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SUMMARY:Ologundê 
DESCRIPTION:Afro-Brazilian Music & Dance  \nExclusive Streamed Event\nWednesday\, August 12 at 6 pm \nEsperanza Arts Center presents a special streamed presentation of Ologundê’s entertaining and electric 2019 performance at Teatro Esperanza.  \nOlogundê ensemble celebrates the rich Afro-Brazilian culture of Salvador\, Bahia through a diverse repertoire of music\, dance and martial arts. Comprised of Brazilians living in the United States and Brazil\, the ensemble includes former members of world-renowned music and dance troupes under the direction of master Afro-Brazilian percussionist Dendê Macêdo.  \nTune in HERE\, or at Facebook.com/Teatro Esperanza
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/ologunde/
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free,Music,Online/Streaming,Theater
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SUMMARY:We Shall Not Be Moved - Opera Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:Esperanza Arts Center Streaming Event\n\nWe Shall Not Be Moved\nOpera Philadelphia \nDaniel Bernard Roumain\, composer\nMarc Bamuthi Joseph\, librettist\nBill T. Jones\, director \nFacebook Event\nWednesday\, June 17 at 6pm \nEsperanza Arts Center presents a special streamed video presentation of EAC Arts Partner\, Opera Philadelphia’s We Shall Not Be Moved. \nOn the run after a series of tragic incidents\, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned\, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization\, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead\, including five children. \nThis World Premiere chamber opera by Daniel Bernard Roumain\, an acclaimed composer and performer whose work defies genre\, and librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph\, an arts activist known for spoken‐word performance\, is “ambitiously interdisciplinary\,” according to Bill T. Jones\, the celebrated director\, choreographer\, dramaturge\, and dancer. \nCombining spoken word\, contemporary movement\, video projection\, classical\, R&B and jazz singing\, and a brooding\, often joyful score filled with place\, purpose\, and possibility\, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles which suggests an alternate future through the eyes of its young protagonists. \nEsperanza is honored to have played a key role in the development of this important and timely work. As part Opera Philadelphia and Art Sanctuary’s Hip H’opera afterschool program\, led by Esperanza’s Chief of Performing Arts in the Community\, Tania Ramos Oton\, Esperanza Academy students participated in workshops with the creative team throughout a span of approximately four years. Student shared their stories of family\, struggle\, neighborhood\, and future dreams. These workshops and stories inspired the music and libretto for We Shall Not Be Moved. Esperanza students also joined the composer and librettist at the Annenberg Center to perform a selection from the in-progress opera alongside student poetry\, music\, and dance. \n“Everyone has a gift; you just have to be around the right type of people who will motivate you to show that gift off to the world. I believe Hip H’opera is that program” \nNAIOMY\, GRADE 12 \nESPERANZA ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL \nPremiered during Opera Philadelphia’s O17 season\, this online presentation of We Shall Not be Moved is part of Digital Festival O 2020. \nThis broadcast contains some strong language and violence. \nTune in online Facebook.com/Teatro Esperanza
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/we-shall-not-be-moved-opera-philadelphia/
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,Online/Streaming,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T190000
DTSTAMP:20260803T211810
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SUMMARY:Orchestra 2001 at Teatro Esperanza
DESCRIPTION:Esperanza Arts Center Streaming Event\n\nOrchestra 2001 \nat Teatro Esperanza \niConexiones! \nMusic by Mexican Composers \nWATCH PARTY\nEncore Streamed Presentation \nMay 21\, 6pm \nEsperanza Arts Center presents the streamed premiere of a new live recording featuring Orchestra 2001’s iCONEXIONES! Mexico performance from Cinco de Mayo 2019 at Teatro Esperanza spotlighting the music of Mexican composers. This program includes the world premiere of Transcending Walls by Francisco Cortés-Álvarez featuring images of murals by Mexican artists painted on the border wall that inspired the work. \nTune in online Facebook.com/Teatro Esperanza
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/orchestra-2001-at-teatro-esperanza/
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,Online/Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200517T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200517T233000
DTSTAMP:20260803T211810
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SUMMARY:Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers at Teatro Esperanza
DESCRIPTION:Esperanza Arts Center Streaming Event \nKun-Yang Lin/Dancers  at Teatro Esperanza \nFaith Project/The Door  \nSAVE THE DATE\nLimited-Time\, On-Demand Stream \nSaturday\, May 16 – Sunday\, May 17 \nRelive Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ performance of Faith Project/The Door at Teatro Esperanza. Described as “an ever-expansive and inspired choreographic journey”\, Faith Project/The Door spotlights connections between faith traditions from around the world in dance and movement. \nTune in online Facebook.com/Teatro Esperanza \nInterview with Artistic Director\, Kun-Yang Lin \nThrough the Faith Project\, Kun-Yang Lin choreographed a new\, abstract dance work for Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers that contemplates the relationship between religious practice and contemporary dance. An important part of the project consisted of “story circle” encounters with community participants from various faith perspectives\, dance artists and other artistic collaborators that integrate fruitful dialogue with simple movement practices. \nEngaging with practitioners of various religions in story circle encounters\, Lin and his company of dancers consider the role movement plays in religious rituals and actions\, and how the artistic process can provide both artists and audience members with a space for exploring religious differences and spiritual commonalities. The company worked with the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia to recruit community participants\, who engaged in verbal and physical call-and-response activities with the dancers and the project’s multimedia and sound design collaborators. \nKun-Yang Lin/Dancers collaborated with Kimerer LaMothe—a scholar working at the intersection of dance and religion who has written extensively on how the body can be a vehicle for spiritual practice—to structure the story circle conversations. The company explored new possibilities in visual design with multimedia designer Jared Mezzocchi\, and composer/sound designer Cory Neale who created a sound score for the final work. \n“my challenge with approaching religion is my challenge with dance – there are many layers of the people involved – their backgrounds\, their race\, their religion\, their sexuality… we use CHI Awareness Practice to tap into the spaces in between (all of these layers and) connect with ourselves\, each other\, and something bigger than us. This requires that we surrender\, trust\, and make ourselves vulnerable to what is unknown.” Kun-Yang Lin. \nThree questions were posed in the first circle\, the questions were:\nWhat do you fear?\nWhat do you love?\nWhat gives you the most strength/joy? \nFaith Project explores religious differences and spiritual commonalities through dance and music by spotlighting a variety of faith traditions from around the world. What were some keys insights you and the dancers gained as a result of your work on this production? \nFirst\, working with scholar Kimerer Lamothe\, we posed to the dance artists and story circle participants: What do you love the most? What do you fear the most? What is the source of your greatest strength? She encouraged the participants to determine one answer that applied to all three questions. For example\, for one dance artist\, her answer was “freedom.” That drove the work and allowed me and the dancers to gain a broader perspective into religion and spirituality. This process also allowed me to see that being too close to a work often results in a lack of objective perspective which may result in one not being able to realize the work completely to its greatest potential. Most importantly\, through the process of researching\, listening\, dancing in story circles\, developing\, and creating\, both myself and the dancers learned a lot about who we are as artists. \nHave the new discoveries you’ve made in the creation and presentation of this piece affected your work as an artist and you personally? \nThis project has led me to a number of important insights and discoveries: trust the body and its unique energy (CHI)\, a better understanding and empathy of each individual dancer’s faith background\, allowing myself and the ensemble to be vulnerable and more open to the creative process\, allowing differences to find their own place in discussions\, and creating work in movement with the body as a ‘temple’ using dance as prayer. \nAn important prelude to the creation of Faith Project/THE DOOR and to each performance are the convening of story circles that integrate movement into a dialogue between participants of diverse backgrounds. Could you describe how the content and outcomes of these story circles have affected your performances since the premiere and will influence the upcoming production at Teatro Esperanza? \nOne story circle participant reflected\, “I think my participation enhanced my appreciation further for  the role that dance holds as an universal language that evokes the spiritual and religious gesture\, the body language of prayer and soul movement of a community.” \nAnother story circle participant shared after the premiere of Faith Project\, “my perspective on the collaboration of religion and dance changed. I had never experienced religious interpretation through the contemporary dance art form. My participation in this project has given me the ability to appreciate the process for creating new work even more. As an audience member you are able to appreciate the finished product\, but as a participant\, I felt even more involved and invested in the presented work.” \nIt was a true act of love and passion and compassion that occurred during our rehearsals and the premiere of this piece. There was only a slim chance of achieving what we achieved during the performance\, and it was because everyone involved in this project and production all stepped in line with each other with an almost absolute personal commitment to one another and the work itself. \nI believe the audience\, community members\, and students of Esperanza will be able to witness and experience this same collective energy through this upcoming production at Teatro Esperanza. The performance may change your understanding of the role/possibilities/relevance/ability of contemporary dance in fostering dialogue among people of different spiritual orientations and faiths. \nMost importantly\, in order to spotlight the power of dance\, KYL/D will present a new version of Faith Project/ The Door at Esperanza – one without sets\, and without multimedia – that will allow us to connect with one another more directly through the true joy of spirit of dance.
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/kun-yang-lin-dancers-at-teatro-esperanza/
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200516T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200516T235900
DTSTAMP:20260803T211810
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SUMMARY:Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers at Teatro Esperanza
DESCRIPTION:Esperanza Arts Center Streaming Event \nKun-Yang Lin/Dancers  at Teatro Esperanza \nFaith Project/The Door  \nSAVE THE DATE\nLimited-Time\, On-Demand Stream \nSaturday\, May 16 – Sunday\, May 17 \nRelive Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ performance of Faith Project/The Door at Teatro Esperanza. Described as “an ever-expansive and inspired choreographic journey”\, Faith Project/The Door spotlights connections between faith traditions from around the world in dance and movement. \nTune in online Facebook.com/Teatro Esperanza \nInterview with Artistic Director\, Kun-Yang Lin \nThrough the Faith Project\, Kun-Yang Lin choreographed a new\, abstract dance work for Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers that contemplates the relationship between religious practice and contemporary dance. An important part of the project consisted of “story circle” encounters with community participants from various faith perspectives\, dance artists and other artistic collaborators that integrate fruitful dialogue with simple movement practices. \nEngaging with practitioners of various religions in story circle encounters\, Lin and his company of dancers consider the role movement plays in religious rituals and actions\, and how the artistic process can provide both artists and audience members with a space for exploring religious differences and spiritual commonalities. The company worked with the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia to recruit community participants\, who engaged in verbal and physical call-and-response activities with the dancers and the project’s multimedia and sound design collaborators. \nKun-Yang Lin/Dancers collaborated with Kimerer LaMothe—a scholar working at the intersection of dance and religion who has written extensively on how the body can be a vehicle for spiritual practice—to structure the story circle conversations. The company explored new possibilities in visual design with multimedia designer Jared Mezzocchi\, and composer/sound designer Cory Neale who created a sound score for the final work. \n“my challenge with approaching religion is my challenge with dance – there are many layers of the people involved – their backgrounds\, their race\, their religion\, their sexuality… we use CHI Awareness Practice to tap into the spaces in between (all of these layers and) connect with ourselves\, each other\, and something bigger than us. This requires that we surrender\, trust\, and make ourselves vulnerable to what is unknown.” Kun-Yang Lin. \nThree questions were posed in the first circle\, the questions were:\nWhat do you fear?\nWhat do you love?\nWhat gives you the most strength/joy? \nFaith Project explores religious differences and spiritual commonalities through dance and music by spotlighting a variety of faith traditions from around the world. What were some keys insights you and the dancers gained as a result of your work on this production? \nFirst\, working with scholar Kimerer Lamothe\, we posed to the dance artists and story circle participants: What do you love the most? What do you fear the most? What is the source of your greatest strength? She encouraged the participants to determine one answer that applied to all three questions. For example\, for one dance artist\, her answer was “freedom.” That drove the work and allowed me and the dancers to gain a broader perspective into religion and spirituality. This process also allowed me to see that being too close to a work often results in a lack of objective perspective which may result in one not being able to realize the work completely to its greatest potential. Most importantly\, through the process of researching\, listening\, dancing in story circles\, developing\, and creating\, both myself and the dancers learned a lot about who we are as artists. \nHave the new discoveries you’ve made in the creation and presentation of this piece affected your work as an artist and you personally? \nThis project has led me to a number of important insights and discoveries: trust the body and its unique energy (CHI)\, a better understanding and empathy of each individual dancer’s faith background\, allowing myself and the ensemble to be vulnerable and more open to the creative process\, allowing differences to find their own place in discussions\, and creating work in movement with the body as a ‘temple’ using dance as prayer. \nAn important prelude to the creation of Faith Project/THE DOOR and to each performance are the convening of story circles that integrate movement into a dialogue between participants of diverse backgrounds. Could you describe how the content and outcomes of these story circles have affected your performances since the premiere and will influence the upcoming production at Teatro Esperanza? \nOne story circle participant reflected\, “I think my participation enhanced my appreciation further for  the role that dance holds as an universal language that evokes the spiritual and religious gesture\, the body language of prayer and soul movement of a community.” \nAnother story circle participant shared after the premiere of Faith Project\, “my perspective on the collaboration of religion and dance changed. I had never experienced religious interpretation through the contemporary dance art form. My participation in this project has given me the ability to appreciate the process for creating new work even more. As an audience member you are able to appreciate the finished product\, but as a participant\, I felt even more involved and invested in the presented work.” \nIt was a true act of love and passion and compassion that occurred during our rehearsals and the premiere of this piece. There was only a slim chance of achieving what we achieved during the performance\, and it was because everyone involved in this project and production all stepped in line with each other with an almost absolute personal commitment to one another and the work itself. \nI believe the audience\, community members\, and students of Esperanza will be able to witness and experience this same collective energy through this upcoming production at Teatro Esperanza. The performance may change your understanding of the role/possibilities/relevance/ability of contemporary dance in fostering dialogue among people of different spiritual orientations and faiths. \nMost importantly\, in order to spotlight the power of dance\, KYL/D will present a new version of Faith Project/ The Door at Esperanza – one without sets\, and without multimedia – that will allow us to connect with one another more directly through the true joy of spirit of dance.
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/kun-yang-lin-dancers-at-teatro-esperanza-copy/
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free
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SUMMARY:iConexiones! at Esperanza
DESCRIPTION:Mexican composers. Musical Celebration of Cinco de Mayo \nORCHESTRA 2001 \nEsperanza Arts Center celebrates Cinco de Mayo with online broadcast of iConexiones! – a prerecorded live performance by Orchestra 2001 under the direction of Mark Loria\, in a program spotlighting Mexican composers and featuring the world premiere of Transcending Walls by Francisco Cortés-Álvarez. \nMore information: EsperanzaArtsCenter.us \nTune in on Facebook
URL:https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/event/iconexiones-at-esperanza/
CATEGORIES:Free
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