The annual Ordway Education fall on-sale will take place
this Friday, August 31, 2012 and will be your first chance to order 2013 Flint
Hills International Children’s Festival school performance tickets. Orders for
the 2013 Festival will be taken by PHONE ONLY starting Aug. 31, 2012 at 7:00am;
all mailed and faxed orders arriving on or before Aug. 31, 2012 will be
processed at the end of day.
Call now to order tickets for the Performing Arts
Classroom series and Broadway Songbook series that went on sale in May.Visit
www.Ordway.org/education/performancesfor current ticket availability!
For more information about all the Ordway Education
performances please visit www.Ordway.org/education/performances or download the
brochure attached to this email!
TO REQUEST AN EDUCATION BROCHURE TO BE MAILED TO YOU
PLEASE VISIT WWW.ORDWAY.ORG/EDUCATION
Announcing the 2013 Flint Hills International Children's
Festival
Cirque Zíva
May 28 - 31, 2013 | Recommended Grades PK-8
Champion acrobats, contortionists and jugglers combine
breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty to transform 2,000 years of Chinese
tradition into an awe-inspiring display of talent and grace. Hailing from Cangzhou,
Hebie Province, in the People’s Republic of China, the Golden Dragon Acrobats
will blend traditional Chinese folk dance with incredible acrobatic feats that
will leave you spellbound in your seat!
The Star Keeper
As he is lighting up the evening sky, Pierrot
accidentally dislodges a star from above. Luckily, an endearing worm named
Pretzel comes to the fallen star’s rescue and together they set off on a series
of fantastical adventures while trying to return the star to its home. On their
journey, they must climb a spider’s thread, cross the dormitory of dreams, dive
into the ocean depths in pursuit of a pearl fish and resist the bewitching
charms of the bubble tamer. Combining puppetry, visual poetry, music, and
fantasy Théâtre de l’OEil creates a unique, non-verbal, magical performance.
WindThrough a delicate game of opening and closing, a man and a woman each look at the world through their own window. Outside the wind blows, stirs and whispers. As the wind falls away, windows open to reveal moments of humor and poetry. As the wind whips back up, the windows snap shut whirling us away on a surreal journey. With each opening and closing, the wind becomes stronger, interrupting the everyday lives of our two characters and carrying them towards the moment of change. What will happen when the wind dies down, and they find themselves face to face? With an extraordinary sound design and using few words, La Società della Civetta gradually reveals the story of two characters through a whirling game of chasing and snatched moments of calm all dictated by Wind.
RumbaTap
May 28 - 31, 2013 | Recommended Grades K-8
Let’s get ready to rumba— tap, that is! Join in on the syncopation
as Max Pollak introduces us to his original dance concept of RumbaTap, a
melding of Afro-Cuban music and dance, American jazz, body percussion, and tap
dance. The RumbaTap ensemble, a multi-talented international cast of two
musicians and two dancers, evokes a powerful “Orquesta” capturing the deep
grooves and charged electricity of Afro-Latin Soul.
Performing Arts Classroom Series
Lila Downs
Oct 16, 2012 | Recommended Grades 4-12 | MusicLila Downs has traversed the planet, bringing her unique reinvention of traditional ranchera music and original compositions fused with blues, jazz, soul, and African roots. Some would classify this Oaxaca-born, Minnesota raised singer as a Mexican artist, but there is no real way to categorize her unique and exciting fusion of international sounds.
Performance Availability for Lila Downs
Oct 16, 2012 at 12:30pm: SOLD OUT Call 651.282.3115 to be
placed on a waiting list
Delfos Danza Contemporánea
Oct 22 & 23, 2012 | Recommended Grades 6-12 | Dance 
The mask is a disguise, but it can also be a useful one;
however, all masks fall away and in the end we are left with our true selves.
In their newest dance piece, Delfos examines the masks we wear to survive, to
love and to endure the world that seems never to want us to take our masks off.
Delfos Danza Contemporánea was founded in 1992 by Mexican choreographers/
dancers Claudia Lavista and Victor Manuel Ruiz. Calling Mazatlán, Mexico
homebase, the company is a unique collective of artists whose creative vision
is characterized by the fluid physicality and poetic narratives within their
diverse repertoire.
Performance Availability for Delfos
Oct 22, 2012 at 10:30am: 500+ Tickets availableOct 22, 2012 at 12:30pm: 500+ Tickets available
Oct 23, 2012 at 10:30am: 459 Tickets available
Oct 23, 2012 at 12:30pm: 500+ Tickets available
Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band
Oct 26, 2012 | Recommended Grades 2-8 | MusicJoin Poncho Sanchez as he stirs a fiery stew of jazz, soul music and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources. Two of the primary architects of Latin jazz-conga drummer and composer Chano Pozo and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie— are Sanchez’s major musical influences. Get ready to groove as Sanchez and his band transform the Ordway into a Latin jazz nightclub with the congas, trombone, timbales, bongos, and more!
Performance Availability for Poncho Sanchez
Oct 26, 2012 at 10:30am: SOLD OUT Call 651.282.3115 to be
placed on a waiting list.
Feb 6 & 7, 2013 | Recommended Grades K-6 | Music
American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat and his band introduce students to the sounds of zydeco through a smoking accordion, rocking Hammond B3 organ, rollicking rub board, and sizzling guitar licks creating a musical gumbo of Creole culture on stage. Buckwheat Zydeco will deliver a musical party of funk, rhythm and blues and contemporary zydeco that will have students dancing in their seats!
Performance Availability for Buckwheat Zydeco
Feb 6, 2013 at 10:30am: 83 Tickets AvailableFeb 6, 2013 at 12:30pm: 500+ Tickets Available
Feb 7, 2013 at 10:30am: 443 Tickets Available
Feb 7, 2013 at 12:30pm: 414 Tickets Available
VocalEssence: WITNESS
Feb 19 & 20, 2013 | Recommended Grades 4-12 | MusicVocalEssence celebrates the legacy of Marian Anderson, celebrated African American contralto. In 1939, after being refused permission to perform at Constitutional Hall, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt helped Anderson arrange a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. She sang for more than 75,000 people and to a radio audience of millions. In a semi-staged performance, students will learn how Anderson’s undeniable talent made her a force more powerful than the discriminatory norms of that time. The performance features Marlissa Hudson as Anderson and the VocalEssence singers. Set on the eve of her performance at Dr. King’s March on Washington, Anderson becomes a powerful role model to young people by sharing her life story.
Performance Availability for VocalEssence WITNESS
Feb 19, 2013 at 11:00am: SOLD OUTFeb 20, 2013 at 11:00am: SOLD OUT Call 651.282.3115 to be placed on a waiting list
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
Mar 18, 2013 | Recommended Grades 2-8 | Music
Legendary nine-time all- Ireland fiddle champion, Eileen Ivers respectfully explores the traditions and progression of Celtic music. Joined on stage by the band Immigrant Soul, Ivers blends her fiddling with instruments from around the world including the accordion, bouzouki, congas, and harmonica. The original star of Riverdance, she is hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and world music genres. Called the “Jimmy Hendrix of the violin” by the New York Times, Eileen Ivers will change how you think about the violin!
Performance Availability for Eileen Ivers
Mar 18, 2013 at 10:30am: 183 Tickets AvailableMar 18, 2013 at 12:30pm: 500+ tickets Available
Black Grace
Mar 19 & 20, 2013 | Recommended Grades 4-12 | Dance
Performance Availability for Black Grace
Mar 19, 2013 at
10:30am: 500+ Tickets Available
Mar 20, 2013 at 10:30am: 84Tickets AvailableMar 20, 2013 at 12:30pm: 3 Tickets Available
PILOBOLUS
May 3, 2013 | Recommended Grades K-8 | DanceCreating zany moving shapes, Pilobolus opens their world of movement to the audience. Known for their unique style involving the entanglement and contortions of bodies, dancers are often seen as being able to defy the laws of gravity. Pilobolus demystifies their process of improvisation, creativity and collaboration in this truly laugh-out-loud experience. Pilobolus will stretch one’s definition of modern dance through their highly athletic and inventive, performances, giving audiences a brief glimpse into the idea that movement is everywhere and is an important part of everyday life.
Performance Availability for PILOBOLUS
May 3, 2013 at 10:30am: SOLD OUTMay 3, 2013 at 12:30pm: SOLD OUT
Call 651.282.3115 to be placed on a waiting list
Availability as of 8-21-2012
