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Matinee Performances
This season, Urban Gateways is again pleased to partner with the
Harris Theater for Music and Dance. Located
downtown in Chicago’s Millennium Park, this student matinee
series offers a variety of concerts by world-class performance companies.
An Urban Gateways matinee performance brings students from all
over the metropolitan area together to share in an unforgettable
experience.
Educational materials are provided for each performance and include
background information on the artists and the art form, ways to
extend the arts experience into the classroom, and curricular connections.
Matinee descriptions identify the Illinois Learning Standards addressed
in each performance using the symbols found below.
All performances are one hour in duration. Tickets are $7.00 each,
unless otherwise noted. One free chaperone ticket is issued with
every 15 student tickets purchased.
Tickets must be pre-paid and are non-refundable. Travel arrangements
to and from the matinee performance are the responsibility of each
school. Transportation is not included in the ticket price.
For more information about Matinee Performances, or to order matinee
tickets,
please contact Urban Gateways at 312.922.0440 or info@urbangateways.org.
2007 - 2008 Matinee Schedule
Luna Negra Dance Theater
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 10:00 am and 12:00
noon
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive, Chicago
Luna Negra Dance Theater performs works that explore the
diversity of Latino culture in a highly interactive program
where students get a “behind-the-scenes” look
at the creation and presentation of contemporary dance. Luna
Negra takes a fresh look at Latin dance with works that explore
and deconstruct traditional Latin dance movements into innovative
and original contemporary works. That works that will be performed
are “piel canela/cinnamon skin,” choreographed
by Septime Webre; “Flabbergast,” choreographed
by Gustavo Ramierz Sansano; and “CUGAT!” choreographed
by Eduardo Vilaro. The performances focus on the fusion of
African and European influences on Latino culture.
“This is a company that moves with sensational
energy and panache. Luna Negra also is a company of impressive
artistry.”
- Chicago Sun-Times
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Garth Fagan Dance Company
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:30 am
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive, Chicago
Celebrate Black History month with one of the world’s
most acclaimed African-American choreographers. Garth Fagan
has been called “one of the great reformers of American
dance.” Now in its 36th anniversary season, the Garth
Fagan Dance Company is renowned for its virtuosic dancing
and a distinctive quality of individuality among its dancers.
Exotic, balanced and calm, Fagan’s dancers exude a hypnotic
manner onstage, bringing elegance, poise to its original choreography.
"...consider the Fagan program a prime example of
the versatility and sophistication of concert dance in this
new century..."
- Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times
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TAO
Monday, November 26, 2007 at 10:30 am
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive, Chicago
The North American premiere of TAO is a spectacle of rhythm,
movement, and music. The ensemble's athletic cast of Wadaiko
drummers and dancers propels an ancient art form into a new
universe of moving sound. Exquisitely crafted and passionately
performed the sound of TAO will transport you and your students
to the lush hills of Kyushu. Don’t miss Japan’s
resounding response to “Riverdance” meets “Stomp.”
Join Urban Gateways and the Chicago Human Rhythm Project for
this unique performance experience.
“…this is extraordinary…..it is fascinating
…..the spectators at the premiere were captivated.”
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Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre's
SHADOW OF THE BLUES AND A TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 10:00 am and 12:00 noon
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive, Chicago
The Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre fuses contemporary dance,
live music, and art into multifaceted and innovative performances.
Through its versatility of style and theme that incorporates
jazz, classical, Latin, rock 'n' roll, and blues music with
that of ballet, jazz, and modern dance, the company has mastered
a style unique to themselves. In this program, the company
presents the Langston Hughes tribute "Shadow of the Blues"
features thirteen poems by Highest set to original jazz and
blues music and choreography and "A Tribute to Nina Simone,"
an electrifying homage to the priestess of soul.
“Cerqua Rivera performances boast the theatricality
of a Broadway review, the slyness of late night cabaret and
the exuberance of a jam session.”
- Sylvia Perez, ABC Channel 7
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The
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
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The Harris opened in November 2003 with a mission to help
the organizations performing at the Harris to attract broader,
larger, and more diverse audiences; encourage artistic synergy;
and increase opportunities to offer educational programs.
The Harris serves as a national model of collaboration between
the philanthropic community and performing arts organizations.
To see what’s playing at the Harris, visit their website
here.
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"I enjoyed your African
dance group. Your show has made me think and now I feel more
strongly about looking into my roots. I know it is important
to know about my heritage and I still want to know more about
it. Thank you, and I urge you to open up the minds and hearts
of others."
—Mike, Northwest Academy, Streamwood
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