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WORLD PREMIERE of WARRIOR AT ODELL JOHNSON THEATER - LANEY COLLEGE, OAKLAND APRIL 3-12
WARRIOR is NOT your kids' recital! It is an on-the-edge-of-your-seat dance/theater ride that will move and amaze audiences of all ages.
Oakland, CA, February 1, 2015 The nationally acclaimed model of youth arts and violence prevention organizations, Oakland-based Destiny Arts Center, presents the world premiere of WARRIOR. WARRIOR is a movement/theater production created by Artistic Directors Sarah Crowell and Rashidi Omari in collaboration with the young artists of the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company and Destiny Arts Center teaching artists and alumni as well as well-known guest artists, most notably Nicole Klaymoon, artistic director of Embodiment Project (www.embodimentproject.org), Amelia Rudolph, artistic director of the internationally acclaimed vertical dance company, BANDALOOP (www.bandaloop.org) and Afia Thompson, artistic director of Bahiya Movement (www.bahiyamovement.com).
WARRIOR is a full-length work featuring a cast of 45 talented youth ages 9 to 18 who perform a scintillating combination of hip-hop, modern and aerial dance, theater, spoken word, rap and song, accompanied by powerful video backdrop art. This year's 22nd annual production is based on the six principles of Destiny's Warrior's Code: love, respect, care, responsibility, honor and peace. Each principle is personified as a peaceful warrior. Each warrior has an enemy: hate, disrespect, neglect, apathy, shame and violence. The show takes place in a video game called Warrior, where the goal of the game is for the warriors to defeat their enemies by any means necessary. Or so it seems at first. The warriors are lured into the pitfalls of romantic love, the distraction and obsession of social media, the horrors of racism and racial profiling, and the promise that violence can bring peace. There is the wild and terrible character of MisEducation, who uses every opportunity she can to throw a wrench in the warriors' quest. And there is the benevolent trickster, the Master of the Game, who points the warriors in the direction of true love. WARRIOR is a complex journey into the minds and hearts of a generation of young people who are passionate about making a difference in their own lives and in the lives of their communities through compassion, creativity, humor and a willingness to go beyond conventional ideas of right and wrong.
WARRIOR is limited to just six sell-out performances Friday, April 3rd & Saturday, April 4th at 7:30 pm AND Friday, April 10th at 7:30pm and Saturday, April 11th at 2:00pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday, April 12th at 5pm at the Odell Johnson Theater at Laney College, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland, 94607.
Tickets for WARRIOR are priced $13-$30 sliding scale for adults ($20 suggested) and $7 for youth 18 and under and may be purchased through Destiny Arts Center at www.destinyarts.org or 510-597-1619 x 100. Group rates are available. The theater is wheelchair accessible.
About Destiny Arts Center
Destiny Arts Center, a nonprofit violence prevention and arts education organization, has been serving youth for 26 years through afterschool, weekend and summer programs in dance, theater, martial arts, self-defense, conflict resolution, performance and leadership at their North Oakland center and in East Bay public schools. The programs serve up to 500 youth at the Center and up to 4,000 youth through outreach programs in up to 45 public schools annually.
About the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company
The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company is a multicultural group of teens that create dynamic productions in collaboration with professional artists, combining hip hop, modern, and aerial dance, theater, song and rap, that express their experience, strength and hope for themselves, their communities and their world. Since 1993 has performed for up to 25,000 audience members annually with a strong reputation for creating high quality, professional, original productions and performances.
What People Are Saying About the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company
"I saw the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company do their thing on stage, and they were dazzling! A combination of wonderful talent, high energy, and social consciousness."
Howard Zinn, historian, activist and author of A People's History of the United States
"The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company is a politically astute, talented and visionary group of young people who combine political activism with cutting edge cultural expression."
Angela Davis, author/activist/educator
"Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company vividly demonstrated hip hop may be the coolest way to bring kids of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds together to advance the values of a multi-ethnic, multicultural society."
Ann Murphy, Oakland Tribune
"I was amazed at the talent and profound insight of these young people and how well they articulated issues they care about through dance, music and spoken word. The combination of politics and funk was both exciting and inspiring!"
Peter Bratt, director/screenwriter, "Follow Me Home"
"In these times, young people are hungry for the integrity, humanity and spiritual connection that is lacking in the world around them. Destiny Arts creates a strong link for people to remember their connection to their ancestors and recreate a responsible mindful way of being for generations to come. Our future looks hopeful."
Lakota Harden, Native American dancer/activist
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| Friday Apr 03, 2015 7:30 PM - Sunday Apr 12, 2015 5:00 PM | $7.00 - $30.00 |
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LocationOdell Johnson Theater at Laney College
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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