Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
CircusYoga Programs at Pompanuck!
Friends, Kevin and Erin have taught at Pompanuck for a number of years and what they bring is bigtime Joy, lots of laughter and a powerful sense of peace. These programs are for teachers of all things and parents - really anyone who wants to create more playful and positive relationships with kids and... well... with anyone! Come join in the fun!
CircusYoga Level 1 Teacher Training
Thursday-Sunday, October 16-19, 2008
In our Level One Teacher Training we will cover:
• The fundamental principles and practices of CircusYoga
• Multi-generational Hatha yoga & partnering practices
• Collaborative group play & creativity
• Practices that unify a group: focus, integrate/incorporate, activate
• Playful and dynamic classroom management techniques
• Cultivation of your authentic teaching voice
Training includes a 2.5-hour Public Workshop
$315/tuition and $45/80-page CYTT1 Manual, plus room & meals for 3 days
See Pompanuck Page for room & meals pricing.
See Registration Page for more details.
CircusYoga celebrates the whole community, the whole family, the whole person. We foster a spirit of play and provide a level playing field for people of all ages and abilities. We create an environment that is relaxed and playful, and invites people of all generations to share new experiences together such as:
• Community (Sangha) Yoga
• Partner Yoga
• Partner Acrobatics
• Group Games & Invention
• Circus Skills: Juggling, Diabolo, Devil Sticks, etc.
• Clowning & Physical Comedy
• Flying Partner Yoga
• Tightwire & Balance
• Dance & Creative Movement
• Partner Thai Massage
Bring your friends and families and join Kevin & Erin Maile O’Keefe for this workshop that embraces the principles of play, connection, and celebration. Enjoy the spirit of community as we explore circus and yoga that is both accessible and adventurous. And learn how to”FLY!”
$20/adult, $10/kid
For registration call 518-677-5552
Sunday-Thursday, October 19-23, 2008
In our Level Two Teacher Training we will cover:
• Integrate your skills and practices into CY
• Dive deeper into practicing yoga in community
• Develop a specific practice for your community
• Expand your skills in circus practices such as diabolo, devil sticks, poi
• Master the next level of circus skills you already have
• Practice more advanced partner acrobatics in duos, trios, quartets...
• Discover Mandala Yoga and build human and family pyramids
• Include the energy and creativity of the group
• Analyze Parent-kid dynamics and discern when and how to intercede
• Apply the principles and practice of CY to under-served populations—people with disabilities, seniors, pre-schoolers...
• Create a closing ritual that gives your group closure and a celebration
$420/tuition and $25/40-page CYTT1 Manual, plus room & meals for 4 days
See Pompanuck Page for room & meals pricing.
See Registration Page for more details.
Thursday-Sunday, October 23-26, 2008
CircusYoga Teachers from across the country and around the world... Come together for 3 days to share your practice, play and experiences!
Experienced CY teachers and practitioners working in a wide range of applications will share what they've learned and how they've adapted the principals and practices of CircusYoga to their communities. If you'd like to facilitate a session with the group, send in your proposal.
Here are a few of our guiding inspirations for the gathering:
• Peer-led exchanges
• Bridging diverse communities
• Teaching from your heart
• Our teaching heroes
• Recharging our battery
• New practices and games
• Breaking down the walls of isolation
• Aligning inner and outer
• Transparency in teaching
• Looking at the role of the Teacher in society
• Teaching as a spiritual path
This is our chance as teachers to fill our wells, and mostly... PLAY!
$175/tuition, plus room & meals for 3 days
See Pompanuck Page for room & meals pricing.
See Registration Page for more details.
For more information about programs and teacher trainings:
Monday, March 17, 2008
Egg Hunt In the Pompanuck Woods!
Friends,This is a Free event for families. Last year we had a great deal of fun as 50 families joined us to search for very colorful Mexican Confetti Eggs and chocolates hidden safely around the grounds and Roundhouse. If you would like to help us be the Bunny and would like to contribute dyed eggs to the fun, please call us at 518.677.5552. Come - bring your kids, friends and baskets and join in the fun!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
PiZZaJaZZ Big Night! March 29...
Please call 518.677.5552 to reserve your tickets before March 25. Ticket price is $25 in advance and $28 after March 25 and at the door. For students, the ticket price is $15 and $20 at the door. Seating is limited, so please reserve asap! This is an awesome band of musicians, Don't miss this one!
The Creative Music Workshop (CMW) is a team of
creative musicians exploring the boundaries, textures
and shapes of new music and spontaneous
improvisations.
This team of seven New York musicians has found a
common cause in staging performances of unique
singularity. CMW masterfully renders music with
virtuosic brilliance, high wire ensemble interaction
and soaring lyricism to create a performance of
emotional import and stunning power.
In addition to touring and performing around the
world, CMW musicians teach extensively and have
spearheaded many programs for teens and college level
students in creative music and jazz instruction. By
tranferring the spirit of creative music performance
to education CMW has created a unique approach to
music instruction; a integrated team taught program
that features an ever-evolving curriculum of creative
improvisation, new music composition, and ensemble
playing (check it out more @
www.creativemusicworkshop.com).
Featured Musicians:
Yoon Sun Choi (voice) - Originally from Toronto,
Canada, Yoon has been shaking up the New York City
jazz scene since 2001. More than merely the sum
product of a degree in classical piano, theory and
composition, another in vocal jazz performance, and a
lifetime listening to pop and rock, in her music Yoon
has created a new sound, unclassifiable and fresh, and
yet solidly rooted in a jazz improvising tradition.
Yoon has worked with notable musicians such as Cameron
Brown, Steve Coleman, Mark Dresser, Billy Drummond,
D.D. Jackson, Mat Maneri, Ben Monder, Kenny Werner and
Kenny Wheeler. She has performed in a number of music
festivals all over Canada and has toured all over
North America.
Michael McGinnis (saxophones/reed instruments) -
Originally from Sanford, Maine, saxophonist/clarinetist
Michael McGinnis has rapidly ascended the New York
music scene to become one of the most sought-after players today. He has most recently traveled to Paris as part of Steve Coleman's Aquarius
Ingress which boasted a stellar line-up of current
improvisers (Ravi Coltrane, Tony Malaby, Miguel Zenon
and Chris Speed) and has also performed and/or recorded with the Lonnie Plaxico Group, the Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow Sextet, Ravi Coltrane, Alice
Coltrane, and Art Lande, among others.
Brian Drye (trombone/piano) - Originally from Rhode
Island, he has performed with many famous pop stars
and big bands including The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra,
The Four Tops, Dianne Schuur and Paul Anka. He is a
regular member of "Slavic Soul Party" a Balkan Brass
Band based in NYC and "The Four Bags" a improvising
chamber group. He has recorded for NCM East Records
with several NYC based groups including "SLOG",
"DDYGG", and "The Morpholinos". Brian has toured Japan,
Eastern Europe,Turkey and throughout the US and keeps a busy
performance schedule in NYC playing with original
music groups, klezmer bands, rock bands and
improvisation ensembles.
Bob Bowen (bass) - After moving to NYC more than 12
years ago from Cincinnati Ohio, Bob has performed with
many notable and legendary musicians around the world
including Lee Konitz, Jack Wilkins, Tony Trischka,
Mike Clark, Joe Lovano, John Hicks, Art Lande and Matt
Wilson.
Jacob Sacks (piano) - originally from Michigan, Jacob
has been performing regularly in NYC and europe for
over ten years. He has worked with many famous
musicians including Clark Terry, Paul Motian, Joe
Maneri, Charles Gayle, Eddie Henderson, Christian
McBride, Brian Blade, Tony Malaby, Chris Potter, Mark
Turner, Ben Monder, Adam Rogers, Kenny Wollesen, Gene
Jackson, and Matt Wilson. Also a new CD, "Two Miles a
Day", from Jacob and Eivind Opsvik, featuring Paul
Motian.
Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) - originally from Utica NY,
Vinnie has made a big splash on the NYC scene playing
with an incredibly wide range of musicians including
pianist James Williams.
Khabu Doug Young (guitar/ukulele) - Originally from
the great state of Texas, Khabu has played with a
remarkable assortment creative NYC musicians in many
different ensembles including OK/OK, Slog, and the E
String Band. Recently he has been expanding the realm
of solo ukulele playing and you can see some of that
work at the Ukulele Cabaret (http://www.ukulelecabaret.com)
Joining them will be Bruce Williamson, a founding member of Pompanuck and member of Bennington College music faculty (sax & piano). There will be cameo performances throughout the evening with Williamson’s Bennington College students.
This event is part of the Concerts With Bite series to benefit Pompanuck Farm Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Reservations are required. Tickets are $25.00 before March 25 ($28 after and at the door) and $15 (and $20) for students.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Songwriters Exchange March 9 @ 7:00pm
Pompanuck Farm began the new monthly Songwriters Exchange In February, which by all accounts was a great evening. Pompanuck's Round House offers a beautiful, relaxed and intimate setting for live performances and fluid conversation about the creative process. "Inspired" was the word of the evening as audience members and performers engaged in thinking together about this mysterious subject of songwriting- from individual methods and inspiration, to the song that just "bubbles up" as compared to the concept of crafting a song over time, from the importance of songs that have "moved mountains" in history to the equal importance of the restorative effects of playing for oneself.
Pompanuck invites audience members listen to original music and join in the conversation with area songwriters, Athena Burke, Deena Smith Chappell, Scott Carrino, Ferrilyn Sourdiffe and JoAnne Spies On March 9 at 7:00pm In April, The Exchange will be on Sunday, the 13th.
This monthly evening of (acoustic) performance and conversation is offered to foster an exchange of music and ideas. Participants have the opportunity to present original material, including works in progress, to each other as well as to an audience. These evenings will offer songwriters an environment of respectful listening from both the other presenters and the audience, giving them the chance to talk about the songwriting process as well as present original material with an emphasis on support and exploration and de-emphasizing performance and critique.
Songwriters are encouraged to present songs as solo performances whenever possible to get a sense of the structure of the material (except when necessary as in the case of overlapping lyrics). This is not a workshop, open mic or variety show but an opportunity to share original work and cultivate the creative process. The evening may end with a 10 -15 minute jam.
Each participant will have at least 10-15 minutes to perform a piece and have time for talk, questions and discussion. After a break for refreshments, performers will have the chance to play another song or two.
There will be a $5 charge for audience members. Desserts, coffee and tea will be available for purchase.
Please contact Scott or Ferrilyn if you'd like to sign up as a performer.
Please visit www.pompanuckfarm.blogspot.com to see detail of this and other events and for info and directions to Pompanuck Farm 494 Chestnut Hill Road Cambridge, NY 12816 518.677.5552
The goal of the Songwriter Exchanges is to foster the arts in our community, bring together area songwriters and to share the creative process along the way.
Scott Carrino
Ferrilyn Sourdiffe
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Alberto's Great Escape Wednesday March 12
Alberto's Great Escape at Pompanuck Farm
On Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00pm, Pompanuck Farm will present Alberto’s Great Escape. A play conceived, written and performed by Carlo Adinolfi and Concrete Temple Theatre.
Elements of dance, clowning, and Commedia dell'Arte bring to life this heart-warming tale, exploring dreams of adventure, the difficulties of leaving home and what it means to be Italian!
The hero of the story is an Italian postal worker who, frustrated by his dead end job, finally reaches the end of his tether and decides to leave home and see the world. However, he is riven by indecision as he finds the gravitational pull of his family and the things he values most more than he can bear. In the confusion of attempting to leave, he bumps his head and enters a strange fantasy world in which he meets the Florida Sunshine Girl. A fantastical journey ensues in which he dances the tarantella, becomes trapped within the walls of his apartment, and battles Strega Cecila. His battle with the witch finally wakes him from his stupor, to find that all along he had the freedom to leave and fulfill his dreams.
Alberto's Great Escape is a charming, touching tale inspired by the profound pathos of the clown combined with the communal folk memory of (Italian born) Carlo and (Italian American) Renee's families. The band 'Le Nozze di Carlo' has created and recorded original Italian folk music for the piece.
Children will love the physical clowning moments in Alberto's Great Escape, while adults will appreciate Alberto's quest and the poetic language.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Call 518.677.5552 for reservations.
Concrete Temple Theatre is a multi-disciplinary company that emphasizes the creation of compelling new theatre works, incorporating drama, dance, puppetry, and the visual arts, which focus on the individual's struggle for identity and society's struggle for cohesion. Through touring and presenting workshops in New York City, nationally, and internationally, Concrete Temple Theatre strives to bring myth and ritual back to the center of dialog, while making connections and opportunities for diverse audiences to question and examine their place in the world.
Pompanuck Farm is a not-for-profit eco-retreat center dedicated to sustainability and education in the visual, environmental, movement, musical and healing arts, for children and families.
Please visit www.pompanuck.org to see the schedule and for info and directions to Pompanuck Farm 494 Chestnut Hill Road Cambridge, NY 12816 518.677.5552
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