Destiny Arts Center World Premiere of 'Asylum'
Date/time:
Friday, March 19 & Saturday, March 20th at 7:30 pm, Sunday, March 21st at
2:00 pm AND Friday, March 26th at 7:30pm and Saturday, March 27th at
2:00pm and 7:30pm
The internationally regarded model of youth arts and violence prevention
organizations, Destiny Arts Center in Oakland, marks the beginning of its
third decade as a creative community epicenter with the world premiere of
"Asylum," a movement/theater work created by the young artists of the
Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company. Created in collaboration Artistic
Directors Sarah Crowell and Rashidi Omari and acclaimed Bay Area
performing arts professionals, the full-length work features hip-hop dance
and music, theater, spoken word, modern dance, aerial dance, video
backdrop art, rap and a cast of 40 talented youth ages 7 to 18. "Asylum"
frames the current state of world affairs as a circus turned inside out,
where heroes are questionable and villains run free. It is a powerful
glimpse into how young Americans see the state of the world and what can
be done about it. A special benefit performance to support the Raising the
Roof Campaign is scheduled for Saturday, March 20, priced at $50 including
performance ticket, reserved seating and post-performance dessert
reception to meet the artists.
Artistic Director Sarah Crowell describes Asylum: "The lights come up on
an old-fashioned circus ringleader in top hat and tails who welcomes the
audience to a madhouse, where everything is flipped, and the asylum for
do-gooders who have been caught doing good. It is a place where the heroes
are all questionable and the villains run free, and where less money is
spent on schools than on jails. The ringleader escorts the audience into
a place where a group of unlikely superheroes are locked up with their
powers taken away by a gaggle of sinister villains that you just might
recognize. The piece is at once thought provoking and entertaining, a
modern day superhero story with a twist."
About Destiny Arts Center:
Youth Arts programs
When:
Friday March 19, 2010
7:30 PM -
8:30 PM
Pacific
Where:
Laney College Theater,
900 Fallon Street,
Oakland, CA 94607
Organizer:
Destiny Arts Center
Cost:
$13-$25.
Contact:
510-597-1619
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