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Shangilia Youth Choir of Kenya with JD Steele Shangilia is a youth performance group from Nairobi, Kenya under the direction of singer/director/composer J.D. Steele. Ranging in age from ten to twenty-one, the performers sing in English and Swahili with original music composed by Mr. Steele and Butch Heyward that blends African American soul and gospel with East African rhythms like soukous and bongo. Shangilia also incorporates traditional African music and dance with acrobatics and colorful costumes, weaving messages of love, peace and harmony into this exciting musical presentation. shangilia.org Classroom Connections: Geography, Music, Social Studies, World Language. Ordway Main Hall __________________________________ Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia: Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny Using puppetry, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia brings to life Margret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd’s classic tales of two rabbits. In Goodnight Moon, Rabbit prepares or postpones going to bed by saying goodnight to everything in its room and imagination. In The Runaway Bunny, Bunny makes the decision to run away, which turns into an imaginative journey in which Bunny’s mother always finds a way of bringing Bunny back home. mermaidtheatre.ns.ca Classroom Connections: Language Arts, Puppetry, Visual Arts. Ordway McKnight Theatre __________________________________ Teatro Hugo & Ines: Short Stories Peruvian puppeteers Hugo and Ines transform their hands, feet, knees, and belly buttons into a parade of extraordinary characters! In their signature work, Short Stories, Hugo and Ines create imaginative and creative characters that take the audience along for the ride as they explore the dreams, frustrations, successes and failures of everyday life. Classroom Connections: Language Arts, Puppetry, Visual Arts. Ordway McKnight Theatre Photos: ©Eduardo Suarez |
