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SUMMARY:Theater of the Absurd Puppet Show & Circus
DESCRIPTION:“What a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd.” – David Lynch\nFor fans young and old of The Muppet Show and PeeWee’s Playhouse\, WRIF presents Theater of the Absurd – a live smorgasbord of circus\, puppetry\, and music! \nKids tickets(12 & under): $17\, Adult tickets: $23. Included in all WRIF passes. GET TICKETS HERE. \nHOSTED BY CONTENT CLOWN\n \nBex Love (they/them) is a heart centered trickster who makes musical puppetry spectacles under the name Content Clown. Their work celebrates the ancient connection between queerness and the natural world\, and utilizes the absurd to push against societal boundaries\, in order to discover a more liberated world. Bex is also a member of the Sable Ensemble\, and the Community Engagement Organizer for The Sable Project\, an off-grid artist residency and event space in Stockbridge\, VT. Listen to their album “Gender\, Feels” here. \nFEATURING\n“Pattie Peels Out” by Ria Blaas  \n \n“Pattie Peels Out” tells the story of Pattie the potato\, who finds the courage to venture outside her potato box where she encounters perils unknown to potato-kind. Ria Blaas has been performing with her ensemble\, Upper Loveland Puppets throughout New England at schools\, fairs\, resorts\, daycares and senior centers for over 15 years\, presenting their cast of characters to audiences young and old. Blaas is accompanied by puppeteers\, Glennis Gold & Cody Williams. Check out Ria’s work here. \nSable Ensemble \n \nThe Sable Ensemble is a curated group of alumni from The Sable Project in Stockbridge\, VT who come together to collaborate on live performances featuring dance\, puppetry\, and shenanigans. The group includes Otto Pierce (he/him)\, Sable’ Founder and Creative Director\, Jessica Lee (she/her)\, Sable’s Director of Operations\, and Bex Love\, Sable’s Community Engagement Organizer. \nLiam Gundlach \n \nLiam grew up performing with Circus Smirkus\, then went on to study at the Circus School of Quebec. As a circus artist\, a street performer and a hospital clown\, Liam finds beauty in what is simple and relatable\, giving equal value to the big trick as to the small moment of wonder. Now based in Boston\, you can find out what Liam is up to here. \nElliot McGary-Walters \n \nOriginally from Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, Elliot discovered circus arts in 2019. While training on a variety of apparatus\, he quickly fell in love with aerial rope. In 2023\, he moved to Brattleboro\, Vermont to attend NECCA ProTrack professional training program. Here he discovered and began training tightwire and bottle walking. He is training hard in year 3 of ProTrack\, and is looking forward to graduating in 2026. \nOscar \n \nCal Wicker is 20 years old and is training at the New England center for Circus Arts\, in their professional training program as a dance trapeze major and acrobatic theater minor. They started as a competitive gymnast but once they found Circus there was no going back. Tonight you’ll meet Oscar\, Cals mime who they have been creating over the last two years of training. \n 
URL:https://uvjam.org/event/theater-of-the-absurd-puppet-show-circus/
LOCATION:Briggs Opera House\, 5 S Main St\, White River Junction\, VT\, 05001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Dabke Community Dance with Raq-On Dance
DESCRIPTION:Join Shadia and Amity from Raq-on Dance for a presentation on common social dances from Lebanon\, Iraq\, and Palestine! Learn the steps to join any social Dabke line at weddings\, celebrations\, and restaurants. Participants will also hear and learn about the drums and rhythms used. \n  \nINSTRUCTORS: \nShadia Tohme became passionate for dance at a young age from social dancing at festivals in the Turkish and Lebanese communities in Boston area. In 1972 she became professionally involved as a soloist and troupe member. Most of her Middle Eastern dance training has been with Middle Eastern artists both in U.S. and in Lebanon. Toured U.S.\, Canada\, South & Central America with percussionist & folk dancer husband Ibrahim Maalouf and top ME artists on the U.S. Arabic entertainment circuit for eight years. During these tours\, she created numerous Oriental & folkloric choreographies in productions that are still currently performed by local artists. Shadia has been teaching classical/folkloric classes & workshops in Canada and the U.S. for over forty five years and still going strong! In 1985 she created Mirza Dance Ensemble and has performed with them throughout New England. Over one hundred members and five generations successfully entertained audiences in numerous cultural festivals\, college programs and traditional wedding celebrations until 2015. She continues to inspire and support future generations of dancers through her teachings and costume designs. \nAmity Alize has studied Middle Eastern and North African folkloric dances for two decades and continues to deepen her knowledge through annual travels to Egypt. She has shared the art of Raqs Sharqi with thousands in the North East. Founder of the multi-award winning Raq-On Dance studio\, Amity encourages dancers to develop their own unique voice. She was invited to teach and perform at the Camp Negum Dance Festival in Cairo in 2015. She is the director of the annual Shimmyathon Festival and has hosted over a hundred events featuring national and international dancers. She can be seen performing at weddings\, theatre shows\, fundraisers\, and venues featuring Middle Eastern bands. She offers workshops across the United States and abroad. raq-on.net
URL:https://uvjam.org/event/dabke-community-dance-with-raq-on-dance/
LOCATION:Briggs Opera House\, 5 S Main St\, White River Junction\, VT\, 05001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Indie Sleaze Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Smudge out that eyeliner and claw those skinny jeans out of the bowels of your closet. We’re getting messy mid 2000’s style at our indie sleaze dance party at JAM. DJ geNdErENdeR will be spinning the dance-punk tunes of their childhood.
URL:https://uvjam.org/event/indie-sleaze/
LOCATION:JAM – Junction Arts & Media\, 5 S Main St\, White River Junction\, VT\, 05001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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