Free performance: Saturday, November 19 at 10:30am
At the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Tad-Poles (previously Jumbies, Fort Worth!) is Amphibian's Outreach Program of performance, dance, theatre, music, art, history, geography and workshops.
Tad-Poles continues the Jumbies’ tradition of a threefold focus to:
To foster cultural pride and encourage cultural tolerance and collaboration.
To give children in underserved communities the opportunity to experience the arts free of charge.
To encourage good health through joyful physical activity.
Daniel Jáquez http://www.danieljaquez.com/Daniel_Jaquez/Resume.html, former artistic director and choreographer of Calpulli Mexican Dance Theatre, will choreograph our new program. Daniel is an active member of the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab, and was a finalist for the 2001 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors grant. He grew up in Mexico and studied at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Performances and workshop training will be conducted by Monica Arriaga (dance) and Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza (music). Monica trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York City. During her studies at the Ailey School, Monica joined Calpulli Mexican Dance Company and became a teacher for the Calpulli Donation-Based Children’s Program. Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, who will perform and teach music, was born in Mexico City in 1978 and began studying Nahuatl cosmogony, learning sacred Aztec music and dance. He lives in New York where he has founded his own recording label and is the musical director for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company among others.
For more information about Amphibian's outreach, please email us at info@amphibianproductions.org
or call 817-923-3012.
Jumbies Fort Worth!
Amphibian Stage Productions’ outreach project, Jumbies Fort Worth! is a multidisciplinary collaboration with D. McRae Elementary School and Everman ISD. The project focuses on the roots of African stilt dancing, learning the SuSu language and the traditional songs and dances of the Baga people of Guinea. Children learn history, language, geography, drumming, singing, dancing and stilt walking under the direction of Moussa Diabate, Griot drummer and dancer.
The 3-month program culminates in free performances for other Fort Worth schools. Lesson plans are provided that teachers can use in their regular classroom to enhance the learning experience. In fall 2011 we will explore the nearly-extinct Mexican tradition of stilt dancing, in recognition of the many Hispanic children in our under-served schools and our desire to connect them with their heritage.
The program’s goals for youth include:
To foster cultural pride and encourage cultural tolerance and collaboration.
To give children the opportunity to experience the arts free of charge.
To encourage good health through joyful physical activity.
To develop self-confidence through a sense of community
JUMBIES! Amphibian's youth programs are generously sponsored by:
Alcon Foundation
The Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
Texas Commission on the Arts
Nell V. Bailey Charitable Trust
Wells Fargo
The National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts Awards Grant to Amphibian Stage Productions
Amphibian Stage Productions is thrilled to accept a grant of $20,000, supporting its outreach program, Jumbies Fort Worth!, from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Please click below for a press release with more information on the announcement and the award.
