say please and thank you
Now including a revised reprisal of Jane Weiner’s squared dancer
(HOUSTON, TEXAS) – January 14, 2014:
WHAT
Houston’s fresh and riveting professional modern dance ensemble Hope Stone Dance Company will perform on February 28th, 2014 at Hobby Center, Zilkha Hall. Under the direction of noted dance/theatre choreographer Jane Weiner, the company will present the show say please and thank you, inspired by PBS’ 1970’s educational show The Electric Company. Designed especially for children, with adults in mind, the show encourages viewers to interpret art through their own eyes.
WHEN
| Hope Stone Dance Company Artist – Jesus Acosta |
February 28, 2014
7:30 PM
WHERE
Hobby Center,
Zilkha Hall
800 Bagby Street,
Houston, TX 77002
TICKETS
Child admission: $11
Regular admission: $26.75
MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:
Hope Stone Dance Company’s Artistic Director Jane Weiner draws inspiration for say please and thank you from cherished authors including Shel Silverstein, Maurice Sendak, Beverly Cleary, Margaret Wise Brown, and the Brothers Grimm. Working with local spoken word poet Outspoken Bean, Weiner will craft a new children’s story, Wanda McKinney and Her Glorious Amazing Art Adventure. Local poetry slam artist Mahnoor Samana will tell the story as accompaniment to the dance during the first part of the performance. The latter part of say please and thank you will feature a condensed version of Jane Weiner’s squared dancer, originally performed in November 2012. This reprisal will again feature live music accompaniment by musician and composer To All My Dear Friends/Marc Hennessey.
In addition to the performance listed above, Hope Stone Dance Company will perform say please and thank you twice daily February 26-28 as part of the Discovery Series at The Hobby Center. The series, generously supported by Uniquely Houston, brings regional schoolchildren to The Hobby Center for exciting, free performances. Hope Stone Dance Company will also travel to South Texas to perform say please and thank you for schoolchildren of Brownsville and Port Isabel. say please and thank you aims to avoid “speaking down” to children, but rather to encourage them to explore their own interpretations of dance/theatre through a thoughtful art experience. Hope Stone, Inc. has launched a crowd funding campaign on power2give.org to raise funds to bring say please and thank you to over 3500 children at the Hobby and in Brownsville.
Hope Stone, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization consisting of (1) the choreographic endeavors of Artistic Director Jane Weiner; (2) Hope Stone Dance Company, a professional modern dance company; (3) Hope Stone Kids, an arts outreach program that reaches underserved children with free arts education annually in Houston and Katy, TX and New Orleans; (4) Hope Stone Studio, accommodating adult and children’s movement classes taught by the finest Houston artists and master teachers; and (5) HopeWerks, a space residency offered to emerging choreographers and performance artists to assist them in the early stages of their artistic journey. Founded in 1997, Hope Stone strives to unlock the innate creativity of children and adults through the performing arts.
Hope Stone is grateful to the following sponsors and foundations: Axiom Design Group, Brown Foundation, Children’s Fund, ConocoPhillips, Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, The Fant Foundation, Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Community Service Fund, Favrot Fund, Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches, LLP, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston Endowment, Houston Jewish Community Foundation, Kaplan Family Foundation, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Lilly Foundation, Mark and Twilight Freedman Foundation, McCrea Foundation, Momentum Southwest Land Rover, The Nugent Foundation, The John M. O’Quinn Foundation, Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation, Posoli Family Foundation, Powell Foundation, Karen Pulaski Philanthropic Fund, Sequoia Foundation, Simmons Foundation, Strake Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, Kittsie & Charlie Thomas Family Foundation, Wells Fargo, The Wortham Foundation.
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