Hillsborough County students enjoy a variety of performances presented by local and touring companies and individual artists. The performing artists roster contains a brief description of the programs offered. For further information or to schedule a performance, please contact Raquel Fruchter at (813) 276-8250.
Abasi Ote - The Art of Primal Musical Instrument Making
This is a performance/demonstration on the aboriginal Australian didgeridoo
and the making of primal music instruments from Africa & the Middle
East such as the Outa, Bull Roarer, and Clapper. The presentation includes
information
on the historical origins of instruments, their relationship to ecology
and the cultures they come from.
Alan Darcy & His Fabulous Sax
This artist performs on a variety of saxophones and flute, and sings a
cappella. Includes history of the instruments, how they work, and how they
relate to
other woodwind instruments.
Visit: AlanDarcy.com
Atlantic Coast Theatre for Youth
Theatrical selections change yearly. Please call for updated season.
Visit: Atlantic-Coast-Theatre.com
This presentation for Gr. K-2 & Gr. 3-5 will demonstrate to students that creative writing is fun, literacy is cool, and readers maker better writers. It uses music, comedy, poetry and interactive theater as learning tools in a program designed to make literature come alive and improve basic language skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Visit: BattersbyDuo.com
Bits 'N Pieces Puppets- "The Mischievous Adventures of Peter Rabbit"
This 45-minute presentation suitable for Pre-K- Gr. 2 uses glove puppets in a traditional puppet theatre performance, and is sung live. It includes a brief intro to puppetry types and teaches that it is better to be good than bad.
Visit: PuppetWorld.com
Buddy Verdi Orchestra
A blend of Dixie & Jazz music performed by musicians on trumpet, trombone,
saxophone doubling on the clarinet and flute, piano & drums.
Visit: FastAndEasy.com/verdi
Creative Arts Theatre, Tampa Recreation Department
Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together
Offered on a limited basis, this African tale told by tandem storytellers uses large puppets and a full-sized set to raise questions about friendship, prejudice, and preconceived expectations.
Visit: Tampagov.net/parksandrec
Crystal Porter - Everyone Belongs-Latin American Culture
This 45 to 60 minute program uses approximately 30 authentic artifacts to
inform students about Central & South American history & culture.
It includes a typical song accompanied by a Paraguayan guitar and questions & answer
period.
Crystal Porter - Puppetworks
This program includes a demonstration of puppetry as well as covering
the “how
to” and history of the artform. It also includes audience participation.
Dave Moran - CLAP for Writing
Music program suitable for Gr. K-3, teaches Character, Location & Plot--main
components of a short story--using the guitar and stories.
Donna Wissinger - Myths, Legends and Fables and other performances
The flute becomes the voice and the storyteller in this program that brings
to life great stories and uses abstract & analytical thinking to explore
a variety of myths, legends and fables. Best for maximum of 100 students
per session, can do several 30-45 min. sessions per day.
Visit: DonnaWissinger.com
Earth Tones featuring Doug Werner & Abasi Ote - Music from Around the
World
Florida's own global troubadours perform music from the four corners of
the globe. Doug Werner and Abasi Ote play instruments that express the
richness
of such diverse cultures as Northern India, Australia, Ireland and the
Middle East.
Eckerd Theater Company
This professional theatre company presents a variety of performances each year. This year’s lineup includes The Hundred Dresses, Woodland Tales, and Battledrum.
Visit: www.eckerdtheatercompany.com
Franzini Family - Science Circus
Theatre performance integrates the juggling, mime, and magic skills of
vaudeville, with scientific facts.
Frank Lakus - A Tale is Told
3 Japanese and Chinese folk tales told through origami, shadow puppets,
masks and origami puppets.
Gladys Varga - Gladtales Productions
Storytelling and multicultural presentations appropriate for all ages.
Jana Broder - Drum Magic
In this exciting, hands-on African Drum presentation, students will learn
different hand drumming techniques and their African names, along with
musical pieces performed together as a group.
Visit: DrumMagic.net
Jazzschool Duo - A Journey Through Jazz
A hands-on lecture demonstration with the Jazzschool duo of Michael Ross
on Jazz bass, and David Pate on Saxophone & flute. Students will get
a brief working knowledge of Jazz and Jazz history, and band students (any
level) will be invited to participate.
Jose Maria Moreno & Esther Suarez Flamenco Dance & Guitar
Performance
Flamenco, the vibrant expression of the Andalusian folk art, comes to life
in a showcase of virtuoso guitar playing, dazzling footwork, castanets,
and authentic colorful costumes.
Katie Adams- Cracker Cinderella
In this version of Cinderella puppets crafted like old-fashioned dolls, a helpful Tree Fairy Godmother, a gown
made with magic moss and nostalgic strains of dulcimer folk music combine to bring a unique flavor of old-time
Florida to this beloved rags-to-riches tale.
Visit: KatieAdamsTheater.com
Katie Adams- Puppetry and Storytelling Presentations:
A variety of programs which include props, costumes and audience participation: The Velveteen Rabbit Puppet
Show for Pre-K- Gr. 2. For Gr. K-5 Katie offers the following: News From Storytown; A Taste of India; American
Tall Tales; Florida Folk Tales; Pirate Stories; Animal Safari Stories; Under the Sea Stories.
Visit: KatieAdamsTheater.com
Kuniko Yamamoto - Japanese Storytelling with Mask, Mime & Music
Japanese storytelling with music, mime & origami demonstration.
Kwabena Dinizulu, Poet and Griot - From Aesop to Hip Hop
Popular poet and storyteller Kwabena Dinizulu presents original and traditional
stories, some of which are African and African-American folk tales and
poems with a focus on morals, the African value system, and the African family/village
structure.
Laura Dent, Mother Goose
The Mother Goose series reading show is an interactive show that encourages group participation, while teaching. The show uses improvisation and fairy tales, targeting rhyming skills as well as critical thinking, sequencing and left-to-right orientation.
Leland Faulkner - Outside the Box
A journey, not only to cultures around the world, but to a world of mime, magic and story. Leland has toured around the world and Outside the Box is full of theatre that is understood no matter what language you speak, or what country you live in. We all have something in common by living on this planet, and Leland’s Faulkner’s World of Wonder Outside the Box brings those things alive in this extraordinary performance.
Visit: www.lelandfaulkner.com
Michael Quigley - The Mime Show
Mime performance includes audience participation, discussion of non-verbal
communication, and the use of gestures.
Moving Current Dance Company
Students will get an insiders view on the making of dances as they choose
verbs, adverbs and similes and watch as the dancers choreograph short dances
using the chosen words.
Visit: MovingCurrent.com
Nancy Crockford - Jazz it Up
Music Plus One, solo electric violin with pre-recorded band backing. Performs a variety of musical favorites, including American Jazz, Latin, Brazilian and Bossa Nova standards.
Nery Arevalo - Exploring Word Rhythms
Mr. Arevalo uses a variety of percussion and wind instruments from several
cultures, in this highly interactive show that teaches students about the
history, geography and native vocabulary of the different countries.
Play 'N Around Children's Theatre
Theatrical selections change yearly. Please call for updated season.
Visit: Playnaround.com
Stacey Knights- Sax and Song
This singer, songwriter and saxophonist performs jazzy and contemporary songs on three saxes and a flute and
shares the history of the saxophone and its place in traditional & modern music.
Visit: StaceyKnights.com
Stageworks, Inc. - Inner Circle, The Aids Play
Theater program suitable for Gr. 9-12. Four high school students deal with
the fact that one of them has contracted the AIDS virus from an unclean
needle.
Stageworks - African American Greats
Five monologues presented by two actors personifying 5 major African American
historical figures: Rosa Parks, Dr. Charles Drew, Madame C.J. Walker, Barry
Gordy and Mother Clara Hale.
Tamara Green, Storyteller - African, African-American, & Urban
Stories
Tamara presents a variety of African/African American stories and folk
tales suitable for all ages.
Twice Upon a Time with Kim Rivers and Nancy Crockford - Guava & Grits
Presentation weaves violin and mandolin music with storytelling and fun
folk tales celebrating Latino and Southeastern U.S. cultures.
Vic Larsen - Professor Larsen's One Man Junkyard Band
A unique introduction to musical instruments using homemade creations constructed
from unlikely materials found in the home and yard.
Windell Campbell- Storyteller
Storytelling presentation of the classics, using puppets and action by
this master storyteller.
OUT OF TOWN TOURING COMPANIES
The following performing artists and companies have limited availability
Dr. Tom's Semi-Silent Theatre - Character that Counts
Dr. Tom uses mime, drama, humor, & verbal expression in a performance
that highlights good character development, & encourages positive
values such as honesty, self-discipline, and kindness. This character
education
program includes five skits that use silent mime techniques, audience
participation and discussion to get important points across.
Visit: DrTomisi.com
Jerry Brown - Family Folk
Touring artist Jerry Brown invites you into his 'attic full of memories'
and takes you on a historical family journey that uses musical instruments,
masks, quick-change costumes and magic to portray an array of ancestors
and the times in which they lived.
Visit: TheMonkeyMan.com
Jerry Brown - The Value of Values
Two 45 minute high energy theatre presentations on the floor in the
multipurpose room for Gr. 3-5, about character development uses original
songs performed
on the electronic keyboard, quick change costumes, comic pantomime
sketches, magic, & improvisational theater to convey the importance
of good values and behavior.
Visit: TheMonkeyMan.com
Jeff Robbins - Mountain Music, Stories & Dance
A rousting performance of American, Appalachian, & folk music performed
on the dulcimer, banjo, fiddle & guitar.
Visit: JeffRobbins.com
Larry Allen Fisher - Musical Adventures
Performance lecture/ demonstration of traditional folk music from countries
such as Ireland, Polynesia, & Hawaii, on a variety of instruments including
the Bull Roarer, Ukulele, Anglo German Concertina, & Celtic Harp,
etc.
Masque - Animan
Masque/movement theatre utilizes over 20 beautifully crafted human
and animal masks to explore attitudes and how they affect our relationships.
Environmental
themes and historical references are also incorporated.
Visit: Masque-Hunt.org
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