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Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Kravis-On-The-Road takes arts education programming into the classroom and into the lives of many students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience live theater.
Pre-Registration for 2023-2024 is now open. For more information, call 561.651.4251.
With support from The Palm Beach Country Club Foundation
J’MIAH NABAWI
THE TELLING OF ANANSI TALESJanuary 11 & 12 WAITLIST ONLY
Performance Length: 45 minutes
Suggested Grade Level: K-3
Suggested Curricula: Language Arts, Social Studies
Agoo-o-o!
(Attention, everybody!)
Anansesem, The Telling of Anansi Stories is oral tradition in the musical-dance-folklore genre of African storytelling and brings with it its less known companion, MMOGUO, the accompanying recreational folktale songs that may happen to move Anansi stories along from one story to the next with audience participation. There’s rhythm in the telling of Anansi tales as the stories are told, sung, danced and drummed. Come ready to listen, learn, dance and play!
Kravis-On-The-Road Request Form
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- In order to receive a performance free-of-charge at your school, complete the form below. If a Kravis-on-the-Road performance is awarded to your school, a confirmation email will be sent to you. Bottom of Form
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Piccolo Spoleto performances to fill Main Library Auditorium
Thursday, May 23, 2019 Charleston County Library
CHARLESTON, SC – The summer can’t really start until Spoleto and Picoolo Spoleto festivals kick off in Charleston! This year, six great Piccolo Spoleto shows are being performed at the Main Library.
Starting Tuesday, May 28, arts lovers can enjoy six days of hilarious and fun adaptations of classic children’s tales and fun, summertime music.
Check out this year’s shows at Main.
Storyteller J’miah Nabawi
Thursday, June 6 at 9:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 12:15 p.m.
Storyteller J’miah Nabawi presents Merebema wo adwo-o-o! (I come to greet you!). Join in the unfolding of this musical folktale from Africa and the Caribbean. Mmoguo (recreational folktale-songs) is the musical force to keep the stories moving. And the whole family can participate in creative movement with shakers, gourds, and light instrumentation accompanied in the languages of Twi, Yorùbá, Ki-Swahili, French and Spanish.
https://www.ccpl.org/news/piccolo-spoleto-performances-fill-main-library-auditorium
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WORK SAMPLE 3 [NOTE: A RETURN TO SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, POST COVID: SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES NOT IN THE PHOTO]
Southside Middle School, Florence, SC
Artist Residency Coordinated by Mrs. Gloria Turner, Theater Department Chair
Visiting Artist: J’miah Nabawi
May 2012 – 2019 with Drama I and II, Students (7th and 8th grade) Annual returns
April 8 – 12, 2024 Post-covid return for Artist Residency (7th and 8th grade)
South Carolina History and Social Studies: The Gullah Geechee People, Folklore, and Storytelling
“Ef oona ent kno’ whe oona da gwuine, oona should kno’ whe oona kum fum”
(If you don’t know where you’re going, you should know where you come from”)
Gullah Geechee Proverb
