Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness, Dance
Mission: Through dance, drama and music, Alborada’s passionate artistry reveals the many diverse and historical threads that comprise the multicultural fabric of Spanish culture. Both entertaining and educational, the variety of its repertoire runs the artistic gamut of Spanish Flamenco and traditional dances, to Hispanic, Celtic, Moorish cultural influences and beyond. The Company brings the "Power of Spanish Dance Theatre" with widely acclaimed repertoire performed in theaters throughout New Jersey and the greater Tri-State area. Alborada also provides Arts-in-Education programs for K-12 schools, colleges, libraries, museums and corporations as well as community outreach programs for the elderly and at-risk youth.
Results: In our recent fiscal year (July 2014 - June 2015), Alborada brought the rich diversity of the Spanish cultural arts to over 11,600 people in New Jersey and the greater Tri-State area, including over 6,900 students in 31 K-12 schools. Programs included exciting full-stage theater productions, Arts-in-Education lecture demonstrations and community outreach presentations. Annual support continued from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission (MCCHC), with new business sponsors joining the mission. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary as a non-profit organization and a cultural resource, highlights of the year included:
• Our 20th anniversary home season production, “20 Years of Flamenco and Spanish Dance in New Jersey" on September 25th, took our enthusiastic audience on a vibrant retrospective journey of favorite choreographies, excerpts from our acclaimed "Sephardic Connection" show and new dances pointing to the company's bright future. This program was supported in part by the MCCHC, with the use of Crossroads Theatre generously underwritten by Johnson & Johnson.
• Our third annual "Fería de Sevilla" free-to-the-public outdoor flamenco dance and music festival, presented on May 3rd in collaboration with Woodbridge Township at the Parker Press Park, with returning sponsorships by The Bank of Woodbridge - Div. of BCB Community Bank), AmeriHealth New Jersey and UPS®, along with support from local small businesses. This event, emulating Spain's famous "Fería de Sevilla" (Seville Fair), reached over 600 people with flamenco dance performed with live guitar music, educational workshops (dance, castanet and cajon), children's arts & crafts, Spanish food and more. A new feature was a call to visual artists to come and make original art inspired by the Feria, which was displayed at the Woodbridge Barron Arts Center for 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month.
• Touring of our Three Kings Day holiday production, with new venues in December 2015.
• FY 2016 will see the expansion of our mission to include history projects - with the award of 2 grants from the History Program of the MCCHC and the NJ Council on the Humanities in support of "The History of Spaniards in NJ" project. This project will feature a free public lecture with Q&A on high level research conducted on the migration of Galicians and Sephardic Jews from Spain to NJ since the mid-1800's, accompanied by visual aids such as a costume display, photos, and Alborada artists demonstrating regional musical instruments and dance movements. A Spring 2016 date will be announced ASAP for the event. Alborada has a busy 2015 - 2016 season ahead. Please visit our website for more details - www. alboradadance. org.
Target demographics: All ages of children and adults of all ethnic backgrounds are served by Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre programs.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Annually, between 10,000 to 15,000 people benefit from Alborada's diverse cultural arts programming.
Geographic areas served: State of New Jersey and greater Tri State area
Programs: Full-Stage Theater Productions: Recuerdos de Espana - Spain's Golden Age of Classical Dance and Flamenco; The Moorish Connection - The influences of Ancient Persia on Cordoba, Spain;Homenajes - Spain's cultural history from the 1930's - 1980's; Spain Meets Ireland - The surprising Celtic Connection of northern Spain with Ireland; The Sephardic Connection - The powerful story of the Spanish Jews in 1492; The Journey - The roots of flamenco in India; The Feast of Sarah - Gypsy cultures in Spain, Hungary and the Balkans; The Trail of Gold - The Age of Spanish Exploration in South America; Feria - A festival celebration of Spain and Mexico; Pasion - The passion of Flamenco and the Argentinean Tango; El Sueno - Celebrate Three Kings Day and enjoy the diversity of dances from Spain and Latin America; Dance Dramas - Granada The End (Death of Garcia Lorca), El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla's Ballet). Arts-in-Education Lecture Demonstrations are provided in K-12 Schools, Colleges / Universities, Libraries, Museums, Corporate Diversity Events, Senior Centers, and in community outreach organizations for residents in assisted living centers and at-risk youth. We also perform in Hispanic Heritage Month events, Flamenco Tablaos in Spanish Restaurants, and in free-to-the public festivals. Please visit the Alborada website www. alboradadance. org for more information on our programs.
Mission: Through dance, drama and music, Alborada’s passionate artistry reveals the many diverse and historical threads that comprise the multicultural fabric of Spanish culture. Both entertaining and educational, the variety of its repertoire runs the artistic gamut of Spanish Flamenco and traditional dances, to Hispanic, Celtic, Moorish cultural influences and beyond. The Company brings the "Power of Spanish Dance Theatre" with widely acclaimed repertoire performed in theaters throughout New Jersey and the greater Tri-State area. Alborada also provides Arts-in-Education programs for K-12 schools, colleges, libraries, museums and corporations as well as community outreach programs for the elderly and at-risk youth.
Results: In our recent fiscal year (July 2014 - June 2015), Alborada brought the rich diversity of the Spanish cultural arts to over 11,600 people in New Jersey and the greater Tri-State area, including over 6,900 students in 31 K-12 schools. Programs included exciting full-stage theater productions, Arts-in-Education lecture demonstrations and community outreach presentations. Annual support continued from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission (MCCHC), with new business sponsors joining the mission. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary as a non-profit organization and a cultural resource, highlights of the year included:
• Our 20th anniversary home season production, “20 Years of Flamenco and Spanish Dance in New Jersey" on September 25th, took our enthusiastic audience on a vibrant retrospective journey of favorite choreographies, excerpts from our acclaimed "Sephardic Connection" show and new dances pointing to the company's bright future. This program was supported in part by the MCCHC, with the use of Crossroads Theatre generously underwritten by Johnson & Johnson.
• Our third annual "Fería de Sevilla" free-to-the-public outdoor flamenco dance and music festival, presented on May 3rd in collaboration with Woodbridge Township at the Parker Press Park, with returning sponsorships by The Bank of Woodbridge - Div. of BCB Community Bank), AmeriHealth New Jersey and UPS®, along with support from local small businesses. This event, emulating Spain's famous "Fería de Sevilla" (Seville Fair), reached over 600 people with flamenco dance performed with live guitar music, educational workshops (dance, castanet and cajon), children's arts & crafts, Spanish food and more. A new feature was a call to visual artists to come and make original art inspired by the Feria, which was displayed at the Woodbridge Barron Arts Center for 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month.
• Touring of our Three Kings Day holiday production, with new venues in December 2015.
• FY 2016 will see the expansion of our mission to include history projects - with the award of 2 grants from the History Program of the MCCHC and the NJ Council on the Humanities in support of "The History of Spaniards in NJ" project. This project will feature a free public lecture with Q&A on high level research conducted on the migration of Galicians and Sephardic Jews from Spain to NJ since the mid-1800's, accompanied by visual aids such as a costume display, photos, and Alborada artists demonstrating regional musical instruments and dance movements. A Spring 2016 date will be announced ASAP for the event. Alborada has a busy 2015 - 2016 season ahead. Please visit our website for more details - www. alboradadance. org.
Target demographics: All ages of children and adults of all ethnic backgrounds are served by Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre programs.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Annually, between 10,000 to 15,000 people benefit from Alborada's diverse cultural arts programming.
Geographic areas served: State of New Jersey and greater Tri State area
Programs: Full-Stage Theater Productions: Recuerdos de Espana - Spain's Golden Age of Classical Dance and Flamenco; The Moorish Connection - The influences of Ancient Persia on Cordoba, Spain;Homenajes - Spain's cultural history from the 1930's - 1980's; Spain Meets Ireland - The surprising Celtic Connection of northern Spain with Ireland; The Sephardic Connection - The powerful story of the Spanish Jews in 1492; The Journey - The roots of flamenco in India; The Feast of Sarah - Gypsy cultures in Spain, Hungary and the Balkans; The Trail of Gold - The Age of Spanish Exploration in South America; Feria - A festival celebration of Spain and Mexico; Pasion - The passion of Flamenco and the Argentinean Tango; El Sueno - Celebrate Three Kings Day and enjoy the diversity of dances from Spain and Latin America; Dance Dramas - Granada The End (Death of Garcia Lorca), El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla's Ballet). Arts-in-Education Lecture Demonstrations are provided in K-12 Schools, Colleges / Universities, Libraries, Museums, Corporate Diversity Events, Senior Centers, and in community outreach organizations for residents in assisted living centers and at-risk youth. We also perform in Hispanic Heritage Month events, Flamenco Tablaos in Spanish Restaurants, and in free-to-the public festivals. Please visit the Alborada website www. alboradadance. org for more information on our programs.
860 King Georges Post Road, Fords, NJ 08863
732-598-3979
Arts & Culture
Fords
