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Flushing Town Hall provides exciting opportunities for kids and families to encounter the arts together. Our performance series showcases talented professionals from a variety of performing arts and cultures whose shows have proven to be entertaining for audience members young and old. Our Interactive Arts compliment these presentations by giving kids and families a fun opportunity to do a hands-on exploration of the show’s art forms taught by the performers or Flushing Town Hall teaching artists. For more information contact: education@flushingtownhall.org or (718) 463-7700 ext. 241
INTERACTIVE ARTS
Hot, Hot, Feet!: Ballet Hispanico School Ensemble 
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1-3 pm
Recommended Age: 8 to adult
Tickets: Adults - $10/$8 Members; Children - $6 Children/$4 Members
“Feisty, elegant dancing” (The New York Times); “A force in arts and culture” (The Village Voice)
Turn up the heat during our Latin Festival with the dancers of Ballet Hispanico School Ensemble and have fun mastering the meringue and salsa. BHSE will finish the lesson with a short dance performance before joining you on the floor as everyone tries out their new moves.
November 16 and December 7 Workshops and Theater Performances – Bring Your Lunch…Stay All Day…Visit our Gallery…Snacks and Beverages for Sale
Make Your Move with Galumpha 
Sunday, November 16, 2008, 10:30-11:30 am
Recommended age: 6 to adult
Tickets: $6/$4 Members
Free for members with ticket purchase to Galumpha performance the same afternoon at 2:30 pm. Galumphing Is the immaculate rambunctiousness and seemingly inexhaustible play-energy apparent in puppies, kittens, children, baby baboons…We galumph when we hop instead of walk, when we take the scenic route instead of the efficient one, when we play a game whose rules demand a limitation of our powers, when we are interested in means rather than in ends.”—from “Free Play” by Stephen Nachmanovitch. Uncover the fantastic fun behind Galumpha’s creative choreography and imaginative exploration of space in this interactive workshop with the performers.
Telling Tall Tales
Saturday, December 7, 2008, 1:00-2:30 pm
Recommended age: 6 to adult
Tickets: $6/$4 Members
Interactive Arts is free for members with ticket purchase to SEA-Teatro’s Goldilocks (Ricitos) and the Three Bears the same afternoon at 3 pm.
You can find folk tales in many different ethnic groups all over the world. Some stories, like Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood, are told differently depending on the background of the storyteller. In this workshop, we’ll take a fun look at the basic elements of familiar fairy tales, re-imagine them, and bring to life new characters and circumstances that will create a fresh tale to tell in our own neighborhood.
PERFORMANCE SERIES
Galumpha
Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:30-3:30 pm
Meet the performers after the show.
Recommended for all ages
Tickets: Adults - $12/$10 Members; Children - $8/$6 Members
“Superb” (The New York Times); “Movement Magic” (Los Angeles Times); “Wonderful stuff” (Boston Globe)
Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and entertainment, offering world-class, award winning choreography (Edinburgh Festival Critics’ Choice Award) that is a stunning feast of awesome acrobatics, eye-catching effects, and delightful physical comedy. Galumpha has toured extensively and been showcased on The Late Show with David Letterman, Crook and Chase (TNN), and the 2002 Jerry Lewis Telethon and “Clackers”, seen on MTV, Showtime, A&E, and Just for Laughs in Montreal.
Goldilocks (Ricitos) and The Three Bears performed by SEA-Teatro (Public Performance)
Saturday, December 7, 2008, 3-4 pm
Meet the performers after the show at 4 pm
Recommended age: 5-11
Tickets: Adults - $12/$10 Members; Children - $8/$6 Members
“Children’s Theater at its best!” (The New York Daily News); “…Salud! I felt like a kid again.” (Theatremania.com)
Baby bear is frightened when he sees a strange girl-like creature in the forest one day. How will he respond when he finds her in his house? SEA-Teatro’s Goldilocks (Ricitos) and The Three Bears bilingually blends this classic story with full-size bears, fresh melodies, and fun surprises. SEA Teatro is New York City’s premiere Latino theater company for young audiences and has been presenting performances and educational programs in New York, Florida and Puerto Rico for over twenty-three years.
FAMILY FUN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
HALLOWEEN - Remixed
Free
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 2-5 pm
Put your costume back on and join us at Flushing Town Hall to celebrate the community traditions of Day of the Dead, Halloween, and All Saints Day with mask-making, crafting poems, (s)hero art, and more! Treats and giveaways included. Fun for the whole family!
The Nutcracker
Tickets: $15/$12Members; $12 Children/$10 Member Children
Sundays, December 21 and 28, 2008, 2 pm
“This is what cultural arts are supposed to be.” (Port Washington News)
Tchaikovsky’s holiday music comes to life as Ballet for Young Audiences introduces children to the story of Clara’s Nutcracker . He turns into a Prince and takes her to visit the Enchanted Forest with its magical dancing snowflakes and the wondrously beautiful Sugarplum Fairy in the Kingdom of the Sweets.