Dance

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Prices are valid from 7/1/11-6/30/12.
To schedule a program, contact us at scheduling@yamass.org or 617-629-9262 x303.

Afro–Brazilian Ensemble	Bamidele Dancers & Drummers	Boston Ballet II
Karen Montanaro

Afro–Brazilian Ensemble

Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts, Music, and Dance

This energetic program highlights three principal elements of Brazilian culture: music, martial arts, and dance. The rhythms played throughout the show are steeped in the traditions of the past and brought into the present through artful interpretation. The performers, drawing upon a lifetime of experience and practice, vibrantly demonstrate forms of capoeira, maculele, samba, and their origins. Their movements are smooth, seemingly effortless, and highly acrobatic. The presentation weaves all these elements together with a sense of humor and play, making this informative program accessible and fun.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $800   Double: $1,281   Triple: $1,681   Quad: $1,995
Travel Fee: $100 per day

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Bamidele Dancers & Drummers

Travel across the globe with the internationally acclaimed Bamidele Dancers & Drummers and experience the celebratory dances, rhythms, folklore, and songs from West Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean. This lively interactive program includes audience participation, authentic costumes and instruments, and can be adapted to include narration on African art, culture, and history.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 250
Single: $700   Double: $1,095   Triple: $1,435   Quad: $1,700
Travel Fee: $100 per day

Post-Performance Workshop

Bamidele Dancers & Drummers offers several hands-on workshops that allow students and teachers to integrate West African, Brazilian and Caribbean culture into their classroom. Options include drumming, dancing, and mask making.

Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 25–50 students (depending upon workshop)
Price: $375 per workshop (includes three artists)

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Boston Ballet II

Classical Moves

Classical Moves is a one-hour, interactive program featuring Boston Ballet II, the second company of Boston Ballet. This elite troupe of highly talented dancers helps to introduce young audiences to ballet as a distinctive art form while highlighting the integral relationship between ballet and classical music. The program provides a rare opportunity for students to get up close and personal with the dancers, breaking down barriers to the art form itself. Students are invited to learn the exercises dancers use to build strength, stamina, and flexibility and to experience the creative, artistic process as they “build a ballet” with choreography, music, costumes, and scenery. The program includes costumed excerpts from BBII’s repertoire and culminates in a Q&A session.

Performance Length: 60 minutes
Audience Limit: 200
Double: $1,667   Triple: $2,183   Quad: $2,600
Travel Fee: included

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Karen Montanaro

Imagination in Action!

Imagination in Action! artfully connects movement to narrative, demonstrating the connection between physical gesture and language arts. In this dynamic presentation of dance and mime, Karen Montanaro uses her superb technique in both ballet and performance-mime to tell stories through movement. Her presentations demonstrate how movement can influence choices when creating verbal or written narrative, and how movement is driven by imagination. Karen is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of “Mimedance” (the fusion of two classical art forms). Her vast experience with performances, workshops, and residencies in dance, mime/movement, and creativity brings a variety of offerings to students of all grade levels.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $560   Double: $896
Travel Fee: $100 per day

Post-Performance Workshop

Imagination in Action! workshops introduce students to the “language of movement.” Using mime and dance as language, students focus on literacy and communication skills and engage in the high-energy creation of narrative.

Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 20 students
Price: $125 per workshop

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