A blend of every TRaC class, friends of TRaC and the NYC Parks and Recreation kids in the High 5 HQ lobby, just before our stroll to City Center for Alvin Ailey on Tuesday, December 5th.
the slideshow...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Jazz Battle Pics and Slideshow
...from the Jazz Battle on December 1, @ Jazz at Lincoln Center in Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. 
the slideshow...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Save the Date! (Note: TIME CHANGE!)
the TRaC Finale
friday, december 14th
High 5 HQ
(1 East 53rd Street - between 5th and Madison)
5:30 - 7:15
details to come...
omg.
8 weeks is almost over.
can you believe it?
Monday, December 3, 2007
2 questions to always consider....
#1
What is the art trying to accomplish?
#2
Does it succeed?
Keeping the art in mind, you can never go wrong in your reviews. You will avoid the pitfalls: "i didn't like it. it was good. i liked it. it was bad..." blah, blah. The interesting stuff is in the WHYs and the WHATs! Why did it succeed in parts, but not as a whole? What was it (the dance, the play, the painting, the song) trying to accomplish? Did it do more or less? Are you cool with where it went?
And tell us what you think! A little interpretation/a little context (do some research!) is always nice for your readers. Remember to keep them - US, your readers - in mind.... Or, just write for you. I carry a small notebook with me everywhere I go. Writers write. You are all writers because you write. That's the only requirement. :)
Open hearts, open minds.
The most important thing I want you to take away from TRaC is to be open to things foreign to you. Crain your neck, your ears, your brain to understand. Get excited, and bring people along!
Art is communication and communion.
That's what makes this fun....
happy december.
~eric
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Alvin Ailey Raffle
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Are you ready? Here comes another of the many amazing perks to being in High 5's TRaC program...
I am raffling off 14 tickets - phenomenal seats - for next Tuesday's Alvin Ailey performance at City Center. That's this Tuesday, December 4th, 7pm. (The show is about an hour and a half.) We'd meet up at High 5 at 5:45 pm....
And it's not just tickets you win...
Starting at 5:45, winners of the raffle will come by High 5 for pizza (of course) and a special presentation on Alvin Ailey with our very own Dance TRaC instructor, Brian McCormick. Also in attendance will be 12 teens from the Abraham's House - a social service organization. We want you all to come tell them about your arts experiences... just mingle, eat, chat, hang out... basically, make them feel at home.
We're really trying to build our relationship with Alvin Ailey, to get more tickets for High 5 - for you! We need the raffle winners to write 300-500 words on your experience. Some hype we can send to Ailey so they know we can bring the young audience. We need your help!
So that's the deal.
"How do I enter this raffle?" you ask.
Simple:
SEND ME AN EMAIL with "Alvin Ailey" in the subject line. In the body of the email, please include a phone number where I can call you Monday night.
*Note: You can only get one ticket to this event. Anyone, from any TRaC class, can enter the raffle. I'll be doing the drawing Monday at 4pm. At that point I'll notify all the winners and apologize to all the... well, let's not call them names :)
So! If you are free from 5:45 to 8:30 on Tuesday night and wouldn't mind seeing Alvin Ailey at City Center from some of the best seats in the house, send me that email.... eost@high5tix.org
peace and dance,
eric
to get you amped...
here's some NY Times Ailey hype from this weekend's paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/arts/dance/30aile.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
CHECK OUT THE NEXT POST for info on Tuesday's VIDEO REVIEW PARTY, also this Tuesday at 4pm... all are invited.
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