I know December has already started and this should have been done already. If you really believe this then come and help me in the office. I will gladly serve you coffee or whatever else you drink. So, what's happening? Let's start with the Vermont International Festival (info - www.vermontinternationalfestival.com) . This is our 16th year! This year there are several events associated with the festival the same weekend so we hope you have a lot of energy and can get to all of it. When is it? Starting Dec 5th , this Friday in two place no less. At the Champlain Valley Expo and at the College Street Congregational Church - Guy Mendilow Band, our festival headliner will do a full concert (info- marksustic@together.net) as a benefit while an English country dance with live music takes place at the festival site (info -valandtom@verizon.net) . On Saturday night there is the Festivals of India (www.ashanet.org/burlington) which starts when the festival closes for the night at 6. Check out all the links for info then come to something!
On December 6, at 6 pm, Vermont International Festival will feature "Festivals of India" – a kaleidoscope of the rich traditions of India presented in a colorful extravaganza of dance and music. Tasty indian snacks and desserts will be served alongwith masala chai provided by Dobra Tea. The event is being held at the Champlain Valley Exposition Center as part of the Vermont International Festival. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $7 for kids aged 5-12 and free for kids below 5 years. To purchase tickets for "Festivals of India", please write to burlington@ashanet. org or call (802) 372 6086. "Festivals of India" is organized by the Burlington chapter of "Asha for Education", a non-profit organization focusing on the education of underprivileged children in India. Come, explore and enjoy a slice of Indian culture!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meanwhile, at the North End Studio..............
Also in Friday, Dec 5th from Iceland, Kira, Kira -
Kira Kira, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, is a founding member of Icelandic art collective Kitchen Motors. For the past 10 years she has tinkered with noises in bands such as Spúnk, Big band brútal, Stórsveit Sigríðar Níelsdóttur and as Kira Kira since autumn 1999 when she had a funny nightmare in Tokyo Iceland Europe
Kristin's visual work is often a staged haunting of some sort created with sound, smoke, wind and light presented in installations or on film: Singing black holes, blood driven cowboy hats hovering in thin air, a duel between smoke machines in castle towers, beset tape recorders, eternal explosions, trembling doors and someone who's dead by laughter or romance.
She doesn't have many instruments, only a few music boxes attached to a pink wooden stick and a nylon string guitar her mom gave her when she was 12. So she sneaks around with a pocket recorder collecting sounds to toy with. Friends' garages tend to be full of noisemaking apparats and there's never a town without a forgotten piano. Then she turns her found sounds or the melodies she's played on any old forgotten thing she came across into songs on her laptop.
The relationship between adventurous music and primitive moving arts is of particular interest to Kira Kira. She creates performances where physical visuals such as remote controlled ghosts and blood driven cowboy hats floating in thin air with a bullet hole through the middle are set in context with electronic music, sometimes blending in theatrical elements, her home made 16 mm film or anything that serves the mood for each show. She either plays solo, singing and toying with small acoustic events inside electronic landscapes or with a band that usually consists of random friends whispered on board for each show. For this tour, Kira Kira will be touring the east coast of the U.S. with Alex Somers (Parachutes) on piano, casio and glock, Kippi Kaninus (www.kippikaninus.com) doing electronic tricks and Kira herself on guitar, laptop, toys and vocals.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Also new in December.................
Our practice/lessons/bodywork room is ready for hourly rental (just $5). Check it out.
Also.....
Daniel Fascilla has just come to town from the West Coast and brought his many talents with him. He is 3rd Degree black belt in Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu and a Japanese Restorative Massage therapist. He is doing both at the North End Studio starting now. He is accepting appointments for massage in the room shown on the right and wants to start Jujitsu classes as soon as he has students on Sundays from 1-2.
In the class you will learn Yawara, the hand techniques that allow you to defend yourself. Learn to use your body to the fullest. No falling....yet! Ages 16 & up. $20/month.
Japanese Restorative Massage is a circulation-focused massage. Its' purpose is to increase blood flow to muscles and get the body relaxed. Massage is great for keeping your body healthy this winter. 1/2 hr $30,1 hr $60, 1.5 hrs $90, deep tissue, 1 hr $80.
Contact Daniel at danielfascilla@gmail.com to sign up for either activity.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
About classes........ Elizabeth Seyler is actually doing Tango in Argentina for a few months and the Queen City Tango group is taking over (kind of a coup?). Below is the schedule for Dec.:
During December and January Queen City Tango will continue to offer classes on Wednesday evenings for Beginner I at 7:15 p.m. and Special Topics for Intermediate dancers at 8:30, followed by a practice session from 9:30 – 10 p.m. for dancers at all levels. Drop-ins are welcome, and no partner is necessary. Classes will be led by Eloise Beil David Lansky Burlington
Listings below:
Wednesday, December 3 Eloise Beil 294 North Winooski Ave Burlington ICA Suite
Argentine Tango for Beginners I and Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Class, followed by Guided Practica for all levels with
Wednesday, December 10 David Lansky Eloise Beil ICA Suite
Argentine Tango for Beginners I and Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Class, followed by Guided Practica for all levels with
Wednesday, December 17 Eloise Beil 294 North Winooski Ave Burlington ICA Suite
Argentine Tango for Beginners I and Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Class, followed by Guided Practica for all levels with
Wednesday, January 8 David Lansky Eloise Beil ICA Suite
Argentine Tango for Beginners I and Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Class, followed by Guided Practica for all levels with
See you at something soon,
Ben
Comments