled “Mr. Joy,” will be on stage Sept. 23-Oct. 22, 2017.
The plot focuses on a Harlem community that’s shaken when Mr. Joy, a Chinese immigrant whose shoe repair shop has been a neighborhood pillar for decades, is the victim of sudden and violent attack. Through the lens of nine of Mr. Joy’s customers — all brought to life by one actress — the audience learns about the impact the shop owner has had on each of their lives.
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Other scheduled plays for the Cincinnati venue will include “Shakespeare in Love,” “Treasure Island,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “Million Dollar Quartet” and the regional premiere of “Marie and Rosetta,” based on the gospel music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight.
Two world premieres by up-and-coming female playwrights are “Be Here Now” and “Sooner/Later.” A two-man whodunit entitled “Murder for Two” and Frank Ferrante’s “An Evening with Groucho” round out the schedule.
Artistic Director Blake Robison has announced that the Playhouse will remain in Eden Park and move forward with a major capital campaign to replace the Playhouse’s current mainstage with a new state-of-the-art facility.
For the 2017-18 season, Playhouse performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, at 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Subscriptions are available now in a variety of packages. Check out www.cincyplay.com.
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