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Rhode Island College is passionate about the arts and their committment shows in the high quality artists they bring to the state. Throughout the years they have showcased almost all the big dance companies and many of the up and comers. The 2007/2008 season features such stalwarts of dance as Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, The Parsons Dance Company and Garth Fagan Dance. The related arts of physical theatre and puppetry are represented by The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theatre Company and puppetry by The Salzburg Marionette Theatre. See the schedule below for dates and times.
Performing Arts Schedule
SEPTEMBER 2007
Sunday September 30, 2007
The Adams Foundation Piano Recital Series
James Tocco
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 230pm
Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior, $15 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $10 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
James Tocco will demonstrate his prize-winning talent as one of the great interpreters of American masterworks.
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OCTOBER 2007
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Potpourri Series
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico – The Pulse of Mexico
Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Dancer and Choreographer Amalia Hernandez founded Ballet Folklorico de Mexico as part of her never-ending quest to rescue the dancing traditions of Mexico. One of the most celebrated folkloric ballet troupes in the world, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico has gathered dances and music from various regions of Mexico for over 50 years. Celebrate the rich traditions of Mexico in this colorful performance featuring music, folklore, stunning costumes and original choreographies from our neighbors to the south.
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NOVEMBER 2007
Wednesday November 7, 2007
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 730pm
Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior, $15 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $10 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations will return for a sixth season with three new concerts with commentary. The virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist combined with entertaining commentary create a concert experience that is magical. Each program begins with an insightful and entertaining prologue on the music and its composer, followed by a full performance of the works, and ends with a lively question and answer session. Other dates - February 26, 2008 & April 29, 2008.
Monday, November 19, 2007
The President's Music Series
The Muir String Quartet
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The Muir String Quartet performs Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op.77, No.1; Tower: String Quartet #3 Incandescent; and
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 108 Death and the Maiden
Other dates - February 4, 2008 & March 31, 2008.
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DECEMBER 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Potpourri Series
The Salzburg Marionette Theatre
The Sound of Music with Strings Attached
The Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI
Time: 730pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Founded in 1913, The Salzburg Marionette Theatre, with their master-crafted puppets, has cast a spell around the globe with entrancing performances of legendary operas, magical fairy tales and intricate ballets. Now they return to Rhode Island College to enchant you with Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic The Sound of Music, set in the Marionette Theatre's hometown, Salzburg.
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JANUARY 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The Adams Foundation Piano Recital Series
Jeanne Stark-Iochmans
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 230pm
Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior, $15 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $10 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Jeanne Stark-Iochmans will prove her renown as an interpreter of classical music's most challenging repertoire for the piano.
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FEBRUARY 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
The President's Music Series
The Muir String Quartet
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The Muir String Quartet performs with special guest Edwin Barker, bass play Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K. 168;
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13; and Dvorak: Bass String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77
Other dates - November 19, 2007 & March 31, 2008.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Potpourri Series
The Parsons Dance Company
A Lot Harder Than it Looks
The Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
David Parsons, former lead dancer with The Paul Taylor Dance Company, founded Parsons Dance Company with lighting designer Howell Binkley in 1987. The Company has thrilled audiences around the world with an abundance of new, high-energy, high-leaping works and original, commissioned musical scores and theatrical designs. The Parsons Dance Company offers huge helpings of personality and New York energy and promises to entertain you as no other modern dance company can.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Potpourri Series
Garth Fagan Dance
The Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
For over 35 years Garth Fagan Dance has dazzled audiences around the world with some of the most dynamic and intensely physical dancing on stage today. The Tony Award-winning choreographer of Broadway's The Lion King, Garth Fagan has been called "a true dance original" (New York Post) and his dancers have been described as "unforgettable...soaring through space with demonic energy" (New York Magazine). Audiences are held in thrall by Fagan's groundbreaking technique: a mix of modern dance, Afro-Caribbean forms, balletic speed and precision, and jazz.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 730pm
Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior, $15 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $10 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations will return for a sixth season with three new "concerts with commentary." The virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist combined with entertaining commentary create a concert experience that is magical. Each program begins with an insightful and entertaining prologue on the music and its composer, followed by a full performance of the works, and ends with a lively question and answer session. Other dates - February 26, 2008 & April 29, 2008.
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MARCH 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Potpourri Series
Salvage Vanguard Theatre
The Intergalactic Nemesis – Prepare for Impact
The Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Winners of dozens of awards for their creative work, Salvage Vanguard Theatre has created a family-friendly, hip/geek live radio serial that wows audiences of all ages. It's called The Intergalactic Nemesis. The story is set in 1933, when Ben Wilcott has traveled back in time from 2115 to warn the world of impending disaster. Ben solicits the help of ace reporter Molly Sloan and, together, they travel across the globe to save the day. It's Star Wars meets Raiders of the Lost Ark with a little of The Incredibles thrown in for good measure. See a live radio play come to life (circa 1940) with script-reading actors and the magical sound effects laboratory of two foley artists in this clever spin on those old serialized radio mysteries.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Potpourri Series
The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theatre Company
The Vanishing Point – Walking Tall
The Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The Carpetbag Brigade has engaged and dazzled crowds from BC, Canada to Bogota, Columbia. Their work transcends genre, and is distinctive for a dreamlike, surreal and poetic evocation of environmental themes and imagery. In a performance merging breathtaking acrobatic stilt work, physical theatre, Butoh, modern dance and otherworldly costuming, The Vanishing Point takes audiences on a journey through time in which a cast of creatures both evolves and descends towards an apparently human existence. By mixing the social mission of theatre with high quality performance, The Carpetbag Brigade brings cutting edge, original work to audiences of all ages, backgrounds and locales.
Monday, March 31, 2008
The President's Music Series
The Muir String Quartet
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $35 general, $30 senior, $20 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $15 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The Muir String Quartet performs with with special guest David Deveau, piano - Dvorak: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 American; Franck: Andean Walkabout; and Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Op. 81
Other dates - November 19, 2007 & February 4, 2008
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APRIL 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
The President's Music Series
The Beaux Arts Trio
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets:
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The Performing Arts Series is pleased to be presenting one of the final performances of The Beaux Arts Trio, who will cease touring after 53 seasons following their April, 2008 engagements. The Trio (Manahem Pressler, piano
Daniel Hope, violin Antonio Meneses, cello) set the standard for performance of piano trio literature which began with its public debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 730pm
Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior, $15 RIC faculty/staff/alumni, $10 Non RIC student/child, $5 RIC student
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations will return for a sixth season with three new "concerts with commentary." The virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist combined with entertaining commentary create a concert experience that is magical. Each program begins with an insightful and entertaining prologue on the music and its composer, followed by a full performance of the works, and ends with a lively question and answer session. Other dates - February 26, 2008 & April 29, 2008.
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Performing Arts Series 2007/2008