“Giant Magnet arts festival imports acts from China in 2011 - Seattle Times” |
| Giant Magnet arts festival imports acts from China in 2011 - Seattle Times Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:59 PM PDT Giant Magnet, formerly called the International Children's Festival, has announced the lineup for its 25th anniversary season, which gets underway in May of next year. The arts festival will shine a spotlight on China this year, with three visiting companies from the People's Republic of China: Guangdong Province Puppet Troupe, Shaanxi Folk Art Theatre and Sichuan Opera Company. The latter will perform "Monkey King in Flaming Mountain," a blend of story, song, stage combat and acrobatics. Also slated: • Andes Manta, a traditional Ecuadorean music and dance group comprised of four brothers. • Another brother act, this one from India: Tigerstyle, which mashes up classical and pop forms, including traditional Punjabi dance, bhangra and hip-hop. • Scottish theater company Visible Fictions, performing a coming-of-age tale, "Shopping for Shoes." • "Boats," a play incorporating puppetry and acrobatics, from the Tasmanian Terrapin Puppet Theatre. Several groups from the United States will perform as well, including Seattle's own Caspar Babypants, led by Chris Ballew, lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America. The festival runs May 10-14 at Seattle Center and May 16 at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma. For schedule and ticket information, call 206-684-7338 or go to www.giantmagnet.org. Group and school ticket sales begin Oct. 21; individual tickets go on sale April 1, 2011. A grant for OtB Performing-arts presenter On the Boards announced this week that it has received a $500,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to help maintain the Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance. The building, in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, was built in 1912. The funds will be applied toward long-term projects such as replacing roof insulation and plumbing fixtures, and maintaining elevators, said OtB communications director Jessica Massart. The organization also hopes to put aside $100,000 for unforeseen emergency repairs. Lynn Jacobson: 206-464-2714 or ljacobson@seattletimes.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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