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| PA2C - El Automovil Gris - Youth Performances |
Thu Jan 25 2007 |
| Teatro De Ciertos Habitantes (Mexico City) presented 2 performances of "El Automovil Gris" (The Grey Automobile) to 700 middle school students from Del Valle ISD. The performances included live narration, dance and music accompaniment to a 1915 Mexican silent film. |
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| PA2C - Salvage Vanguard Theatre at Del Valle High School |
Fri Jan 5 2007 |
| Members of Salvage Vangurd Theatre went to Del Valle High School to perform episodes of their production The Intergalactic Nemesis, and to talk with students about the play and theatre. |
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| PA2C - Los Cenzontles - Ojeda and Del Valle Junior High Schools |
Thu Nov 30 2006 |
| Los Cenzontles visited Ojeda Jr. High and Del Valle Jr. High to perform traditional Mexican music and dance, and to talk with students about these traditional art forms. |
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| Los Cenzontles - Performance and Discussion with Seniors |
Thu Nov 30 2006 |
| Los Cenzontles visited the Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center to perform a variety of traditional Mexican music and dance styles. The group discussed the history of the music and dance and answered questions from the audience. |
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| McCoy Tyner Septet - Eric Alexander Workshop |
Sat Nov 18 2006 |
| Eric Alexander, saxophonist for the McCoy Tyner Septet, led a jazz workshop for students at the UT School of Music. |
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| Compania Tania Perez-Salas - Master Class |
Tue Oct 31 2006 |
| Compania Tania Perez-Salas members Kristin Taylor, Katherine Horrigan and Tzitzi Benavides led an intermediate and advanced level dance master class for UT dance students. Students were taught choreography from the company's repertoire. The class finished with a discussion of professional contemporary dance in Mexico. |
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| 2 Foot Yard in-school performance and lecture |
Fri Oct 20 2006 |
| 2 Foot Yard went to LBJ High School in Austin to perform and talk with students about music and the life of professional musicians. They demonstrated expanded playing techniques on drums, violin, voice and cello, and discussed composition and improvisation. |
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| Don Byron Workshop |
Thu Oct 5 2006 |
| 2 Foot Yard went to LBJ High School in Austin to perform and talk with students about music and the life of professional musicians. They demonstrated expanded playing techniques on drums, violin, voice and cello, and discussed composition and improvisation. |
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| Hubbard Street Dance Youth Performance |
Wed Sep 13 2006 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performed for 2400 students from 16 schools at Bass Concert Hall. Jim Vincent, HSDC artistic director, talked about dance and answered questions from students between the dance pieces. In the show's last dance piece, students and a teacher were brought on stage to dance with the company. |
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| Hubbard Street Dance Master Class |
Tue Sep 12 2006 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago company member Sarah Cullen Fuller led a dance master class (modern and jazz) for UT dance students. Photography by Kim Espinosa. |
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| Fulbright-Hays Projects Abroad - Exploring Mexico: Performing Arts & Culture |
Fri Jun 30 2006 |
| This spring, the UT College of Fine Arts, Performing Arts Center and Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies were awarded a Fulbright-Hays Projects Abroad Grant to take 15 K-12 school teachers from Texas, California and Arizona to Mexico for four weeks to learn about the history, culture and arts of Mexico. This summer the group traveled to five cities (Oaxaca, Mexico City, Morelia, Mazatlan, Guadalajara), seeing performances, meeting artists, visiting cultural institutions, and learning from scholars and arts professionals. These teachers will utilize these experiences and knowledge to develop curriculum around the performing arts and Mexican culture and history to utilize in their classes and to share with educators around the country. |
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Learning to weave,... |
Mitla Ruins, Oaxac... |
Artist, Francisco... |
Oaxacan Potter |
Orozco murals, Ins... |
Jalisco Symphony,... |
Auditions at Delfo... |
Cathedral, Morelia... |
Temple of the Sun,... |
Dinner in Mexico C... |
Tour of Templo May... |
Procession, Basili... |
Santo Domingo, Oax... |
Dance of the Viejo... |
Museo Nacional de... |
Museo Nacional de... |
Casa Azul, Frida K... |
Diego Rivera´s Mus... |
Girl playing guita... |
Re-enactment of Gu... |
Fulbright group, w... |
Jorge Zambrano spe... |
Tour of new arts c... |
Tour and discussio... |
Viewing Diego Rive... |
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| Alejandro Escovedo, "By the Hand of the Father" |
Wed Apr 5 2006 |
| Alejandro Escovedo and company members from "By the Hand of the Father" went to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School in Pharr, TX (Rio Grande Valley) to meet with students and talk about the multi-media play. |
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| Ying Quartet at Asian American Cultural Center |
Wed Mar 22 2006 |
| The Ying Quartet performed pieces by contemporary Chinese composers at the Asian American Cultural Center. Students of the Center's music competition also performed and had their playing critiqued by the Ying Quartet. Afterwards everyone enjoyed conversation and a potluck dinner. |
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| Ying Quartet at Conley-Guerrero Senior Center |
Wed Mar 22 2006 |
| The City of Austin provided transportation for seniors to the Ying Quartet performance at the Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center. Members of the quartet discussed the music that they played and answered questions from the audience. The enthusiastic crowd gave the quartet 2 standing ovations during the performance! |
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| Explore UT/Mariachi Vargas Workshops |
Sat Mar 4 2006 |
| As part of Explore UT, members of Mariachi Vargas led 4 free classes for the public in trumpet, strings, vocals, guitars and other stringed instruments. After the instruction, the students from the 4 separate classes came together on the steps of Bass Concert Hall to perform the songs under the direction of Mariachi Vargas. |
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| Travis HS / Mariachi Vargas at KLRU |
Sat Mar 4 2006 |
| The Travis High School Mariachis performed at a reception organized by the UT PAC for Mariachi Vargas at the Austin City Limits studio at KLRU. Jose "Pepe" Martinez, musical director of Mariachi Vargas, directed the student group before taking the stage with Mariachi Vargas and performing an electrifying show. |
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| Alvin Ailey at JCAA |
Wed Feb 15 2006 |
| Members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater went to the Jewish Community Association of Austin to conduct a lecture demonstration for 400 children and adults. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Dave Douglas Workshop |
Mon Feb 13 2006 |
| Grammy-nominated trumpeter and jazz composer Dave Douglas gave a lecture/demonstration for UT music students. He talked about his life in music, his experiences with the music industry and played along with music students. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com |
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| Delfos Contemporary Dance in-school performances |
Fri Jan 27 2006 |
| Members of Delfos Contemporary Dance (Mazatlan, Mexico) gave a special performance for students at McCallum High School. After the performance the dancers talked with students from Theater, Dance and Spanish classes. A similar performance was held at Del Valle Junior High School earlier in the week. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Delfos Master Class at UT |
Wed Jan 25 2006 |
| Members of Delfos Contemporary Dance taught an advanced level master class with UT students. Gravity was defied. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Paradigm Dance Master Class |
Thu Nov 10 2005 |
| Paradigm Dance members Gus Solomons Jr., Michael Blake and Keith Sabado lead a Master Class with UT dance students, during a 3 day residency that included dance classes, seminars and interviews. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Movin' Out Brown Bag Lunch |
Thu Nov 3 2005 |
| Cast members Holly Cruikshank and Susanne Gorman met with students, staff and the public to discuss Movin' Out, and to share their experiences and careers in theatre. |
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| Miami City Ballet Master class |
Fri Oct 28 2005 |
| Edward Villella, Founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet, conducted a Master Class for UT ballet students. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Yamato Youth Performance |
Tue Oct 25 2005 |
| Almost 2,400 students from Austin and central Texas came to Bass Concert Hall to enjoy a special performance by the Japanese drumming group Yamato. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com. |
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| Yamato Potluck Dinner |
Mon Oct 24 2005 |
| The Asian American Cultural Center hosted a potluck dinner for the Austin public and members of the Japanese drumming group Yamato. Masa Ogawa, Yamato's Artistic Director, spoke to the attendees before leading a special performance by the group. |
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| Philip Glass/Orion Brown Bag |
Fri Oct 14 2005 |
| Philip Glass, members of his ensemble, and special guests discuss the creation and performance of ORION, which was originally created for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Photography by Amitava Sarkar, photographyinsight.com |
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| Ben Franklin: Unplugged |
Fri Oct 7 2005 |
| Josh Kornbluth discusses his one-man show, Ben Franklin: Unplugged, with Central Texas teachers and students at a reception after the performance. |
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| Ben Franklin: Unplugged - In school visit |
Fri Oct 7 2005 |
| Josh Kornbluth visited the Del Valle High School Drama Department, where he gave a short performance and talked with students about performing and being an actor. |
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| Chicago Brown Bag |
Thu Sep 22 2005 |
| Chicago cast members Kevin Neil McCready and T. Oliver Reid and tour pianist Eric Barnes discuss highlights from their careers in musical theater and share behind-the-scenes stories about Chicago. |
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| The Producers Brown Bag |
Thu May 26 2005 |
| Cast members Rich Affannato (Carmen Ghia) and Stuart Marland (Roger De Bris) recount their musical theater careers and share behind-the-scenes stories about The Producers. |
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| Renee Fleming Master Class |
Tue Apr 26 2005 |
| Nearly 400 guests fill McCullough Theatre to observe Renee Fleming, the "gold standard of soprano sound," offer individual instruction to five UT Opera students. |
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| Thoroughly Modern Millie |
Thu Apr 14 2005 |
| Millie company members Erin Webley and Tony Yazbeck take UT Dance students through routines from the show and answer questions about their musical theater careers. |
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| Music Workshops with Mariachi Vargas |
Sat Mar 5 2005 |
| Members of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan lead four workshops as part of Explore UT. More than 80 adults, students and young people participate in the individual sessions (guitar/other strings, violin, vocals, horns). |
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| Putting It All Together with Mariachi Vargas |
Sat Mar 5 2005 |
| Participants in the guitar/other strings, violin, vocal and horn workshops perform songs learned and rehearsed earlier with members of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. More than 200 onlookers cheer on the musicians. |
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| Martha Graham at the Jewish Community Center |
Sun Feb 27 2005 |
| More than 150 members of the Jewish Community Association of Austin and other guests enjoy a special afternoon lecture/demonstration by the Martha Graham Dance Company. Their performance features excerpts from Graham's vast repertoire, including Appalachian Spring. The youngest guests are especially excited to meet the dancers after the show. |
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| Peru Negro Youth Performance |
Fri Feb 18 2005 |
| Peru Negro, known internationally as the cultural ambassadors of Peru, presents a free youth performance to more than 850 Central Texas middle and high school students at Hogg Memorial Auditorium. |
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| Peru Negro Dance and Percussion Community Workshops |
Thu Feb 17 2005 |
| Peru Negro, a 26-member dance and musical ensemble from Lima, Peru, participate in a community workshop at the new George Washington Carver Cultural Center & Museum. In honor of this event, which marks the first collaboration in the new space between the UT PAC and the Carver, the PAC presents Carver director Bernadette Phifer with two years' worth of complimentary tickets to PAC events. |
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| Little Shop of Horrors Brown Bag |
Thu Feb 10 2005 |
| UT Theatre Professor and former Sesame Street puppet builder Jim Glavan and Little Shop's Tari Kelly (Audrey) and Jonathan Rayson (Seymour) discuss their careers and share behind-the-scenes stories about the Little Shop production. |
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| Delfos Community Dance Class |
Sat Jan 29 2005 |
| Members of Delfos Contemporary Dance, one of the most important contemporary dance companies in Latin America, work with members of the Austin dance community during an outreach class. |
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| Cantus Youth Choir Lecture/Demonstration |
Mon Dec 6 2004 |
| Cantus, a 9-member male vocal ensemble, talks to students and choir members at McCallum Fine Arts Academy about performing, song selection and life on the road. |
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| American Ballet Theatre Master Class |
Fri Nov 19 2004 |
| ABT Ballet Master Guillaume Graffin works with UT dance students. |
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| Jesus Christ Superstar Lecture |
Thu Oct 28 2004 |
| Cast members from the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar talk to Bowie High School Honor Students about the musical's contemporary relevance. |
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| Ralph Lemon Dance Company Lecture/Demonstration |
Fri Oct 1 2004 |
| Ralph Lemon and members of his company give a lecture/demonstration about the final installment in Lemon's "Geography Trilogy," followed by a reception with members of the UT and Austin dance communities. |
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| Zoot Suit |
Sat Sep 18 2004 |
| Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit playwright, Kinan Valdez, director, and Alice McGrath, former executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, participated in a week of events and outreach activities, including a teacher's workshop, a post-show reception, and a day-long symposium. |
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| The Temptation of St. Anthony |
Fri Feb 27 2004 |
| UT Opera and the UT Performing Arts Center presents the American premiere of La Tentacion de San Antonio, as part of ArtersAmericas.
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| ArtesAmericas Up close and Personal Lecture Series |
Mon Feb 16 2004 |
| This Spring, the PAC partners with Odyssey- a program through Continuing & Extended Education, for a new lecture and performance series-ArtesAméricas Up Close and Personal.
ArtesAméricas was created to bring the best of Latin American and U.S. Latino performance artists to audiences.
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| The Phantom of the Opera |
Sun Feb 1 2004 |
| Phantom of the Opera
Q&A with the cast members of the "Phantom" and also backstage tour with area students and community members. |
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| Sweet Honey In The Rock |
Sat Jan 24 2004 |
| Sweet Honey In The Rock, with special guests Toshi Reagon & Big Lovely.
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| Ballet Folklorico |
Fri Nov 28 2003 |
| Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
Post-show Q&A and Community Day, "Un Dia en Mexico" |
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