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Student Matinees

ScrapArtsMusic

Monday, October 3, 2011 / 10:00 AM / Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center
Recommended grades: 3–8, ages 8–adult / Performance length: 55 minutes
Cost per student: $5

Accordion parts. Aluminum scraps. Artillery shells. ScrapArtsMusic inventively transforms all of those and more into instruments. As seen by millions during the globally televised Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games closing ceremonies, this Canadian quintet combines breathtaking beats with propulsive choreography. They perform on more than 100 hand-built creations that captivate as both visual art and musical instruments. See how trash becomes a mixture of music, movement and spectacle!

Curricular connections: World music, percussion, musical creativity

Doktor Kaboom!

Monday, November 21, 2011 / 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM (limited seating available for both shows)
Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center
Recommended grades: 4–8, ages 8–13 / Performance length: 60 minutes
Cost per student: $5

Doktor Kaboom!—a spiky-haired German scientist and sometimes rapper—turns the stage into his own personal laboratory and the audience into his assistants. The boisterous brainchild of scientist/comedian David Epley, Doktor Kaboom! explores the unpredictable, entertaining possibilities of scientific exploration—with air cannons, banana catapults and the creation of “elephant toothpaste.” This sidesplitting improvisational and innovative journey into scientific method and application is an experiment in fun that your students won’t want to miss!

Curricular connections: Scientific inquiry, safe science, physics, chemistry

The Magic School Bus™ – Live! The Climate Challenge

Bay Area Children’s Theater and Oregon Children’s Theater
Monday, February 13, 2012 / 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM / Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center
Recommended grades: K–3, ages 5–8 / Performance length: 60 minutes
Cost per student: $5

Seat belts, everyone! The Magic School Bus™ celebrates its 25th Anniversary with an all-new musical adventure. Miss Frizzle’s students are putting on a play about global warming, and they need some cold, hard facts. The Friz and her reptilian sidekick, Liz, know just where to find them! This is no ordinary field trip, as a hop on The Magic School Bus™ takes the class and the audience on a whirlwind tour. From the arctic to the equator, they see telltale signs of climate change and learn how conservation, recycling and alternative energy can make a difference. Miss Frizzle and her class are up for the climate challenge. Are you?

Curricular connections: Science, weather, environmental issues, observation, cooperation and teamwork, communication

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Dallas Children’s Theater
Monday, April 16, 2012 / 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM / Long Center for the Performing Arts, Lafayette, IN
Recommended grades: K–7, ages 6–adult / Performance length: 60 minutes
Cost per student: $5

In this Caldecott award-winning African folktale, Mufaro’s two daughters travel across the land to go before the king who is seeking a queen. Along the way, they unknowingly face tests of their kindness and compassion. An African variation on Cinderella, told with colorful staging and traditional drumming, songs and dance. Based on the book by John Steptoe; adapted for the stage by Karen Abbott.

Curricular connections: World culture, Africa, folktales, traditional music and dance

 

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