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The elementary schoolers don t know it, but they re helping break open stereotypes and tackling deep-rooted diversity and inclusion issues with a little help from Frozen and Broadway trailblazer Baayork Lee.
Or maybe they do. As filmmaker and journalist Kelly Ng points out, kids sometimes have insights a lot wider than they get credit for. I was quite surprised that they give a lot of thought to issues that have to do with representation and diversity. When we asked them questions about what do you feel about Asians in theater, in the arts scene, they actually gave really well thought out and eloquent responses without being prompted, she said.
Apr 29, 2021
The multimedia performance art piece is set to begin in-person performances at New York Cityâs Liberated Fitness May 1. Celia Mei Rubin, Jennifer Smith (projected), and Hannah Balagot in
Fragments, a live audio story Olivia Palacios
After a sold-out premiere at Dixon Place in 2019, the performance art piece
Fragments, a live audio story will return with in-person performances at New York Cityâs Liberated Fitness May 1. The production, directed and choreographed by Mandie Rapoza, is scheduled to run Saturdays and Sundays through May 16.
Written by Brian Kettler with an original score by Kate Marlais,
Fragments tells the story of an Austria-born Alzheimer s patient as she wrestles with moments of her past including a childhood involvement with the Hitler Youth, as she confronts deep-held regrets and hard truths left unspoken.