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F R E E Year 33, No. 20 Celebrating 33 Years of Community News January 17 – January 30, 2018 SPECIAL TWO-WEEK Tango Superstar German Cornejo and 7th Grade Entrepreneur ISSUE The Tango Fire Company to Perform Donates $1,000 to Support Childhood Literacy nternational tango superstar German Cornejo and his world-renowned dance troupe, The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires, will return to the Mer riam Theater in Tango Fire on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 8 p.m. A global phenomenon and the world’s leading tango company, Tango Fire has perfected the dynamic art of the tango, creating superb
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See “Tango Fire” January 31, 2018, 8 p.m. at Merriam Theater. performances that sizzle with sensuality and unforgettable music. This exhilarating show combines the rawness and sophistication with the seductive and sultry side of tango and evokes the intoxicating passion of late night Buenos Aires. “German Cornejo reveals the mesmerizing and intimate side of tango through the sumptuous precision of the Tango Fire company,” said Anne Ewers President and CEO of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “We look forward to hosting this captivating and culturally-expansive experience in Philadelphia.” Choreographer and tango star, German Cornejo, will be joined by his sensuous and passionate partner Gisela Galeassi. A phenomenal cast will join them, featuring World Tango Champions and dancing greats from tango houses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The performance will feature songs of the great tango masters including Piazzolla, Pugliese, and Gardel. Conceived in 2005, Tango Fire premiered in Singapore followed by a performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they received critical acclaim. Following the Fringe Festival, the company rose to stardom and continued touring extensively, selling out some of the most prestigious venues around the world and attracting a YouTube audience of more than 20 million people. Truly unique in the world of tango, the troupe allows individual couples
nna Welsh, 13-year-old and founder and CEO of littlebags.BIGIMPACT presented on Saturday, January 6, 2018, a $1,000 check to Tree House Books, a giving library and literacy center in North Philadelphia. To date, Anna’s monetary and book donations have impacted more than 300 children in Philadelphia. A social and environmental impact business, littlebags.BIGIMPACT produces hand made clutch bags, change purses and eyeglass cases from resourced materials. Anna is passionate
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Walnut Street Theatre’s Philadelphia Premiere of “The Humans” The 2016 Tony Award® Winner for Best Play the Pulitzer Prize. His plays borrow alnut Street Theatre conheavily from his personal life and tinues its landmark 209th all share a deep focus on family. season with Stephen With “The Humans,” Karam chalKaram’s Tony Award-winning play, lenged himself to write a play in “The Humans.” Directed by Proreal time on a single set. The entireducing Artistic Director Bernard ty of the play is a 90-minute slice Havard, the play, which was the of the Blake’s family Thanksgivrecipient of over 20 Best Play Awards in 2016, begins previews on JanuJennie Eisenhower (Aimee ary 16, opens on January 24, and Blake), Mary Martello (Deirdre runs through March 4 on the WalBlake), and Alex Keiper in nut’s Mainstage. “The Humans” at Walnut Street After a sleepless night, Erik Blake Theatre. Photo/Jenny Lynn brings his family from Pennsylvania to celebrate Thanksgiving ing, allowing Karam to touch on at his daughter’s new apartment the connections, personalities, and in lower Manhattan. As darkness interactions of the family. falls outside the crumbling pre-war “The Humans” had its world duplex, mysterious things start premiere in 2014 at the American to go bump in the night and famTheatre Company in Chicago. The ily tensions reach a boiling point. show then opened Off-Broadway American middle class hopes, at the Roundabout Theatre Comdreams, and fears are first coaxed pany in 2015 before transferring – then shoved – into the light in to Broadway in 2016. Both the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions this humorous, hopeful and heart-tugging new play. Karam was commissioned by the Roundabout Theatre Company to write won multiple awards including the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, “The Humans” after his previous play, “Sons of a Prophet,” was a finalist for See Philadelphia Premiere of “The Humans” page 12
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