Pathways To Creativity

2009-2010 Season - Pathways to Creativity

Reservations & Information
Contact Jim Johnson
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(209) 338-2100 or (877) 488-3380

2009-10 Pathways to Creativity Program is sponsored by:

Educator study guides will be posted below approxiamately three weeks prior to an event.
The Gallo Center for the Arts is located at 1000 I at the corner of 10th and I Streets in Downtown Modesto.

Art is the Road to Inspiration

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.

Upcoming Events - Tickets $5.00

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Friday, March 12, 2010
10:00 AM
Foster Theater

During the program, students listen to the castañuelas (castanets), the taconeo (footwork), and the palmas (rhythmic hand claps). The Artists demonstrate dances and songs spanning a range of emotions from joy to sorrow, anger to exuberance. For grades K-12.

Michael Cooper: Masked Marvels & Wondertales

(Study Guide)
Friday, April 16, 2010
10:00 AM (SOLD OUT)
12:00 PM
Foster Family Theater

This extraordinary visual artist and mime awes audiences with handcrafted masks, original stories of courage and wonder, outlandish stilt dancing and a physical repertoire that ranges from the madcap to the sublime. The result is a “moving sculpture.” For grades K-6.

Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli de Veracruz

A Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
10:00 AM (SOLD OUT)
Rogers Theater

Under the direction of veteran dancer Hugo Betancourt, "Quetzalli" has grown to be one of the most popular folklorico touring companies from Mexico. The group is composed of young people who love the traditions of their people expressed through music, songs, and dances characteristic of different ethnicities. For grades K-12.

The Gizmo Guys

(Study Guide)
Friday, May 21, 2010
10:30 AM (SOLD OUT)
Rogers Theater

Think you’ve seen juggling?  Wait ‘til you see Gizmo Guys Allan Jacobs and Brett Felker, who amaze and amuse children with a simply astonishing, rapid-fire act that makes juggling a teacher of science and math! “Virtuosity with a touch of lunacy.” (The New York Times).  For grades K-12. (The study guide is especially for K-5.)