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Our Spotlight Series for Students season 2010-2011 will showcase award-winning contemporary and traditional dance, jazz, international puppetry, theatre and storytelling. School performances happen during the weekday and are generally no longer than an hour and always include a short facilitated dialogue between students and performers. Tickets are $6.50 per student with one free adult chaperone ticket for every 10 students.
Interested in a pre-show and/or post-show workshops for your students? For an additional cost schools can arrange for pre- and or post-show workshops or a residency with quality FCCA teaching artists who will provide your students with an interactive, hands-on arts learning experiences to prepare them for and/or follow up the performance they see at Flushing Town Hall.
Click below for more information about each Spotlight Series for Students performance >>
Wycliffe Gordon and Friends – [JAZZ] – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010
Taylor 2 – [DANCE] – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 & THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010
Sounds of Korea – [TRADITIONAL DANCE] – MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
Step Afrika! – [DANCE] – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
The Man Who Planted Trees – [THEATRE] – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 & TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
There’s a Dinosaur in the Closet – [PUPPETRY] – THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011
Twice as Many Friends / El Doble de Amigos – [LATIN MUSIC] – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 & THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
Mytholojazz – [STORYTELLING] - TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
Aesop Bops! – [STORYTELLING] – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
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For more information, an education brochure or to make ticket arrangements contact:
Flushing Town Hall Attn: Education Department 137-35 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY 11354 education@flushingtownhall.org Phone: (718) 463-7700 ext. 241 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE COMING TO FLUSHING TOWN HALL
HOW TO GET TO FLUSHING TOWN HALL By subway from Main Street Station Take the 7 train to Main Street station. Walk north down Main Street to Northern Boulevard. Cross street and head east. Flushing Town Hall is the large brick building on the corner of Linden Place.
These MTA buses stop at the intersection of Main St. and Northern Blvd: Q19, Q25, Q34, Q64, Q65, QBx1 |
Wed Nov 3rd
Tickets: $6.50 per student, one free chaperone ticket for every 10 student ticket purchased
November
School Performance: For Students (Grades 6 – 12): Interactive and educational performance of blues standards highlighting the unique uses of improvisation and scatting. Led by award-winning performer, conductor, composer, and educator Wycliffe Gordon. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.
December
School Performance: For Students (Grades 3 – 12): Vibrant and timeless choreography danced with remarkable humor, emotion, and athleticism, from one of the great masters of modern dance, Paul Taylor. Starts at 10am and 11:45am.
School Performance: For Students grades (3 – 12): Vibrant and timeless choreography danced with remarkable humor, emotion, and athleticism, from one of the great masters of modern dance, Paul Taylor. Starts at 10am and 11:45am.
January
School Performance: For Students (Grades K – 12): Experience a captivating blend of traditional and modern costumed dances, including the popular Fan Dance, accompanied by live traditional music and rhythms.
February
School Performance: For Students (Grades K – 12): A high energy and heart-pounding interactive performance of stepping, a unique form of percussive dance where the entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds. Starts at 10am and 11:45am.
School Performance: For Students (Grades 3 – 12): Endearing adaptation of Jean Giono’s inspiring short story that shows the impact one man (and his dog!) can make on their environment. A wonderful multi-sensory theatre experience of storytelling and puppetry. Starts at 10am and 11:45am.
March
School Performance: For Students (Grades 3 – 12): Endearing adaptation of Jean Giono’s inspiring short story that shows the impact one man (and his dog!) can make on their environment. A wonderful multi-sensory theatre experience of storytelling and puppetry. Starts at 10am and 11:45am.
School Performance: For Students (Grades Pre-K – 5): Forbidden to have a pet, Darryl smuggles a "pet" rock into his cluttered room. The rock hatches to reveal a tiny dinosaur with an incredible appetite. A laugh-out-loud tale with a lesson or two about being responsible. Winner of the UNIMA Citation of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.
School Performance: For Students (Grades K – 6): Bilingual and interactive musical fiesta of original music and perennial favorites from Latin America and the U.S. that features toe-tapping plena, son, calypso, reggae and more songs from their Parents' Choice award-winning children's CD. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.
School Performance: School Performance: For Students (Grades K – 6): Bilingual and interactive musical fiesta of original music and perennial favorites from Latin America and the U.S. that features toe-tapping plena, son, calypso, reggae and more songs from their Parents' Choice award-winning children's CD. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.
April
School Performance: For Students (Grades 6 – 12): Master storyteller David Gonzalez brings to life an Orpheus who scats, swings, and serenades his way through a gauntlet of ordeals in search of his beloved Eurydice. Loss, struggle, and redemption -- a captivating adaptation of a classic Greek myth. Plus, a contemporary retelling of The Three Whiskers of the Lion, a Korean folktale. Accompanied by jazz piano virtuoso Daniel Kelly. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.
School Performance: For Students (Grades Pre-K – 5): Energized and interactive potpourri of Aesop’s classic stories including The Lion and the Mouse, The Fisherman and His Wife, and The Turtle’s Shell. Accompanied by jazz piano virtuoso Daniel Kelly. Starts at 10am and 11:30am.