Thank you to performers, merchants, flea market participants, staff and especially the audiences that made 2009's Festival a complete success. With over 1500 people in attendance, new programs including workshops and an expanded flea market, and twice the number of performances, this year's Festival was our biggest yet. We hope to see you all again next year!
Saturday, September 26th 1-7PM
Outdoors, FREE, East 4th Street Between Bowery & 2nd Ave
Experience the best of the East Village and the Lower East Side with multiple indoor and outdoor stages, classes and activities for all ages, gourmet food vendors, a flea market and more!
Participants include previews of La MaMa E.T.C.’s fall programming, WOW Café Theater, Rod Rodgers Dance Company, Performance Space 122, Bleecker Street Opera Company, East Village History Project, Works in Progress, Teatro IATI, the Cupcake Cadet Corps, and much more.
Also check out our indoor theater and dance programs, as well as our all day FREE classes and workshops.
FAB Central Stage
Performances by:
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Dancewave's Kids Company
Darrah Carr Dance
East Village Dance Project
Eva Dean Dance
Gallim Dance
Kayoko Sakoh & Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Maya De Silva's Flamenco Kids
Metropolitan Playhouse
Obrij Ukrainian Folk Ensemble
Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Rod Rodgers Youth Ensemble
Second Avenue Dance Company
The Bang Group
Tze Chun Dance Company
Urban Dance Collective
La MaMa E.T.C. & Friends Cabaret Stage
Performances by:
Kendall Cornell's Clowns Ex Machina presents excerpts from Clown Axioms
Bleecker Street Opera
Selections from the Poetry Electric Festival
New York Neo-Futurists present selections from Laika Dog in Space
WOW Cafe Theatre presents
Waiting To Go, Written and performed by Nicolette Dixon and Alexis Hosea Stop Kiss by Diana Son, directed by Keri Seymore, performed by Jillian Snow Harris & Nathan Rodriquez Johnny Blazes Wo(n)man Show (excerpt), Written and performed by Johnny Blazes
Dances by Nandi Riguero
An appearance by playwright Kirin Stevens
Radnevsky's Real Magic
Performance Space 122
Troop Troupe directed by Eamonn Farrell
Fourth Street Theatre
Enter the Fourth Street Theater for a taste of what is coming up on East Village stages this fall. Eight companies bring you excerpts from eight incredibly varied theatrical experiences, with everything from puppets, to classics, to musicals packed into two FREE 45-minute seatings.
Fourth Street Theatre, 81 East 4th Street, 3PM & 4PM, FREE, First-Come, First Served
Seating is very limited so please arrive early.
3PM - Stephanie Gilman, Deena Selenow, LOCALIZIT Performance Projects, Toy Box Theatre Company
4PM - Stephanie Gilman, Nursha Project, Pack of Others, The Operating Theater
DanceNOW @ DMAC
DanceNOW, as part of their 15th Anniversary season ventures to the East 4th Street Cultural District to offer a lively and energetic in-door/out-door program for the annual FAB! Festival & Block Party. Hosted & co-curated by DUO Multi-Cultural Arts Center, Dance@DMAC gives you dance in bite-sized portions.
DUO Theater, 62 East 4th Street, 4PM, 5PM, & 6PM, FREE, First-Come, First Served
4:00PM - Jen Abrams, Riedel Dance Theater, ali kenner & co., Tze Chun Dance Company, Ellis Wood
5:00PM - Heidi Latsky, Aynsley Vandenbroucke Movement Group, Urban Dance Collective, Gallim Dance, The Bang Group
Each year the boutiques of East 3rd & East 4th Street provide amazing deals, refreshments, and give-aways to customers during the FAB! Festival & Block Party. Don't miss out on this opportunity to save at some of the coolest shops in the East Village.
Barbara Shaum Leather, 15% off all custom leather work East Village Music Store, 10% off new items, 30% off all accessories 4th Street Food Co-op, Vegan baked goods sale La Sirena, 15% off all sales, free gift with purchase $100 or more Little Hair Shop, free consultation, special blow dry $25-$35 Pageant PrintShop, 10% off all sales Random Accessories, 10% off sales of $50 or more Rivington Guitars, 10% off strings, free tote with purchase over $100 Sara's Handmade & Vintage Jewelry, 10% off on jewelry, 25% off on sweaters
Instructor: Kim Grier
Noon-1:00PM Location: Rod Rodgers Dance Studios, 62 East 4th Street, Ground Floor Taught by Rod Rodgers Dance Company's Artistic Director, Kim Grier, this pre-professional class focusing on the transition from the studio to the stage is rooted in a Horton based modern technique and appropriate for dancers ages 16+. Kim Grier is a performance dance artist, master teacher and choreographer is a native New Yorker who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (now University of the Arts). FREE.
Beginners Salsa Workshop Instructor: Adolfo Vazquez
Noon-1PM Location: New York Theatre Workshop, 83 East 4th Street, 3rd Floor Grab a partner and get on the dance floor. This workshop will teach you all the basic salsa moves you need to really get your groove on. Starting slow, the lesson will show you the basic steps for the individual and build up to basic partnering techniques
Horton Based Modern Technique
Instructor: Kim Grier
1PM-2PM Location: Rod Rodgers Dance Studios, 62 East 4th Street, Ground Floor Taught by Rod Rodgers Dance Company's Artistic Director, Kim Grier, this class focusing on a Horton based modern is appropriate for adults with any level of dance experience. Kim Grier is a performance dance artist, master teacher and choreographer is a native New Yorker who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (now University of the Arts). FREE.
Physical Theatre Workshop Instructor: Debora Balardini
1:30PM-3:00PM Location: Teatro IATI, 64 East 4th Street, 2nd Floor This two hour physical theatre workshop inspired by dance, Hatha Yoga, Suzuki Technique, View Points, Choreographic Theatre and Roy Hart Technique brings the participant into a complete awareness of the body with the environment. The exploration of songs and texts will touch upon rhythm of words, physicality, moods, sounds, feelings as well as a concrete relationship between the body (the anatomical entity) and the emotions. Open to all adults (18 to 80), no experience in theatre or dance necessary.
Intermediate Singing & Voice Workshop Instructor: Sabrina Lastman
1:30PM-3:00PM Location: New York Theatre Workshop, 85 East 4th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop focuses on the development of the singing voice through breathing, body awareness and voice technique (pitch quality, range, support -physical strength-, emission & intonation) in a group setting. During the class we'll work on collective singing, and sound exploration. Open to all adults (15 years+) with background in singing.
Experiencing Theater for Teens Instructor: Sandie Luna
3:30PM-5PM Location: Teatro IATI, 64 East 4th Street, 2nd Floor Come and experience games to free the body, imagination and voice in this workshop for teens who have thought of acting, or just would like to experience a different way of expressing themselves. Feel what is like to work with others and create the unimaginable and magical, while finding out about your artistic self. We all have something to say and sometimes is best to say it on the stage In this 90 minute workshop we will do a vocal and body warm-up and play games that free the imagination, and work collectively to create a short ensemble piece.
Activities
1:00PM-2:30PM Silk Screen a T-shirt with Works in Progress
Join the folks from Works in Progress, a social entrepeneurship organization, as they teach you how to silk-screen your own FAB Pigeon onto a t-shirt. Bring your own t-shirt for an exact fit!
1:00PM-5:00PM Experience Sol Lewitt with the New Museum The New Museum will present a hands-on art making activity inspired by the work of Sol Lewitt. The activity will tie into the New Museum's place in the Bowery’s rich artistic heritage.
Thank you to performers, merchants, flea market participants, staff and especially the audiences that made 2009's Festival a complete success. With over 1500 people in attendance, new programs including workshops and an expanded flea market, and twice the number of performances, this year's Festival was our biggest yet. We hope to see you all again next year!
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