MONTREAL THEATER COMPANY “Where I Live” – March 4

Description

Performance Schedule & Pricing:
Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Saturday, March 7 at 11:30 a.m. and Sunday, March 8 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. (French-speaking performance) 

Ages: 18 mos. – 4 years.  Fee: $9 with museum admission ($7 LICM members), $12 theater performance only.

Montreal’s acclaimed theater company Des mots d’la dynamite arrives at Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) with “Where I Live,” a production created specifically as a child’s first theatrical experience.  The March 4-8 performances in the LICM Theater represent the production’s US Premiere. Morning and afternoon performances will be offered for families, as well as a field trip offering for Pre-K and Kindergarten grade levels.

Des mots d’la dynamite (Words of Dynamite) specializes in theater for very young audiences.  While the intended audiences are small, show themes are anything but.  “Where I Live” intertwines songs, nursery rhymes and poetry with big existential questions, such as:

• Why are we here?
• Who are we?
• Where are we going?
• Why are you my friend?

In this imaginative production, the characters Téqui (“Who-Are-You”) and Téoù (“Where-Are-You”) invite audience members to examine their place in the world— from their own body to their family, community, and finally to the planet we share.  The characters answer all these brain-teasers like children, by playing, singing and dancing.  Props and scenic elements used in this production are easily relatable to children: cardboard and wood blocks form houses, rags become puppets and flashlights are used to highlight items and create shadow games.

Also on display:

Traveling Exhibit – Healthyville^®

Friday, January 23 – Sunday, May 3, 2015

Healthyville is a place for everybody. This bilingual (English/Spanish), interactive exhibit teaches health and wellness lessons through play-filled activities and educational messages that foster learning by doing. The young “residents” of Healthyville present fun facts about nutrition, fitness, safety, hygiene and the functions of the body. The exhibit encourages healthy living and making smart decisions.  Be the first visitors to:

• Ride and row with a skeleton
• Discover Go, Slow and Whoa foods
• Touch boogers inside a giant nose
• Get the inside view of digestion
• Measure your vertical leap
• Exercise your heart

Healthyville® was created by Stepping Stones Museum for Children for the members of the Youth Museum Exhibit Collaborative (YMEC).

KaleidoZone – Paint Me a Story: The Art of Javaka Steptoe

Saturday, January 31 through Sunday, April 26

Javaka Steptoe is an award-winning artist and book illustrator.  The Harlem born, Brooklyn raised visual artist uses diverse and eclectic materials — from candy wrappers to 14k jewelry — to create playful images with three-dimensional qualities.  Explore the different materials he uses to collage images that tell stories that delight children and their grownups.

All ages.  Free with museum admission.

Organizers

Event categories: Family and Theater.Event tags: Exhibit, Family/Kids, Interactive, Museum, Music, Nassau, Science, Students, Theater, and Workshop.