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Young Audiences Hosts Artspalooza!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
July 7, 2008 – Atlanta, GA – Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is proud to announce Artspalooza. This Saturday series serves to provide teachers, administrators and parents with the opportunity to observe each of Young Audiences’ artists in action in order to better plan in-school arts experiences for the coming school year.
Experience three fun-filled days of interactive activities and performances from more than 30 leading performers in jazz, Latin music, circus arts, world percussion, mime, opera and comedy, all brought to you by Young Audiences at the Woodruff Arts Center, Georgia’s leading provider of arts-in-education programming.
Connect your kids to the arts with paper making; mask building, mural painting and cartooning. Marvel as acclaimed ensemble Tip Tap Two shuffles and time-steps through the history of tap-dance, then watch actor and clown Vince Tortorici play the part of organ-grinding monkey or Enzo the red-nosed fool. Groove along with Manga African Dance’s drums as they pound out the rhythms of Ghana and Nigeria, or relax as Nella Rigell strums and plucks soothing tunes on her orchestral harp. And just try to keep a straight face when improvisational comedy troupe Laughing Matters takes the Rich Auditorium stage.
Artspalooza will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on three Saturdays: Aug. 15, Aug. 22 and Aug. 29. All performances, workshops and activities will be held at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA, 30309. Space is limited. First-come, first-served basis. To learn more and register, visit www.yawac.org
About Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center
Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center is Georgia’s leading provider of arts-in-education programming. Part of the prestigious 31 chapter national Young Audiences organization, Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center brings the power of live arts experiences to Georgia students from pre-school to high school. Over the past 26 years, Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center has grown into a force in arts education, comprising more than 65 professional artists and ensembles that reach nearly 700,000 students each year in over 50 counties statewide. We fulfill our mission – to improve and enrich the lives and learning of children through high quality arts experiences – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse array of curriculum-based assemblies, workshops and residencies in music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. For more information, please visit www.yawac.org.
About Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is the largest arts center in the Southeast as well as one of the four largest in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines five visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opening in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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