Performing Arts Center http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Urvashi, A Love Story http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/urvashi-a-love-story The Natraj Center for the Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization, traces its origins to the renowned Natraj Cultural Group, which was founded in 1989 by a group of mothers led by Barbara Lemoine whose initial objective was to support a group of young dancers to perform innovative and creative dances. Today, Natraj proudly continues to provide a forum where our youth can hone their talents and nurture their creativity both collectively and as individuals. These young artistes share their knowledge of their rich Indian culture and heritage with the youths of the community through classes and workshops in dance, drama and music. Natraj currently conducts regular dance classes in Queens Village, NY.

Throughout the years, Natraj has assisted, and continues to assist, many cultural and religious organizations in their efforts to promote cultural awareness and respect through professional performances at various social functions, fundraisers and cultural events. Garnering international recognition, Natraj conducts annual dance workshops in Jamaica, W.I. and has performed in Canada, Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica.

All Natraj teachers and senior performers have been classically trained by respected professionals in the Indian Classical Dance tradition, and their areas of expertise include Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Odissi, and folk dances, as well as the more popular Bollywood film and pop genres.

Starring:

  • Julia Devi Subrian as Urvashi
  • Neil Singh as Prince Pururava
  • Natraj Dancers

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts 2013-01-07T17:10:00Z Event CANCELED - 7Ebony Embers - Musical Drama http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/ebony-embers Chamber Music Theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. PAC CANCELLATION

The presentation 'Ebony Embers' scheduled for friday, february 8 at 7:00pm at the York College Performing Arts Center is cancelled due to the weather.

Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance brought to life with music by the Core Ensemble

(Actor Name) portrays multiple characters while interacting with the onstage musical trio of cello, piano and percussion. Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets - Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay - as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas. The script was written by Akin Babatunde and the show is also directed by Mr. Babatunde.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:55:00Z Event Eartha Kitt http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/evening-alberta-hunter No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T18:45:00Z Event Black Wall Street http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/black-wall-street Once upon a time in American, in the year 1921, there was a Black paradise. It was a small Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma called Greenwood. This community consisted of Blacks who fled the oppression of the South to carve themselves out a place in the Indian nation of Oklahoma. There they formed a peculiar society of Blacks, Indians, and Jews who respected and did business with each other. Some of these Blacks happened to settle on oil rich land and became incredibly wealthy--so wealthy in fact that the town soon became known as Black Wall Street.

In a mere 36 block section of town, these African-Americans owned and operated 600 thriving businesses. One of the most popular of these businesses was Old Lady Boleys’ eating establishment which is where our play begins. One Sunday evening the town’s more influential citizens gathered to have their pictures taken for the local newspaper in honor of the community’s 20th anniversary. Before the play ends, the entire community of Greenwood is completely burned to the ground in a 12 hour period, and a major Black economic movement is halted.

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Note: The tickets that were bought for previously canceled viewings are valid.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:10:00Z Event Camp Logan http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/camp-logan-7pm Camp Logan, tells the story of the black decorated veterans from the 24th United States Infantry Regiment who were executed after clashing with the white townspeople whereby the harassment of the soldiers led to the revolts of 1917 that took place in Houston, TX. Celeste Bedford-Walker’s play received raved reviews when it premiered at the Victoria Five Theatre in New York City in 1994. The men of the 24th Infantry (an all Black regiment) had fought bravely on behalf of the United States and received a distinguished record. They served in the Mexican-American dispute against Pancho Villa in Cuba under Teddy Roosevelt and in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Many of the men were 20-year veterans, yet less than four months after returning from service, thirteen soldiers from the 24th were hanged without appeal or review under sentence by the largest court-martial ever convened in the United States. This play is well timed for a return to the stage with the country still in the midst of the Iraq war.

C Logan

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T19:05:00Z Event Camp Logan http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/camp-logan Camp Logan, tells the story of the black decorated veterans from the 24th United States Infantry Regiment who were executed after clashing with the white townspeople whereby the harassment of the soldiers led to the revolts of 1917 that took place in Houston, TX. Celeste Bedford-Walker’s play received raved reviews when it premiered at the Victoria Five Theatre in New York City in 1994. The men of the 24th Infantry (an all Black regiment) had fought bravely on behalf of the United States and received a distinguished record. They served in the Mexican-American dispute against Pancho Villa in Cuba under Teddy Roosevelt and in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Many of the men were 20-year veterans, yet less than four months after returning from service, thirteen soldiers from the 24th were hanged without appeal or review under sentence by the largest court-martial ever convened in the United States. This play is well timed for a return to the stage with the country still in the midst of the Iraq war.

C Logan

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T19:05:00Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/a-special-presentation-of-rent Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Saturday, May 5, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 6, 2012 • 3 pm
  • Friday, May 11, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 2 pm & 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:22:51Z Event Jazz Saxophonist Ed Jackson http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/jazz-saxophonist-casey-benjamin Jazz Saxophonist Ed Jackson performs with the York College Big Band. No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts 2013-01-10T17:40:00Z Event Black Wall Street http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/afternoon-black-wall-street Once upon a time in American, in the year 1921, there was a Black paradise. It was a small Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma called Greenwood. This community consisted of Blacks who fled the oppression of the South to carve themselves out a place in the Indian nation of Oklahoma. There they formed a peculiar society of Blacks, Indians, and Jews who respected and did business with each other. Some of these Blacks happened to settle on oil rich land and became incredibly wealthy--so wealthy in fact that the town soon became known as Black Wall Street.

In a mere 36 block section of town, these African-Americans owned and operated 600 thriving businesses. One of the most popular of these businesses was Old Lady Boleys’ eating establishment which is where our play begins. One Sunday evening the town’s more influential citizens gathered to have their pictures taken for the local newspaper in honor of the community’s 20th anniversary. Before the play ends, the entire community of Greenwood is completely burned to the ground in a 12 hour period, and a major Black economic movement is halted.

black wall st

Note: The tickets that were bought for previously canceled viewings are valid.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:10:00Z Event Octavio Brunetti http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/octavio-brunetti Octavio is a pianist and arranger who studied classical piano in his home town Rosario, Argentina. He moved to the United States in 2004 where his participation in New York’s International Tango Competition won him two first prizes: Best Solo Pianist and Best Duo with Saxophone player Bernardo Monk. His recordings include “Soledad” by Astor Piazzolla with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma (“Appassionato” by Sony BMG-Classical), and Grammy Award Winning CD “Te amo Tango” with Raul Jaurena. He participated in the recording of the Original Soundtrack Music for the last Francis Ford Coppola’s movie “TETRO” (Deutsche Grammophon) composed by Osvaldo Golijov. Mr. Brunetti is considered one of the most sought after tango pianists of our times.

Octavio Brunetti

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts PAC Series Event Current Student Performance plasmas homepage 2012-07-09T14:45:00Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may12-day Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:24:31Z Event The Hedge http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/the-hedge Come See The Hedge Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! Arts in Christian Theatre and York College Performing Arts Center present,

THE HEDGE:

  • a dramatic, contemporary adaptation of the tumultuous life of Job. Experience a production where demons and angels battle for the life of a man who would not curse God.

Held at York College Performing Arts Center 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. Jamaica, New York Hosted by Bethel Gospel Tabernacle, Bishop Roderick R. Caesar, Senior Pastor

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Public 2012-10-05T19:05:00Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may5 Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Sunday, May 6, 2012 • 3 pm
  • Friday, May 11, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 2 pm & 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:23:24Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may11 Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 2 pm & 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:23:03Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may6 Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Friday, May 11, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 2 pm & 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:24:10Z Event