AN INVITATION.

Friends of the Circle of the Free Spirit are often engaged in the visual, performing, and literary arts.

Here is an upcoming performing arts event in which several Circle friends are involved:

MARCH 5, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Press Information Contact:

Barbara Hazlett, Artistic Director
(212)-247-6724
WorldDanceNYCFDT@aol.com
Osamu Uehara, Managing Director
(917)-324-8226
OsamuUeharaFDT@aol.com

Folk Dance Theatre  IN CONCERT  presents:

PYSANKY
Talismans of Spring

Dances from Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Moldova, Poland, Romany and Ukraine

Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8PM
Jesse Isador Strauss School (Manhattan PS 199)
270 W. 70th Street, New York, NY 10023

$10 General Admission
$ 5 discounted tickets for Children, Students and Seniors

For Reservations and Information: (212)-247-6724 or WorldDanceNYCFDT@aol.com

Folk Dance Theatre performs a delightful concert on the theme of Pysanky and other symbols of Spring.  The programme of colorful dances and costumes from Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romany & Ukraine is suitable for both adults and children, promising to be both entertaining and educational, while promoting multi-cultural awareness and unity

The Pysanka, (also known as Pisanka, Pisanica, Impistrite, Pisano yaytse, Jejka pisac', Kraslice, Kraslica, Hímestojás, or Margutis among the cultures of Eastern Europe) is the intricately decorated egg of Ukraine associated with Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Easter.  From the word, ‘pysaty’ to write, these decorated eggs date back to the Trypilljan culture in Ukraine in 3000 BC.  Like the ancient cultures Egypt, Persia and India, the new year was celebrated in March around the vernal equinox, when the earth was likened to an hatching Egg from which new life miraculously emerges.  In addition to celebrations with music, dancing and feasting; Pysanky and other talismans are made and exchanged to bring good fortune, health, abundance, and protection from evil spirits, danger and misfortunes in the coming year.

Tickets are $10 General Admission, with recession buster discounts at $5 for children and seniors, and students of any age or discipline with their ID, Classcard, tuition receipt or other evidence.  For Reservations and Information: (212)-247-6724 or WorldDanceNYCFDT@aol.com

Established in 1974, Folk Dance Theatre is a chamber ensemble with a repertory of international dances.  Artistic Director, Barbara Hazlett has modeled the company after the Moiseyev Dance Company:  presenting a variety of national styles rather than specializing in the folkloric idiom of a single country.  Dancers are ballet trained, but have studied folk dance with native teachers.  The choreography is drawn from authentic sources but is presented as theatrical rather than social dance form.

PAST EVENTS:

PERFORMING ARTS:
Theatre, Ballet, Modern Dance, Folk Dance

This is neither a rant nor a reflection, but rather --

AN INVITATION.

Friends of the Circle of the Free Spirit are often engaged in the visual, performing, and literary arts.

Here is an upcoming performing arts event in which several Circle friends are involved:

FEBRUARY 7, 2009 - Folk Dance Theatre

Poster by Temple Dancer

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PREVIOUS INVITATIONS:

SPRING 2008 CALENDAR

"THREE"

May 30 & 31 at 8 PM

June 1 at 3 PM

Organized by Cindy Bernier and Bernier Dance, and featuring the modern dance performances of Bernier Dance, Daniela Hoff Dance Company, and Vissi Dance Theater.

Our own Osamu Uehara and friends in Bernier Dance will perform their moving four-part "Notes from the Dead" - a dramatic and moving piece addressing the futility of the cycle of war and violence. The women of Bernier Dance will perform "Myth in Pink", a satiric look the the stereotypes that form our image of the custom of marriage and the bride.

Clark Studio Theater, Samuel B. and David Rose Building, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City

Tickets: $20, Students/Seniors $15

212-868-4444

www.smarttix.com

Directions and Program Information:
www.bernierdance.org

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"The Sleeping Beauty"

Sunday, June 8, at 2:30 PM

Choreographed and directed by Osamu Uehara, with performances by the adults of The American Ballet Russe and the students of the Great Neck School of Dance. The performers include Mark as Court Chamberlain Catalabutte. Karina as the Lilac Fairy, John and Marcia as the King and Queen, Simon as the wicked fairy Carabosse, and Raoul and Roberta as Prince Desire and Princess Aurora. Although well-known as a fairy tale,

The Sleeping Beauty is a thinly disguised retelling of the myth of the fall and rescue of Sophia, the Goddess of Wisdom. In the tradition of Dostoyevsky and Russian Sophiologists, the world is saved by Love and Beauty.

Great Neck South High School
341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, Long Island
(35 minute LIRR ride from Penn Station, Manhattan, then a cab from Great Neck station)
General ADmission $20
Info and tickets: 516-466-3515

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APRIL 12, 2008

Bernier Dance & Peace Action present

ARTISTS FOR PEACE 2008

DANCE - MUSIC - POETRY

David Beck, Bernier Dance, Janis Brenner, Kristina Erikson, tiffany Esteb, Marcus Ray Estrada, Rebecca Hart, Brian Tracy, Doug Wahlberg Band, and Readings from Maxine Hong Kingston's "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace"

Saturday, April 12, 8 PM
Crystal Theater, Norwalk, Connecticut
(Not far from South Norwalk Metro North Train Station)

Proceeds to benefit Homes for the Brave
and Homeless Shelter for Vets

Tickets $15, $25, $50, $100
SmartTix: 877-238-5596
www.smarttix.com

Directions and Program Information:
www.bernierdance.org


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