Violins of Hope Mini Performance
March 28th at 3pm
Putnam Museum and Science Center
You're invited to a special program in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and the Violins for Hope at Putnam Museum and Science Center.
We are honored to present an original program of dance pieces (set to music by composers who died in the camps) that embody the stories, emotions, history and hope surrounding the Holocaust. We will be performing: Infinity, music by Gideon Klein, its theme “when we choose to reflect and remember our past, including the pain and sorrow, only then will we see meaningful change.” Kaddish, set to Sandor Kuti’s Sonata for Solo Violin, is a duet based on prints by Mauricio Lasansky (who established the program in printmaking at the University of Iowa; Sotheby’s identifies him as one of the fathers of modern printmaking), which captures the grief, hope and peace embedded in the experiences of the victims and survivors. Quack, Quack, Quack, music by Rudolf Karel, is based upon a short story Anne Frank wrote as a response to a punishment she received from her teacher for talking too much. Radio Overture, set to Pavel Haas’s Overture for Radio, op.46, celebrates the invention of the radio. Sadly, however, radio became part of the machinery of Nazi propaganda. . . .
Original choreography by Courtney Lyon and Emily Kate Long
Violins of Hope Mini Performance
April 16th at 6pm - bar opens at 5pm
Figge Art Museum
Experience a program in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and the Violins for Hope at Figge Art Museum.
We are honored to present an original program of dance pieces (set to music by composers who died in the camps) that embody the stories, emotions, history and hope surrounding the Holocaust. We will be performing Infinity, set to music by Gideon Klein, its theme “when we choose to reflect and remember our past, including the pain and sorrow, only then will we see meaningful change.” Kaddish, set to Sandor Kuti’s Sonata for Solo Violin, is a duet based on prints by Mauricio Lasansky (who established the program in printmaking at the University of Iowa; Sotheby’s identifies him as one of the fathers of modern printmaking) which captures the grief, hope and peace embedded in the experiences of the victims and survivors. Quack, Quack, Quack, music by Rudolf Karel, is based upon a short story Anne Frank wrote as a response to a punishment she received from her teacher for talking too much. Radio Overture, set to Pavel Haas’s Overture for Radio, op.46, celebrates the invention of the radio. Sadly, however, radio became part of the machinery of Nazi propaganda. . . .
Original choreography by Courtney Lyon and Emily Kate Long