Arts Education - K-12 Performing Arts Series
2008-2009 Season - Pathways to Creativity
Art is the Road to Inspiration - Tickets $5.00
THE GALLO CENTER believes that the arts are a pathway to building healthy minds, strong bodies, active learners and vibrant communities. We envision that school-aged youth will participate in an educational curriculum that promotes creative learning through cultural diversity and intellectual excellence. For this reason, we are proud to present our Pathways to Creativity Performing Arts Series as means of teaching academic content, social responsibility, and life skills through theater-based experiences. As the series offers a comprehensive array of attractions, we look forward to seeing you and your students among our arts-education patrons this school year.
DIAVOLO - Foster Theater
EXTRAORDINARY ATHLETES INTERACT WITH GIANT PROPS
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Tues – Friday ● September 16, 17, 18, 19 ● 10am ● 60 minutes
Grades 3 – 12
Fantasy and illusion take center stage as dancers, actors, gymnasts, and rock climbers produce explosive art with exciting movement and creative props.
PACIFICO BALLET COMPANY - Rogers Theater
¡VIVA MÉXICO!
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Friday ● October 3 ● 10:30am ● 60 minutes
Grades K-12
With 15 years of national and international touring experience, forty dancers and musicians present traditional and innovative works to vibrant music and original choreography.
BEST OF MOMIX - Rogers Theater
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A WONDROUS VOYAGE THROUGH A MAGICAL UNIVERSE
Friday ● October 31 ● 10am
Grades K – 12
Through props, lighting, outrageous costumes, humor and gorgeous movement, powerful dancers take the audience to a place where physical splendor intersects with surreal beauty.
WINGS OF COURAGE - Rogers Theater
OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION: A TALE OF VISION AND HOPE
Wednesday ● November 12 ● 10am ● 50 minutes & Q + A
Grades 3 - 6
This original and evocative play is based on the true story of Eugene Bullard, a professional boxer, musician, and the first African-American combat pilot.
Rick Miller’s MACHOMER - Foster Theater
AMBITION AND MORALITY
Friday ● December 12 ● 10am ● 60 minutes
Grades 9 – 12
Using animation, Shakespeare’s pop culture legend of the 17th century, Macbeth, merges with Homer Simpson and a cast of 50 voices from the popular Fox TV series.
GET HIP! - Foster Theater
CONNECTING MUSIC TO LIFE SKILLS
Wednesday ● January 28 ● 10:00am & 11:30am ● 50 minutes & Q+A
Grades 2 – 5
Highlighting the cultural origins of jazz, this multimedia show uses live narration, large screen projections, audience participation and a distinguished quintet of New York musicians.
SCRAPARTSMUSIC - Rogers Theater
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RECYCLING OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MUSIC
Wednesday & Thursday ● January 28 & 29 ●10am & 11:30am ● 60 minutes
Grades 2 – 12
Fashioned from industrial scrap and other offbeat materials, ScrapArtsMusic uses one-of-a-kind instruments that are as visually striking as they are sonically riveting.
STOLEN MOMENTS: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF JAZZ - Foster Theater
LIVING 20TH CENTURY HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF JAZZ MASTERS
Thursday ● January 29 ● 10:00am & 11:30pm ● 70 minutes
Grades 6 – 12
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis are but a few of the musical masters who will be highlighted in a multimedia journey through an American century.
THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY - Rogers Theater
A TRAVELOGUE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEARNER
Monday ● February 2 ● 10am & 11:30am ● 60 minutes
Grades K – 5
Stanley—the consummate pen pal— decides to put himself in a big envelope to tour the world as a human letter after he is flattened by the bulletin board above his bed.
THE LOST WORLD - Rogers Theater
FEATURING A SCIENCE FICTION TV AND FILM CAST
Friday ● February 27 ● 10am ● 70 minutes
Grades 6 – 12
L.A. Theatre Works has been the foremost radio theater company in the United States for two decades, and The Lost Worldis one of its finest dramatic works.
THE ILIAD - Foster Theater
WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Wed, March 18 ● 10:00am & 11:30am ● 60 minutes
Grades 9 – 12
There can be no doubt that Homer’s epic story of Achilles and the Trojan War (the War of the Greeks against Troy) is one of the greatest works in world literature.
COMEDY OF ERRORS - Foster Theater
APPEARANCE VERSUS REALITY
Thursday & Friday ● March 19 ● 10am & 11:30am ● 60 minutes
Friday, March 20 ● 10am ● 60 minutes
Grades 9 – 12
One of Shakespeare’s most vibrant and humorous tales, the Aquila Theatre Company’s production is a skillful rendition of mistaken identity and intrigue.
A MOON BETWEEN TWO HOUSES - Foster Theater
UNA LUNA ENTRE DOS CASAS
THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP
LA IMPORTANCIA DE LA AMISTAD
Monday ● March 9 ● 10am (Span) & 11:30am (Eng) ● 55 minutes
Preschool – Grade 3
Two neighbors share their fear of the dark and discover that they have much more in common than their differences.
EMILIO AND THE ENCHANTED COW - Foster Theater
EMILIO Y LA VACA ENCANTADA
COPING WITH LIFE’S CHANGES
AJUSTÁNDOSE A LOS CAMBIOS DE LA VIDA
Tuesday ● March 10 ● 10am (Eng) & 11:30am (Span) ● 55 minutes
Grades K – 6
Emilio is learning to cope with his parents’ separation and to create a new life for himself with the help of an imaginary friend named COW.
FRED GARBO INFLATABLE THEATER - Rogers Theater
THE WORLD BLOWN UP TO UNUSUAL PROPORTIONS
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Friday ● April 3 ● 10am ● 70 minutes
Grades K – 12
Nothing is predictable in the energetic and cleverly designed world of inflatable objects in which geometric shapes dance, shimmer, deflate and bounce in a rainbow of colors.
CRANKED - Foster Theater
THE CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ADDICTION
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Thurs-Fri; Mon - Wed ● MAY 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 ●10am & 11:30am ● 45 minutes & Q+A
Grades 9 – 12
This powerful hip-hop show tells the tale of the rise, fall and redemption of Stan, a fictional freestyle rapper, and his addiction to a form of crystal meth called “crank.”
TOYING WITH SCIENCE - Rogers Theater
EXPLORING CONCEPTS THROUGH MOTION, MUSIC & HUMOR
Tuesday ● May 19 ● 10am ● 55 minutes
Grades 2 – 4
Upbeat and educational, this show combines circus skills, mime, original music and audience involvement to teach basic scientific principles.
The Gallo Center for the Arts is located at 1000 I at the corner of 10th and I Streets in Downtown Modesto.
RESERVATIONS & INFORMATION
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(209) 338-2100 or (877) 488-3380
EDUCATOR STUDY GUIDES will be posted on the Gallo Center’s Arts Education Link three weeks prior to an event.
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