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Sonia De Los Santos

Performance Date/Time: Oct 26 & 27, 2023; 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Music

Grades: Pre-K to 5th

Price: 8.00 per person


¡Hola! It's fiesta time and everyone's invited! This brand-new program from Sonia De Los Santos features her core band as well as local guest musicians and dancers. Designed for community collaboration and creative exchange, everyone shares an instrument from their homeland and is ready to sing, dance and celebrate each others heritage and culture. Developed at Miami Theatre Center, and premiered at the New Victory Theater.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Etienne Charles and Creole Soul

Performance Date/Time: November 13, 2023 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Music, Theater

Grades: 4 -12

Price: 8.00 per person


Trinidad born Etienne Charles is a performer, composer and storyteller, who is continuously searching for untold stories and sounds with which to tell them. His lush trumpet sound, varied compositional textures and pulsating percussive grooves enable him to invoke trance, soothing and exciting listeners while referencing touchy and sometimes controversial subjects in his music. A daring improviser who delivers with heart wrenching lyricism. According to Downbeat Magazine, Charles delivers his ebullient improvisations with the elegance of a world- class ballet dancer. Etienne has received critical acclaim for his exciting performances, thrilling compositions and knack for connecting with audiences worldwide.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Grimmz Fairy Tales

Performance Date/Time: November 30 & December 1, 2023 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Theater

Grades: K-8th

Price: 8.00 per person

Jay and Will Grimmz, the hip-hop, fable, story dance-pop sensations, have come back home to the city where they grew up to give a concert. They’re known not just for their sounds, but for the stories their music tells through, off-the-chart theatrical effects. They’ll be performing some of their greatest hits including Snow White and the Seven Shawties, Down with Rapunzel, Hansel, Gretel: Lost in the Streets, and their featured first Granny-winning song, Cinderella Remix!  Pay your bling and hear them sing…and so much more.  A concert experience like none other!  “A hip-hop revelation for the younger generation!”

What you get: • Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Forces of Nature Dance Theatre 

Performance Date/Time: December 20 & 21, 2023 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Dance

Grades: 4th - 12th

Price: 8.00 per person


Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company was founded by Executive Artistic Director Abdel R. Salaam, Executive Managing Director Olabamidele Husbands, and company member Dyane Harvey in 1981. The group has produced ballet and concert pieces and offered dance classes and educational programs in New York and throughout the world for over 36 years. Forces of Nature performs a unique blend of contemporary modern dance, traditional West African and neo-African dance, contemporary ballet, house and hip-hop forms, and martial arts. The company has performed and toured widely throughout the US and abroad. In addition to annual appearances at Aaron Davis Hall, the Apollo Theater, and New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the ensemble has also performed at the Joyce Theater, the American Dance Festival, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) among others.


What you get: Teacher Resource Guide Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Till

Performance Date/Time: January 10, 2024 at 10am

Performance Venue: Prudential Hall

Running time: 2 hour 35 min

Film

Grades: 8 - 12

Price: 10.00 per person


Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Panel To Be Announced



Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company: Year of the Green Wood Dragon

Performance Date/Time: February 8 & 9, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Dance

Grades: 3-8

Price: 8.00 per person


In Chinese culture, the dragon is considered a symbol of power, strength, and good luck, and is believed to bring prosperity and happiness to those who embrace its spirit. Celebrate the Lunar Year of the Dragon in 2024 with a spectacular performance of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. One of the most colorful and vibrant programs on NJPAC Stage. This performance will include festive traditional and contemporary dances with dancers in colorful ethnic costumes displaying fantastic acrobatic skill with grace, beauty, and athleticism. The music will be performed by world-class musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments, such as the erhu, pipa, and guzheng, transporting you to another time and place. In the lobby, amazing papercraft by traditional artists line the aisle. Come with the entire family and enjoy an afternoon of culture and performance like no other.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Keep Marching: The Road to the March on Washington

Performance Date/Time: February 22 & 23, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Theater

Grades: 4 - 8

Price: 8.00 per person


Keep Marching: The Road to the March On Washington; is a new play with music by Mad River Theater Works. Bringing collected oral history to life, the one-act play explores the historic 1963 March On Washington. Revered as the day that Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in August of 1963, the event drew over a quarter of a million people together in a peaceful gathering, and was a shining moment in the progression of equality in America, as well as a pivotal action in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's At the heart of the play is the following question: Not knowing that Dr. King was going to deliver one of the most iconic speeches in modern history, why did so many people go? And seeing that 1963 was one of the most violent years of the civil rights movement, this question is then further focused to What inspired young people in their teens or twenties to go? The play is built upon two threads of storytelling. One is the historical record of the plans, motivations, fears and concerns that went into organizing the march. The second stems from collected oral histories, gathered by playwright Daniel Carlton, of people who attended the March. Weaving these threads together are the play’s news reporters: through these fictitious characters, Keep Marching brings to life many of the iconic figures behind the demonstration including Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, and John Lewis.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Bay Area Children's Theater Presents: Giraffes Can't Dance 

Performance Date/Time: February 29 & March 1, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Theater

Grades: Pre-K to 2nd

Price: 8.00 per person


All the animals in the jungle know their own special dance, but Gerald the Giraffe can't seem to move without a clumsy step. But with the help of a wise cricket, he finds his own song, and dances to the beat of his own drum! In this stage adaptation of the beloved children's book, with puppets, African rhythm, and lots of dancing, Gerald learns that his differences are what make him special.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Honolulu Theater for Youth Presents: The Pa’akai We Bring

Performance Date/Time: April 18 & 19, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Theater, Puppetry

Grades: 3 to 8

Price: 8.00 per person


This original production introduces audiences to Native Hawaiian ideas of balance and healing by exploring our relationship to pa‘akai (salt). Traditionally, pa‘akai is food, medicine, and sacrament; it is essential to our individual, communal and environmental well-being. Through a mix of distinct theatrical tools; chant, movement, puppetry, dance, music, and audience participation, the ensemble joyously celebrates ancient and modern ways we can restore and maintain balance.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Mayhem Poets

Performance Date/Time: April 25 & 26, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Poetry

Grades: 7-12

Price: 8.00 per person


The Mayhem Poets & unique approach to spoken word has landed them feature spots on the Today Show and Eyewitness News after winning first place and a grant for 100k in the Microsoft Idea Wins Challenge in 2006.   Since then they've been touring internationally and spreading their mission to reshape society's view of poetry.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance





Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Performance Date/Time: May 10, 2024 at 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Prudential Hall

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Dance

Grades: 5 -12

Price: 15.00 per person


Magnetic. Electrifying. Passionate. Beautiful. Soulful. These are just some of the words that audience members and critics use to describe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a uniquely American modern dance company known for its vibrant blend of modern, ballet and other dance styles. Audience members will be treated to a wonderful experience that will touch their hearts and inspire a greater appreciation for dance and the arts.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide




Imagination Stage Presents: 10 Seconds 

Performance Date/Time: May 30 & 31, 2024 at 10am & 12:30pm

Performance Venue: Victoria Theater

Running time: 55 minutes followed by Live Q&A

Theater

Grades: 9-12

Price: 8.00 per person


10 Seconds, written by Miriam Gonzales and directed by LeeAnét Noble, The play explores a world where deeply rooted biases and misperceptions easily take hold. Life can often feel unnerving — and can change for better or worse in the blink of an eye depending on how we see each other. Ray and Jimi are Washington, DC high school students who navigate their young adult worlds and what it means to be young Black men in the city. Ray tells the story of a day — and “ten seconds” inside that day — that he and Jimi will never forget, sharing not only their perspectives, but also the views of the police they encounter. The play provides opportunities for reflection and discussion. By “stopping time” the audience is asked to imagine what might happen if everyone makes the effort to pause, listen to one another, question our assumptions, and consider the possibilities for change.


What you get:

•        Teacher Resource Guide

•        Live Q&A with artists following the performance






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Payment must be received within 30 days of successful submission of this order form.  Orders not paid by that time are subject to cancellation by NJPAC. If you or your school has a previous unpaid balance, new reservations will not be accepted until the previous balance is paid in full.

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Please note: If the preferred payment options are not immediately available, a school purchase order may be submitted and an invoice will be sent to you. A purchase order is a legally binding document.

A copy of your purchase order must be submitted within 48 hours of submitting the order form. 

A purchase order is only used to secure your reservation, it is not considered payment. It is the responsibility of the school contact listed on this order form to ensure that their finance office receives the necessary paperwork to submit a payment.

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Please note: If the preferred payment options are not immediately available,  an invoice will be sent to you to confirm your order request.  The invoice will be used to secure your reservation, it is not considered payment. 

It is the responsibility of the school contact listed on this order form to ensure that their finance office receives the necessary paperwork to submit a payment.  

A member of the NJPAC Arts Education team will reach out to you to confirm receipt of your order and discuss payment arrangements and send out your invoice within 3 business days.

For credit card payments, a custom payment link will be created and sent to you. Payment must be received prior to performance.  
Payment via Check or Money Order
Please note: If the preferred payment options are not immediately available,  an invoice will be sent to you to confirm your order request.  The invoice will be used to secure your reservation, it is not considered payment. 

It is the responsibility of the school contact listed on this order form to ensure that their finance office receives the necessary paperwork to submit a payment.  

A member of the NJPAC Arts Education team will reach out to you to confirm receipt of your order and discuss payment arrangements and send out your invoice within 3 business days.