- Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans
- Féraba; African Music and Percussion
- Harlem Blues & Jazz Band
- Heritage O.P.
- Kevin Nathaniel
- Laura Dreyer
- Naomi Miller
- Orlando Marin Ensemble
- Percy Brice
- Sarah McLawler & Les Femmes Jazz
- Senor Lucky Blues Band
- Sonido Costeno
- Tom Smith Ensemble & Big Band
- Tony Terrell Caribbean Jazz Quartet
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July Events
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AIE programs
View our available at: Arts In Education (AIE) workshops and performances.
July.8.09
Rhythm Journeys featuring Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans at Riverbank State Park
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Jazz Masters Series featuring Orlando Marin “The Last Mambo King” Quintet at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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World Beat featuring Burdetsky Family Circus Duet with their Dancing Dogs at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum - part of the Museum’s Early Learners series
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Rhythm Journeys featuring Chinese Theatre Works, “Ti-Oh-Oh” at Riverbank State Park
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World Beat: “From Jazz to Hip-Hop” workshop” at Queens Village Library
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Orlando Marin “The Last Mambo King” Quintet in the Harlem Meer Performance Festival at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
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World Beat featuring Wayne Daniels in Swing Kids Swing! at Riverbank State Park, Cultural Theater
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August.1.09
Rhythm Journeys featuring Latin Jazz music with Sonido Costeño at the Bronx Library Center
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Harlem Blues and Jazz Band featuring vocalist, Ruth Brisbane, in the Harlem Meer Performance Festival at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
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Susan Goldbetter presents Michela Marino Lerman & Company in "Beat Street” at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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Susan Goldbetter presents Puppeteers Cooperative – with large-scale puppets at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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Something Positive at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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Circuit Productions Inc. (CPI) is supported, in part, with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
*Rhythm Journeys: Masters of World Music and Dance, was made possible with funds provided by New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, provided additional support to Circuit Productions, Inc.
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News and Press
Rhythm Journeys | June 2009
June 2009 | Brooklyn, NY
Excerpt:
Irene Kolseus’s Féraba: African Rhythm Tap Dance Company Currently she performs with the group under music director, Andy Algire – a skilled percussionist and balafonist. Féraba tours throughout Africa and the U.S., bringing the thoroughly authentic and completely unique global flavor and energy of the group into many communities.
Blues & Jazz Heritage Project | June 2009
June 2009 | Brooklyn, NY
Harlem Blues & Jazz Duo features Joey Morant who electrifies audiences with his dazzling horn technique, skillful scat singing and humorous asides. Joey plays regularly with the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, compiled of star veterans of jazz and blues musicians whose roots reach to the classic period of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Roxane Butterfly is an underground tap dance icon has been an instrumental force in transforming the stereotypical presentation of tap in the contemporary performing arts world, and has helped revitalize tap on the international music scene while expanding the art form’s vocabulary, technique, and perception.
World Beat Series | June 2009
June 2009 | Brooklyn, NY
Excerpt:
Irene Kolseus’s Féraba: African Rhythm Tap Dance Company is a multicultural and multiethnic performance group, fusing the traditional sounds and movements of West Africa with America’s original dance form-Tap. Feraba’s mission is to inform, educate and entertain audiences through the universal language of rhythm, promoting the ideal of friendship among people of all nations.
Burdetsky Family Circus and Dancing Dogs is an amazing small family circus, led by Arkasha Burdetsky that spans three generations. Of particular delight are the Burdetsky Dancing Dogs, Santa and Barbara, who keep audiences laughing as they sing, waltz, and perform hilarious tricks.
Charles Moore Dance Theatre is presently the oldest professional dance company in Brooklyn. Founded in 1974, the company’s colorful African, Caribbean and African-American dance programs have thrilled New York audiences for years. The Charles Moore Dance Theatre is noted for its reconstructions of African dances thought to be lost forever.
World Beat Series | May & June 2009
May 2009 | Brooklyn, NY
Excerpt: "Serena Rockower, Director of Marketing and Outreach at Circuit Productions, Inc., announced the upcoming May and June dates for the World Beat Series, all performances are in collaboration with public libraries, senior centers and other venues.
The World Beat Series, is presented in collaboration with New York Public Library. This series includes interactive Afro-Caribbean dance and drum presentations as a means of preserving African and Afro-Caribbean cultures."
Live Performance Highlights:
Irene Koloseus’ Feraba: African Rhythm Tap Dance
Charles Moore Dance Theater Duet featuring Jerbean Gilkes and Sanga of the Valley
Burdetsky Family Circus and Dancing Dogs
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Programming at Circuit Productions
in April 2009
April 2009 | Brooklyn, NY
Excerpt: "Serena Rockower, Director of Marketing and Outreach at Circuit Productions, Inc., announced the upcoming April and May dates for the World Beat Series, the Jazz & Blues Heritage Project and Rhythm Journeys: Masters of World Music and Dance. All performances are in collaboration with public libraries, senior centers and other venues."
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Executive Director's Corner
Dear Friends -
As of this writing the worldwide economy is showing small signs of recovery. As consumers we are being told to spend, SPEND, SPEND! Certainly if you can – then do so. However, if you can’t then you will be pleased to know that here at Circuit Productions we are able to continue our FREE summer programming. Although events will take place throughout the city we want to draw your attention to a number of events in your borough. These include Circuit’s Rhythm Journeys: Masters of World Music and Dance, World Beat workshop series as well as Circuit’s Blues & Jazz Heritage Project.
On July 17th and July 26th Orlando Marin- the Last Mambo King will appear at the 2009 Rhythm Journeys performances at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the Harlem Meer Performance Festival, respectively. Marin, known for his timbale playing, is really the last of the golden age of Salsa and Mambo all-stars including the late Tito Puente so don’t miss this opportunity. Both performances will include a Salsa introduction so bring your dancing shoes and best moves! World Beat workshops feature Irene Koloseus’s Feraba: African Rhythm Tap Dance Company’s percussionist Andy Algire at the YMCA of Staten Island on July 22nd. Then on July 23rd dancer/choreographer Wayne Daniels hosts an adult dance workshop -From Jazz to Hip-Hop- at Queens Village Library. Finally throughout July and August at summer camps in YMCA’s city-wide a series of live presentations will be hosted by the hilarious Burdetsky Family Circus Duo and their dancing dogs!
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Special Programs
Featured Artists
This fall and Winter jazz greats Sarah McLawler and Fred Staton performed for audiences in hospitals, nursing homes and rehab centers throughout the city. On November 24th and 28th they appeared in two special Brooklyn program at Garden of Eden and Mermaid Manor for drug treatment clients. Read more about these great performers.
Arts-in-Education (AIE) Programs
Circuit Productions can foster collaborations between schools and some of New York City's most engaging arts professionals, as well as train educators to work more effectively with existing school artist-in-residencies. Our program offerings include: Lectures and Workshops, Assembly Programs, Artist Residencies and Staff Development.
Email or call us at 718-638-4878 to explore the different ways American art forms can be integrated with your History, Arts or Language programs.
Ongoing Exhibitions: Cookie's Harlem
Cookie's Harlem - A Tap Dancer's World, is a collection from the legendary tap stylist Charlie "Cookie" Cook. The exhibit preserves a vibrant moment in the history of jazz and lends itself to adaptation to specific sites.
Download an article about the exhibit published from the magazine "On Tap".
Contact us for bookings and more information about the exhibit.