18,000 Students to Kick Up Heels at 41st Annual Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival
Glee Star Harry Shum Jr to Join Performance on April 5
LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — At a time when school districts are aggressively cutting art and music programs from their budgets, the Music Center will continue its longest-running educational program as The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival brings the experience of live performing arts for free to more than 18,000 fifth grade students on April 5, 6 and 7, 2011.
Now in its 41st year, the festival welcomes students from 245 public, private and charter schools in Los Angeles County to a special performance by Diavolo Dance Theater, a compelling Los Angeles-based company that redefines dance through trust, teamwork and individual expression. The company will perform at 9:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. on April 5, 6, and 7 at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. After each engagement, more than 3,000 students will gather together on the Music Center Plaza to perform a choreographed dance incorporating music and movements from one of Diavolo’s featured dances, “Atom,” which the students have rehearsed in their classrooms in advance of their Music Center visit.
As a special treat, Harry Shum Jr, who plays Mike Chang on the hit show, “Glee,” will dance with the students after the 9:45 a.m. Diavolo performance on Tuesday, April 5.
About The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival
Each year, The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival invites fifth grade students from all public, private and charter schools throughout Los Angeles County to attend a free performance by a renowned performing arts company at one of the Music Center’s four venues. Reservations are accepted on a first come basis. Participating schools receive curriculum materials, background on the performing company and classroom activities to help prepare students for the performance. Educators teach their students about audience etiquette, what to watch for during the performance as well as the choreography for a dance they will perform themselves, incorporating music and movements from the professional performance.
Following the festival, each participating student will receive a copy of A Journey through the Music Center, a book that introduces the reader to all four theatres of the Music Center and various aspects of the performing arts. Blue Ribbon member Maxine Dunitz made a $1 million gift to the Music Center to ensure that every student who attends the festival receives this book, which is updated and reprinted annually. This year, A Journey through the
Article source: PRNewswire
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