2024-25 Peace Center Student Matinees

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STUDENT MATINEES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s

LOOK BOTH WAYS

Ten stories in ten blocks. Six performers weave together ten unique perspectives. What happens after the dismissal bell rings? Travel 10 blocks. Witness 10 unique tales. There’s something for everyone across these 10 vignettes about identity, fear, compassion and friendship – as told through puppetry,

dance, music, projections, audience participation, kamishibai (paper theater) and more. Based on the book by Jason Reynolds.

TUE & WED, FEB 11-12, 2025 9:45 & 11:45 AM

GUNTER THEATRE

Grades 6-8

Social/Emotional Learning, Storytelling, Theatre

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Introduce your students to America’s most popular dance company, with its unique mix of contemporary and classic movement. Alvin Ailey’s work celebrates the Black cultural experience and modern dance tradition, seamlessly blending the two. Whether you’re a long-time fan or a newcomer to dance,you’re sure to be delighted WED, FEB 19, 2025 • 11:45 AM PEACE CONCERT HALL Grades 6-12 Dance, Black History Month

Members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Photo by Dario Calmese.

HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Comedian Robert Post barely survived middle school because of learning disabilities. Making people laugh saved him. This multimedia performance deals with real issues affecting students today. Kids’ video testimonials (and Post’s humor) are sure to resonate.

TUE-THUR, MAR 25-26, 2025 9:45 & 11:45 AM

GUNTER THEATRE

Grades 6-8

Theatre, Emotional/Social Learning, Storytelling

OUR PLANET LIVE Frozen Worlds

The unforgiving frontier of climate change. The calving of a gigantic iceberg or the risks of fossil fuel exploration in the arctic are never far from our news screens. Yet what does it mean for the inhabitants? Follow polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins in this special film and lecture event led by Huw Cordey.

TUE, APR 1, 2025 • 11:45 AM PEACE CONCERT HALL Grades 6-12

Science, Environmental Studies, Natural History

STUDENT MATINEES

will empower your students to grow, stimulating them in three dimensions, opening their imaginations, engaging, igniting, and deepening the learning process through the power of the performing arts.

$12 TICKETS!

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