[Hidden-tech] WANTED: dancer / movers for Champlain Festival - July 11th

[Robin MacRostie]

An unexpected opportunity to perform in the Champlain festival http://www.celebratechamplain.org/ 
  has  come up. I am helping my friend, Maya Apfelbaum recruit movers  
for her  parade unit.  There are not more than 2 rehearsals planned.  
This performance will be the same day as  Heddy Maalem's piece, New  
World.   Maya is very busy recruiting and arranging logistics.  mayafireart at aol.com

I've included the proposal for Maya's  piece and the  program for the  
day.   Please help me by passing this information  about doing  
something fun, aerobic, and different this summer, to likely people,   
and of course yourself.    Anyone is welcome to talk to me or contact  
Maya directly for more info.  This is coming up very soon; she needs  
to commitments by the beginning of next week.

best
Robin

Mami Wata and the Flying Fish Dancers,

Mami Wata will be a very fine, very commanding and tall multicultural  
water goddess who will lead the troupe. Her skirts will be made of  
recycled materials including plastics and she will represent both the  
beauty and power or water.

The troupe will mainly consist of a School of “Fish” portrayed in  
colorful and fanciful way. The ensemble will also likely include a  
giant puppet of a Short-nosed Sturgeon, an endangered prehistoric fish  
that lives in the Ct. River. There will also be several water birds or  
fish high up as brilliantly-costumed stilt dancers.

The Fish will move in unison in shifting directions as do actual fish   
“swimming” in a “school”, only they will be flying through the air.  
They will come in and out of the skirts of Mami Wata also, on signals.  
When they appear from under Mami Wata’s watery gowns; they will dance  
within the structure of simple score and thus perform semi-improvised  
movements around her and other central figure(s)  based on the  
shimmering diving, hovering swimming, direction changing and leaping  
movements of fish. The Movements for when the Parade is moving forward  
will be different than the movemsn used for when the Parade stops,  
pauses in its route/

Elements of drama incorporating local cultural and environmental  
references about water and Lake Champlain will be designed into the  
movements as well.

Two of my other Giant Gaia Goddess puppets will also dance as leaders,  
helping herald Mami Wata and her fish and bird troupe; while also  
serving  as companions to Mami Wata. They are beautiful both still and  
dancing and will add joy and grandeur.

Maya Apfelbaum
(413) 774-7322
mayafireart at aol.com

Check out the overall 12 day waterfront festival event http://www.celebratechamplain.org/ 
    and here's the schedule for the day ....Saturday, July 11

Champlain Valley Stage: Performers include Alan Greenleaf & the  
Doctor, Atlantic Crossing, and Nulhegan Chief Luke Willard’s Willard  
Way. City Hall Park, 12:30 to 5pm FREE
Church Street Stage: A musical showcase including Le Vent du Nord  
(special show 11:30am). ALSO the Clayfoot Strutters,. and others.  
Church Street Marketplace, 11:30am to 4pm. FREE
Taste of Champlain Food Festival. Strawberry Festival featuring  
regional fresh berries, shortcakes, and other berry confections. At  
food festival site and several downtown and lakeside locations. Noon  
to 4pm.
Church Street Marketplace: New Vaudeville Spectacular featuring  
Bindlestiff Family Circus, Foolz, The Hokum Brothers, and, from  
Quebec, strolling performers Ensemble Karel., 12-piece marching  
band,Fanfarniente della Strada, and the comic characters, Toxique  
Trottoir - The Botero Family. 11am to 5pm.
Vermont History Expo: A variety of displays will be staged regarding  
the region’s vast history. Battery Park, 10am-5pm. FREE
Art Fits Vermont Project: Hundreds of artist-designed puzzle pieces on  
display. Battery Park, 10am to 5pm. FREE
Champlain Salon: Our Next Hundred Years: The Future of Diverse  
Communities in the Champlain Valley. (see Mon. 7/6) Noon – 1:30pm,  
Contois Auditorium Burlington City Hall. FREE
Iroquois Lacrosse Weekend (see fri.7/10). Waterfront Park, 1pm. FREE
No Borders Concert—Native American blues, rock, and traditional music:  
Including Grammy-winning Iroquois singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah,  
and Gary Farmer & the Troublemakers. Also, special appearance by  
Heritage and Harmony, international choral group of Quebec, French,  
and Vermont kids. Waterfront Park Main Stage, Noon.
Concert Series: Ween and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra: Antibalas  
promises irresistible rhythms—Ween’s the ultimate cosmic goof of the  
alternative rock era, a prodigiously talented and deliriously odd duo  
whose work travels far beyond the constraints of parody and novelty.  
Waterfront Main Stage, 6:30pm. Tickets $33 advance, $35 day of show.
Territoires Feminins (Women’s Territories) (see Thurs. 7/9): Main  
Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Black Box Theater, 9pm (after  
parade). Tickets $15.
Champlain 400 Parade: Unfolding along Main Street and climaxing at  
Union Station, this parade features a first-ever performance parade  
with hundreds of dancers, choreographers, magicians, stilt-walkers,  
giant puppets, and much more. Assemble at 5:00pm. FREE
Champlain Concerts, Performances, and Pageant: After the parade,  
artists will stage events in multiple venues (artists and locations  
TBA). Check printed program or website for details and locations.  
8:30pm. FREE.
The New World. Acclaimed French/Algerian choreographer Heddy Maalem  
will stage a special commissioned world-premiere performance and  
pageant featuring more than 50 professional Vermont, Quebec, and  
Native American dancers—all accompanied by Dvorak’s New World  
Symphony. 50 minutes. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 8:30pm.  
Tickets $10 and $20.
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents Freaks & Foolz Cabaret Bawdy  
vaudeville in an intimate setting. Contois Auditorium, City Hall, 9pm.  
Ticketed event. $10. Adults Only.

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