Winter/Spring Season 2012
H' Sao
Sponsored by American Federal Savings
Thursday, January 26, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$20 Adults , $17 Seniors, $15 Students
A family band made of virtuoso singers present amazing a-cappella renditions drawing inspiration from Gospel, traditional African music and its Chadian roots. To this they add a love of soul, jazz and R&B, blending all these styles with African rhythms. Magnificent voices, truly powerful compositions and dynamic stage presence make H’Sao a true international phenomenon.
The Good Lovelies
Sponsored by Best Western Great Northern Hotel
Friday, February 10, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$18
Funny and upbeat, with just a pinch of sass, the Good Lovelies‘ textbook three-part harmonies, constant instrument swapping and witty on-stage banter have enlivened the folk music landscape since they joined forces in 2006.
Contra-Tiempo
With support of the National Performance Network, National Endowment for the Arts and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Montana Arts Council Artist in the School and Community.
Sponsored by Super 8 Motel and Doubek and Pyfer, LLC
Friday, February 17, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$18 Adults, $15 Seniors and Students
Urban latin dance brings to life voices that are not traditionally heard on the concert stage. Contra-Tiempo fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African, Hip-Hop, and abstract dance-theater, to create an invigorating blend of physically intense and consistently electrifying.
Guitar Republic
With support from the Montana Arts Council Artist in the School and Community.
Sponsored by On Broadway
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$20
Combining sensual blues riffs, two-handed melodic tapping, and powerful rhythms pounded out on the guitar body, and a bowing technique that produces ethereal high overtones, Italy’s Guitar Republic revolutionizes the concept of the acoustic guitar trio.
Solas
Sponsored by Mast Dentistry
Thursday, March 8, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$25
Since its birth in 1996, Solas has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United States. The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine says, “Seamus Egan and Solas make mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world’s best.”
Dan Froot – “Who’s Hungry?” and Helena area kids Original Puppet Shows
With support of the National Performance Network, National Endowment for the Arts and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Montana Arts Council Artist in the School and Community.
Sponsored by the Hunter Family Foundation.
Saturday, March 10, 2:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$15
Puppet theater, with a message. Starting with shows he developed with the homeless in Santa Monica, Dan Froot and company aim to raise awareness of the lives of local kids. Working in residency with local students, original puppet shows will be be part of this performance incorporating puppetry, dance, music, and text.
Khambatta Dance
With support of the National Endowment for the Arts and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Sponsored by Montana Internet Corp
Sunday, March 18, 3:00pm
Myrna Loy Center
$15 Adult, $12 Seniors & Students
India Calling, part of the world premiere tour of a new dance and music work developed with support from the Myrna Loy Center
ndia Calling is a collaboration with world renown Indian Veena Player and vocalist, Nirmala Rajasekar and longtime collaborator, Cellist/Composer Michelle Kinney (recording with artists such as Sheryl Crow and Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs among others). The Company's mission is to share its passion for dance by connecting to its audience with emotionally resonant and topically relevant work.
John McCutcheon
With support from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Sponsored by Mediation Works.
Friday, March 23, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$20
John McCutcheon is one of folk music’s great living storytellers. Revered around the world for his thoughtful and inspiring songwriting and mastery of the hammered dulcimer, John McCutcheon’s career spans over twenty albums and seven Grammy nominations.
God of Carnage
With support from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Sponsored by Turman Larison contemporary, Real Food Store Market and Deli
April 13-14, April, 20-21, April, 26 -28 - 7:30 PM & Sunday Matinee Apr. 22 - 3 PM
Myrna Loy Center
$17
A comedy of manners…without the manners. The Helena Theater Co. presents God of Carnage - a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.
Caravanserai –Pakistani folk singer Arif Lohar featuring Arooj Aftab
Caravanserai: A place where cultures meet is managed by Arts Midwest on behalf of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations with financial support from the Building Bridges program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
Support also comes from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Montana Arts Council Artist in the School and Community.
Sponsored by Mountain West Bank.
Thursday, April 19, 7:30pm
Myrna Loy Center
$20
Caravanserai’s Spring 2012 tour features one of Pakistan's most beloved contemporary folk singers, Arif Lohar. Singing contemporized interpretations of traditional Punjabi songs, Arif Lohar, backed by an ensemble of talented Pakistani musicians, captures the sights and sounds of modern Pakistani culture with a unique mix of pop and folk stylings.
Compagnia TPO presents Farfalle (Butterflies) - Family Interactive Theater
With support of the National Endowment for the Arts and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Sponsored by Allegra Marketing-Print-Web.
May 3 - 7 PM & May 4 - 2:30 PM
Myrna Loy Center
$15
This school residency combines visual, emotional and immersive theatre. Space is the protagonist in TPO's shows with its images, colors and sounds. Interactive technologies transform every show into a 'sensitive' environment where the thin border between art and play can be experienced. Dancers, performers and the audience itself interact with each other exploring new expressive forms that go beyond language and cultural barriers.
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