PERFORMANCES FOR
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT GROUPS

Gallim Dance
Friday, February 26 at 10am
Selected as one of DANCE MAGAZINE's "25 to Watch" for 2009, choreographer Andrea Miller creates works that are astonishingly physical, charmingly awkward and wildly technical and has her dancers wearing lime green dresses with hot pink socks while singing along to underground club music. The company performs its evening length work, I Can See Myself in Your Pupil, a breathless suite of dances set to a highly eclectic score by Manu Chau, Pimmon, Trio Medieval, Beirut, Puccini and the Israeli band, Balkan Beat Box.
Artist Website

BONUS! The first five groups who sign up for this show can have two free-of-charge in-school visits by Susan Mehalick, Executive Features Editor of the Times Union and longtime dance critic for Metroland, who will examine the role of the dance writer; explore the elements of a critical review; discuss how impressions, thoughts and ideas can be incorporated into a critical review; and compare several printed reviews of the work.

Presented by the Performing Arts Center in cooperation with the Dance Department at The College at Brockport and the Department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Potsdam. The company's residency is supported by the NYS DanceForce which receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program. Support provided by Holiday Inn Express. The participation of Ms. Mehalick is funded by Partners in Dance with funds from the NYS DanceForce.

Three Cups of Tea
Friday, March 19 at 10am
American Place Theatre presents a one-person theatrical adaptation of the inspiring true story of Greg Mortenson's journey that led him from a failed 1993 attempt to climb Pakistan's K2, the world's second highest mountain, to successfully establish schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils and rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to promote peace with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote communities in central Asia. Artist Website

The program includes pre- and post-show discussions with a teaching artist from American Place Theatre.

Presented by the Performing Arts Center in conjunction with the New York State Writers Institute. Support provided by University Auxiliary Services and Holiday Inn Express.

Mirror, Mirror
Wednesday, March 31 at 10am
Originated & directed by Leigh Strimbeck and produced by David Baecker, this ensemble-created piece by Russell Sage College students looks with compassion and humor at the tyranny of the media towards women's bodies, the struggles young women have with this issue and their attempts to see themselves and others in a different, more empowered way. (Please be advised that this production contains mature language.)

Presented by the Performing Arts Center through a special partnership with Russell Sage College.

The Crucible
Tuesday & Wednesday, April 20 & 21 at 10am
Arthur Miller's 1953 Tony Award winner for Best Play is a story of good and evil buffeted by the question of self-identity and morality. Considered his most timeless work, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is a gripping historical play and contemporary social parable.

Presented by the Department of Theatre

Teacher Man
Wednesday, October 14 at 10am - This show is full.
American Place Theatre presents a one-person theatrical adaptation of Frank McCourt's witty and heartbreakingly honest memoir recording the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in public high schools around New York City during his 30 year career as a teacher. "I thought I was teaching. I was learning," the Pulitzer prize winner says as he and his students take us on a journey laced with humor and fueled by a heart of unlimited circumference. Artist Website

The passing this summer of author Frank McCourt make this program particularly poignant. The NYS Writers Institute has put together a series of archival clips of interviews and presentations by Frank McCourt that will be shown before the start of the performance. The program also includes pre- and post-show discussions with a teaching artist from American Place Theatre.

Presented by the Performing Arts Center in conjunction with the New York State Writers Institute. Support provided by University Auxiliary Services and Holiday Inn Express.

A Celebration of Rumi
Thursday, October 22 at 10am - This show is full.
The 13th century Islamic poet and mystic is celebrated in a program of music, sacred dance and spoken word. Regarded as the quintessential voice of love, compassion and tolerance for people of all faiths, Rumi's poetry is read in both Farsi and English in this compelling and dramatic presentation that includes whirling dervishes and Sufi musicians. Artist Website

Through the generosity of the Office of Multicultural Student Success, admission and transportation for the first 200 students is FREE. Call (518) 442-5738 or email for more details.

Presented by the Performing Arts Center. The artists are being brought to campus through a special partnership with the Office of International Education and the New York State Writers Institute.