Announcing the 2012 Flint Hills International Children's Festival Performances!

Tickets go on sale on September 2nd at 7am for the 2012 Flint Hills International Children's Festival School Performances & Workshops!

Tickets are just $3.50 each and bus reimbursement is available for all schools!

Watch your mailbox for the new brochure or call the education hotline at 651-282-3115 with any questions!

2012 Festival Performances

World of Rhythm

MAY 29 - JUNE 1 

Recommended Grades K-8

Explore the world of percussion with Drums United’s explosive performances of World of Rhythm. Drums United is made up of nine percussionists from seven different countries includingBangladesh, Senegal, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Surinam, and Venezuela. This exciting show mixes African, Latin, Spanish, and Indian drum traditions with Western drumming and usescontemporary electronic sounds that are sure to get you moving in your seat! The performance not only gives the audience an opportunity to listen and watch top players, but also imparts the underlying message that people from widely varying nationalities can work well together.

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Zorro
MAY 29 - JUNE 1 

Recommended Grades 3-8
A mysterious figure has arrived in town. A flurry of a cape, the glint of a sword and a flash of a mask; who is this baffling character? Exciting friend or formidable foe? Watch as our masked champion ricochets from one sticky situation to another in a world where justice is the name and adventure is the game! Join Visible Fictions on the epic adventure of the classic swashbuckler in 17th century California.
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The Wolf and the Goat
MAY 29 - JUNE 1 

Recommended Grades 4-8
This magical story is about a wolf and a goat that meet on a dark night far away from home, but don’t recognize each other. Forgetting that they are usually enemies, they discover that they are closer than they imagined. Will the goat really be brave and the wolf frightened? Or maybe nothing changes and the wolf will eat the goat? Or maybe the frightened goat will escape? Like the wolf and the goat, we don’t know what is going to happen - do you?

Inspired by the Japanese novel One Stormy Night by Yuichi Kimura, this captivating tale will keep you spellbound.
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BAM
MAY 29 - JUNE 1  

Please note: 45 minute performance including a question and answer with the performers.

Recommended Grades PK-2

Join Théâtre des Petites Âmes on a great adventure in the land of Tran Tran Troo! Meet the most famous person in Tran Tran Troo, the Great Lady La, who can make the water sing. One hot summer night, the land of Tran Tran Troo dries up and the Great Lady La is left without a voice. Luckily for our story, the Great Lady La’s two children, Lilou and Lalou, set out to find a new source of water to hear their mother’s song again. And so begins a great adventure which takes place here, there and everywhere.
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Festival Global Arts Workshops
Engage your students in hands-on Global Arts Workshops during the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival. These one-hour workshops are taught by Twin Cities’ artists, and cost just $3.50 per student!
All Festival Workshops go on sale Sept. 2, 2011 with the Festival school performances. 

Latin American Folkloric Music
May 29, 2012
Suggested Grades 2-6
Explore the music and instruments of Latin American folkloric music with Ecuadorian educator and performer Leo Lara. Students will learn the text and meaning of traditional songs and rhythms of Latin
American countries through interactive demonstrations and instrument try-outs!

 

Mexihca Culture & Dance
May 30, 2012
Suggested Grades 2-6
In this all-abilities dance workshop, students will learn the traditions, history and art of
dance of the Mexihca (Aztec)
culture with Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli.

Latin Social Dance
May 31, 2012
Suggested Grades 2-6
Cowles Center instructor Giselle Mejia will teach a wide variety of social dances born out of
Latin America. Styles include salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and mambo. Students
get ready to move, as we will learn the basic steps to each dance style.

West African Movement
May 31, 2012
Suggested Grades 3-8
Explore the movements that became the fundamentals for hip-hop, jazz, and many other modern dance styles through an experiential class on traditional West African dance with Fatawu Sayibu, director of Tiyumba Dance Company.

Taiko Drumming
June 1, 2012
Suggested Grades 3-8
Learn the techniques and history of taiko drumming with a taiko performing artist. Students get the opportunity to play on a taiko practice drum with a Mu Performing Arts instructor!

 

NEW! Hip-Hop Dance
June 1, 2012
Suggested Grades 2-6
Join teaching artist Leah Nelson as she introduces students to the history of hip-hop dance
culture through instruction in the fundamentals of popping, locking, and breaking.

ARTwalk Recpetion a Success

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On May 7th over 350 students, family's and educators attending a hosted reception to celebrate the 2011 ARTwalk Opening all who participated.  The reception highlighted all the ARTwalk participants and featured performances from the Saint Peter Claver drumming group and a hip-hop group from the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists.


The ART walk is an integral part of the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, a public exhibition of young artists’ work collected from schools and community organizations across region. This year, the Festival received more than 600 collaborative and individual submissions from more than 900 young artists. All of these submissions are displayed in storefront windows throughout downtown Saint Paul from May 7 through June 5.  

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In addition, 14 pieces of student art were selected by a jury to be featured on a new large scale building art banner displayed on the Travelers building in Saint Paul.  One student was selected for the banner from each grade PreK- 12th. The ARTwalk is an annual event open to all young artists.

Visit  http://www.ordway.org/festival/artwalk/ to:
  -download a PDF of the ARTwalk map 
  -take the virtual tour of the ARTwalk
  -to sign up your classroom for an ARTwalk tour while you are at the Festival May 31-June 3!

TICKETS AVAILABLE: $3 Global Arts Workshops !

Taking place during the week of the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, these engaging hour long workshops are taught by Twin Cities artists and cost just $3 per student.  Space is limited to 30 learners per workshop, so reserve your seats before they are sold out!

Call the Education Hotline at 651.282.3115 to place your order today!

Latin American Folkloric Music

May 31, 2011 9:15am - 30 Seats Available!

May 31, 2011 10:30am- SOLD OUT

Suggested Grades 2-6

Explore the music and instruments of Latin American folkloric music with Ecuadorian educator and performer Leo Lara. Students will learn the text and meaning of traditional songs and rhythms of Latin American countries through interactive  demonstrations and instrument try-outs!

Mexihca Culture & Dance

June 1, 2011 9:15am - 30 Seats Available!

June 1, 2011  10:30am - 30 Seats Available!

Suggested Grades 2-6

Engage students in this all abilities dance workshop as they learn the traditions, history and art of dance of the Mexihca (Aztec) culture with Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli.

West African Movement

June 2, 2011 9:15am - 30 Seats Available!

June 2, 2011 10:30am – SOLD OUT

Suggested Grades 3-8

Explore the movements that became the fundamentals for hip-hop, jazz, and many other modern dance styles through an experiential class on traditional West African dance with Fatawu Sayibu, director of Tiyumba Dance Company.

Taiko Drumming

June 3, 2011 9:15am - SOLD OUT

June 3, 2011 10:30am -11 Seats Available!

Suggested Grades 3-8

Learn the techniques and history of taiko drumming with instructors from Mu Performing Arts! Students get the opportunity to play on a taiko practice drum!

Latin Social Dance

June 2, 2011 9:15am - 30 Seats Available!

June 2, 2011 10:30AM – SOLD OUT

Suggested Grades 2-6

Cowles Center instructor Giselle Mejia, will teach a wide variety of social dances born out of Latin America. Styles include salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and mambo. Students get ready to move, as we will learn the basic steps to each dance style.

President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities participates in White House Tuesday Chat on the role of the arts TODAY!

The White House’s Tuesday Talk series will offer a live video chat on October 19 at 2:15 PM with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) Co-chairs George Stevens, Jr. and Margo Lion, as well as PCAH members Chuck Close, visual artist, and Damian Woetzel, dancer. The chat will focus on the role of the arts in building healthy communities, schools and institutions, as well as the upcoming National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, hosted by the First Lady at the White House Wednesday, Oct 20th.

The President’s committee members will take questions from the audience live. The Tuesday Talks is a new feature produced by White House to connect people around the country to engage with policy experts, administration officials and more every week on a whole host of topics. The series kicked off with a live a chat with Elizabeth Warren, the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

To participate in the chat with the President’s Committee members on arts education you can do the following:

Ask your questions in advance on Facebook

Watch the chat through WhiteHouse.gov/live

Join the discussion live through the White House Facebook application

For more information visit the White House Blog.