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WINDOWS AND MIRRORS: A STORYTELLING RESIDENCY
Since 2017, Award winning playwright and Strike Anywhere Teaching-Artist Amy E. Witting has performed a playwriting residency in Alex Porter's English Language Arts class for seniors. Students craft a personal narrative over the course of the 12-week residency in preparation for writing their college essays. The residency culminates in each student performing their story for their peers and with a select group of storytellers performing their stories alongside Strike Anywhere musicians for the 11th grade.
"WINDOWS AND MIRRORS has become a rite of passage for our students" says Assistant Principal Heather Cristol
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International High School for Health Sciences |
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48-01 90th St , Queens, NY |
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(718) 595-8600 |
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https://ihshealthsciences.org/ |
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| October-December 2022 |
| Since 1999, Strike Anywhere teaching-artists have worked within the International Network for Public Schools serving new immigrant English Language Learners (ELLs) who have been in the United States for less than four years and have scored below the 21st percentile on the Language Assessment Battery Revised exam (LAB-R). Students hail from over 50 different countries and speak more than 40 different languages and dialects. Our culturally responsive, custom-designed residencies allow students to learn the teacher's curriculum through the arts using a student-centered, ensemble-based approach. |
STUDENT STORYTELLERS WITH LIVE SCORE BY ROLF STURM
6th-Grade Student storytellers join Strike Anywhere's musicians on stage as they share true stories from their lives underscored by live music.
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| December 2, 2022 |
| WINDOWS AND MIRRORS is a storytelling residency book-ended by two performances. A professional storytelling show kick-starts the residency and features Strike Anywhere performers sharing true stories about pivotal moments in their lives accompanied by live music from SA musicians. Residencies pair a professional playwright and/or actor with a school or community group. The residency focuses on the elements of an engaging story, on solo performance and culminates with every participant performing their own story. A final show highlights a select group of storytellers accompanied by Strike Anywhere musicians. The residency is available for youth grades 6 -12, college students and adults. |
STUDENT STORYTELLERS WITH LIVE SCORE BY ROB HENKE & ROLF STURM
Seniors from the International HS for Health Sciences (IHSHS) join Strike Anywhere's musicians on stage as they share true stories from their lives framed by live music. IHSHS students are all recent immigrants and the stories range from heart-wrenching to hilarious. The performance is the result of a 12-session residency with professional playwright Amy E. Witting who worked with seniors in 3 of Alex Porter's English Language Arts classes. Prepare to be inspired by the strength, resiliency and sheer courage of these young people. They are nothing short of amazing.
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International High School for Health Sciences |
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48-01 90th St , Queens, NY |
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(718) 595-8600 |
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https://ihshealthsciences.org/ |
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| December 9 &12, 2022 |
Performance Party of the Century!
Members of Strike Anywhere have headed North to celebrate 25 years of NACL and 100 years since the laying of the cornerstone of their fabulous performance hall. It will be a night to remember — a festival of light shared with old friends and new! Performers are coming in from NYC, Ottawa, New Orleans, Austin, and Los Angeles — including members of Strike Anywhere, Mondo Bizarro, Artspot and BREAD Arts Collective, among others — for this illuminated evening of artistic surprises, music, good company, and good cheer.
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NACL Theatre |
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110 Highland Lake Rd , Highland Lake, NY |
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845-557-0694 |
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http://www.nacl.org |
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| $25 (sliding scale) |
| December 10, 2022 5-10pm |
| The tickets are tiered so you can "attend" at whatever level you can afford.
As a thank you for the higher levels you'll also get some sweet NACL anniversary swag.
Whatever level you choose, you'll receive a link to join us — from wherever in the world you may be — for a portion of the evening in the "zoom room" where you can celebrate with us vicariously.
Festivities begin at sundown (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time. If you’re joining in person, dress warmly for this mostly outdoor event. Refreshments will be available for purchase to support the continuing of our mission. |
STUDENTS TAKE THE STAGE
Join us for a full-bodied 360 arts experience with a completely student devised and run WINDOWS AND MIRRORS storytelling show. From interactive lobby displays to the stage lighting, short films, set and live stories that you will witness on stage, everything was created by the JKO students themselves. Storytellers share true stories accompanied by live music provided by Strike Anywhere's musicians.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School |
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120 West 46 Street , NY , NY |
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(212) 391-1293 |
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https://jkohighschool.org/ |
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| December 15, 2022 |
| WINDOWS AND MIRRORS is a storytelling residency book-ended by two performances. A professional storytelling show kick-starts the residency and features Strike Anywhere performers sharing true stories about pivotal moments in their lives accompanied by live music from SA musicians. Residencies pair a professional playwright and/or actor with a school or community group. The residency focuses on the elements of an engaging story, on solo performance and culminates with every participant performing their own story. A final show highlights a select group of storytellers accompanied by Strike Anywhere musicians. |
SOUNDPAINTING FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Members of the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble will perform a Soundpainting residency at Lehigh University to work with both students and community groups. The residency is designed to introduce Strike Anywhere to a specific set of community partners through Soundpainting workshops in order to set the stage for "POP UP: An Artistic Adventure", a larger community-based Soundpainting project in 2023-24.
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| FREE! |
| January 30-February 3, 2023 Various times |
| "This is a very special Ensemble and project. It's so adaptable and the pop-up style interviews on the street are an accessible, low-barrier means of interviewing, involving people, and getting a feel for a place. And with the inclusion of Soundpainting workshops and community performers in the show, it's a wraparound engagement process. As a presenting venue, we don't always get to dig into to the relationship between artists and the geographical/social realities of that place that they're coming to."
-Ally Tufenkjian Education and Engagement Manager Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth 2021 |
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