Amphibian Stage Productions Presents Jumbies Fort Worth! 2010

Amphibian Stage Productions is pleased to announce the return of Jumbies Fort Worth!, Amphibian's professional stilt-dancing troupe that has been thrilling audiences in North Texas since 2008 with a spectacle that is nothing short of dancing art six feet in the air. Children from Everman ISD will join African dancers and drummers Moussa Diabate, Moha Dosso, Laurent Camara, Lamine Soument, Francis Moka, and JorDan Walker to perform the traditional harvest festival Kakilambe at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, November 20 at noon.

About Jumbies Fort Worth!
Since 2008, Jumbies Fort Worth! has visited thousands of children in underserved schools, offering workshops, performances, and lectures. In 2010, the focus has shifted to train children from area schools in the art of traditionAl West African drumming and stilt dancing in order to create local troupes that can perform year-round. The selected schools in 2010 are CharLes Baxter Junior High School in Everman and D. McRae Elementary School in Fort Worth.

The program's goals for youth include:

• To foster cultural pride and encourage cultural tolerance and collaboration

• To give children the opportunity to participate in the arts free of charge

• To encourage good health through joyful physical activity

• To develop self-confidence through a sense of community

Jumbies Fort Worth! 2010 is made possible by: Alcon Foundation; The Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County; Texas Commission on the Arts; Web Maddox Trust-JP Morgan Chase, trustee; and Wells Fargo.

Jumbies Fort Worth! will be performed on Saturday, November 20 at noon at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 817-923-3012, visit www.amphibianproductions.org, or write to info@amphibianproductions.org. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is located at 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, TX 76107.

About Amphibian Stage Productions
Amphibian Stage Productions is a non-profit theatre company founded in 2000 by three alumni of TCU's Department of Theatre who wanted to produce innovative and engaging works of theatre that challenge the way we see the world around us. Now in its eleventh season, Amphibian has produced numerous groundbreaking and challenging plays (some regional premieres, others US or world premieres) that foster a deeper understanding of ourselves as members of the global community. The company is widely recognized for its stylistically and thematically varied scripts.
Committed to nurturing young and diverse audiences, Amphibian has developed a strong internship program, a summer acting workshop for teens, and a dynamic outreach project, Jumbies Fort Worth!, that is steadily increasing the company's visibility and following. The group travels to schools and community centers, performing and spreading a message of multicultural collaboration and tolerance.

In addition, actors visit schools to lead acting workshops and talkback sessions with students. The company actively reaches out to young people and strives to foster a new generation of audience members by offering students very low cost or free tickets to all performances.

Amphibian is generously funded by the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas Commission on the Arts, Ann L. & Carol Greene Rhodes Charitable Trust, Amon G. Carter Foundation, Alcon Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, Mrs. Lenore Barbata, Mrs. Betty J. Sanders, William E. Scott Foundation, Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, Web Maddox Trust, The Rug Company, Out of Nowhere Website Design, Bates Container, Pier 1 Imports, 2clighting and the Devonian Society, a group of Amphibian's devoted donors who are proud to be the force behind nurturing the next generation of artists and audiences.

 

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