Connie Walters,
Network Coordinator
Partners for Arts Education
501 West Fayette Street, Studio
221
Syracuse, NY 13204
Phone: 315-234-9911
E-Mail Connie Walters
Web: www.arts4ed.org |
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11,
2008
Shakespeare Meets the Streets in Hip-Shake
What: Performance
of Len Fonte's Hip-Shake to
benefit Partners for Arts Education
Where: Syracuse
Stage, 820 East Genesee Street,
Syracuse
When: Tuesday,
July 1, 6:00 pm
Why: part
of a celebration of this
year's arts-in-education
partnerships in Central New
York
Tickets:
$35, $20 for students. Call 234.9911 |
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Maybe you've never considered Shakespeare
to be in the same league as Kanye
West. But in Hip-Shake,
you can hear how the linguistic and
cultural odd couple of a hip-hop
artist and an actor from Shakespeare’s
Globe Theatre find the similarities
in their language.
Long-time Syracuse theater educator
Len Fonte wrote the one-act play,
with the collaboration of Rochester
poet and performer Reenah Golden,
to help both adults and young people
get past the stereotypes associated
with these contrasting forms of dramatic
expression and appreciate the artfulness
in both. It's full of humor, surprises,
and impassioned language.
Get in touch with your inner Sarah
Bernhardt or 50 Cent, or maybe both,
at a performance of Hip-Shake at
Syracuse Stage on
Tuesday, July 1st.
A benefit for Partners for Arts
Education (PAE), it's part of a celebration
of arts-in-education partnerships
that reached hundreds of Central
New York students in the 2007-08
school year. You can read about those
partnerships at PAE's website, www.arts4ed.org.
The
genesis of this performance will
also be the topic of a workshop lead
by Mr. Fonte and Syracuse Stage's
Education Director Lauren Unbekant
at 10:30 that morning during the
Arts In Mind Institute. The institute
provides training for educators and
cultural partners to implement shared
goals for schools.
The workshop and performance are
part of The Hyphenated Artist Series,
a collaboration between Partners
for Arts Education and Imagining
America: Artists and Scholars in
Public Life. The series is supported
by Enitiative,
the Syracuse campus-community Entrepreneurship
Initiative, funded by a grant from
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
of Kansas City, MO, focusing on entrepreneurship
in the arts, technology, and our
neighborhoods. This project is the
first phase of a larger initiative
to incubate new opportunities with
those in the arts and cultural sector.
PAE is a Syracuse-based
not-for-profit that provides grants
and support to deepen and enrich
educational experiences in and through
the arts for students, teachers and
artists. It is currently spearheading
the Arts In Mind initiative, which
is bringing together local cultural
organizations, funders, and the Syracuse
City Schools to integrate the arts
into classrooms throughout the district.
Arts in Mind's pilot year in four
schools has been successful, and
expansion to more schools is planned
for 2008-09. More information is
available at www.artsinmind.net.
The 6:00 pm performance will be
followed by a reception. Tickets
are $35 for adults, $20 for students.
To make your reservations, call Kristin
at PAE at 234-9911.
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Partners for
Arts Education inspires learning and
leadership for arts in education in
Central New York and throughout New
York State. We provide funding and
support to deepen and enrich educational
experiences in and through the arts
for students, teachers and artists.
Partners
for Arts Education
Delavan Center Suite 221 501 W. Fayette
St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315.234.9911 info@arts4ed.org www.arts4ed.org
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