Family Saturdays
Schedule
Saturday, September 28, 2024 - Saturday, December 7, 2024
Starting this fall, L’Alliance New York will become a family affair; offering family-inspired activities on Saturdays! This new yearly program seeks to amplify the educational opportunities available to young language learners along with their parents. Activities will be available for a range of ages and interests. Offering a child-friendly perspective of L’Alliance New York’s visual and performing arts programs, Saturday events are carefully selected to complement L’Alliance’s cultural and educational missions.
Featured Artists and Programs:
Studio in a School (all ages) – Studio in a School is a visual arts organization partnering with public schools and community organizations in NYC. Their team connects teaching artists with schools to organize classes in drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpting, media tech, and more. Studio in a School also partners with cultural organizations to connect schools and arts educators with current exhibitions, curators, museums, among others.
Creative Dance workshop with Catherine Gallant (all ages) – In conjunction with the opening of Crossing The Line, L’Alliance New York’s performing arts festival, L’Alliance offers a family workshop inspired by the work of dancer/choreographer Jérôme Bel. Participants of all ages are invited to discover dance-making that explores the role of choreographer in the contemporary world of environmental awareness and personal vision. The workshop will be led by choreographer and dance educator Catherine Gallant, who will make a special guest appearance in the performance of Jérôme Bel (2021) on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28 in Florence Gould Theater. Tickets required.
Broken Box Mime Theater (ages 3-12) – BKBX (Broken Box Mime Theater) is a contemporary physical theater company that tells original stories beyond language barrier. L’Alliance New York has welcomed the troupe for performances and workshops in past seasons of TILT Kids festival and the Young Audience Program. Tickets required.
Le Petit B (ages 2+) – Created especially for very young children, Le Petit B engages its audience through interactive play, choice, and spatial exploration. Created by award-winning choreographer Marion Muzac and visual artist Émilie Faïf, this charming immersive experience offers an inventive landscape peopled by two dancers and warm, inviting cushions that evoke the comfort of a mother’s breasts. Tickets required.
Weekly Storytime (ages 4-9) – Drop in on Saturdays for free family-style French story time at the Haskell Library! Held in the main reading room and featuring books carefully curated from the library’s collection, each week will focus on a different fun and inspiring theme. No advance registration required.
Coloring in the Library (ages 3+) – After Storytime, coloring activities will be available to students and families throughout the Library’s usual Saturday hours. L’Alliance New York’s arts and cultural programming department will provide a family guide that includes coloring pages and kid-friendly information about L’Alliance’s visual and performing arts programs. No advance registration required.
Venue
Event Pricing
Workshops:
Members: $10
Non-members: $15
20% discount for multiple tickets with code FAM20
Coloring and Storytime:
Free
Le Petit B
Tickets available for purchase on Ticketmaster.
Weekly Program
Week 1 | Saturday, September 28, 2024
10:00am-11:15am: Make it Pop: Collage Family Workshop
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
1:30pm-2:15pm: Dance workshop with Catherine GallantMake It Pop: Collage Family Workshop
L’Alliance Skyroom
Please join us for a hands-on, artmaking workshop for elementary school aged-students and their families. Inspired by the exhibition Glowing Heads, we will create our own collage faces in vibrant color! Using paper, glue sticks, and scissors, we will cut and arrange layers as we compose colorful portraits with a special pop-up element. Participants do not need to be familiar with the exhibition or techniques to participate. The workshop will begin with an introduction to Glowing Heads and a demonstration of techniques and approaches. Precut shapes will be available for young learners. Additional individualized support and inspiration will be provided as needed. If time permits, we will share our collages at the end of the workshop. All materials will be provided. Students must be accompanied by their parents/guardians at all times.
Elaine Greenstein, leading the workshop, is a professional artist and educator. She has been teaching visual art in public and private schools for over 20 years; her students range in age from 3 years to 70+. Her studio work includes printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. Ms. Greenstein is also the author illustrator of 13 published books for children. She loves to bake and travel.
This event is free and presented in partnership with Studio in a School.
Creative Dance workshop with Catherine Gallant
L’Alliance Skyroom
Discover the contemporary movement ideas of dancer/choreographer Jérôme Bel! In conjunction with the opening of Crossing The Line, L’Alliance New York’s performance and arts festival, L’Alliance offers a family workshop inspired by Jérôme Bel’s work. Participants of all ages are invited to discover dance-making that explores the role of choreographer in the contemporary world of environmental awareness and personal vision.
The workshop, led by choreographer and dance educator Catherine Gallant, is meant to serve as an introduction to contemporary dance and the work of Jérôme Bel. The workshop will include movement concepts from Bel’s choreography and themes specific to his work. No prior dance experience is necessary! Children must be accompanied by parents or guardians at all times.
Catherine Gallant is the director of Dances by Isadora which, since 1989, performs, teaches, and collaborates with dancers throughout the world. She has studied and performed the work of Isadora Duncan since 1982 and is a founding member of the Isadora Duncan Archive. Ms. Gallant performed in Jérôme Bel’s Isadora Duncan, which premiered at L’Alliance’s Crossing the Line Festival in 2019. Her own work is performed by Catherine Gallant/DANCE which has been seen in the New York City area indoors at Danspace/St. Mark’s Church, Chashama, GreenSpace, 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, American Dance Guild, and outdoors at Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out.
This workshop is developed in collaboration with Smith Street Maternelle.
Week 2 | Saturday, October 5, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
L’Alliance Skyroom
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 3 | Saturday, October 12, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
L’Alliance Skyroom
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 4 | Saturday, October 19, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
L’Alliance Skyroom
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 5 | Saturday, October 26, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
L’Alliance Skyroom
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 6 | Saturday, November 2, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
Tinker Auditorium
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 7 | Saturday, November 9, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the Library
2:00pm-2:45pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 3-7)
3:15pm-4:00pm: Broken Box Mime Theater workshop (ages 7-12)Silent Storytelling with Broken Box Mime Theater
L’Alliance Skyroom
Join BKBX teaching artists in a weekly class, exploring ideas that complement L’Alliance New York’s language class curricula. Each semester, the classes will focus on a theme related to our wider cultural programs. Theater artists from Broken Box Mime will explore how we tell stories without words! In this weekly series, we will learn the basics of mime, play with body language, and learn how to tell stories as an ensemble. All levels of experience and access needs are welcome. Come play!
Week 8 | Saturday, November 16, 2024
9:30am: Le Petit B
10:00am-11:15am: Coloring in the Library*
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
11:30am: Le Petit B
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring Hour Library
3:30pm: Le Petit BLe Petit B
L’Alliance Skyroom
Created especially for very young children, Le Petit B engages its audience through subtle choreography, interactive play and spatial exploration. Created by award-winning choreographer Marion Muzac and visual artist Émilie Faïf, this charming immersive experience is peopled by two dancers and warm, inviting objects. With a malleable scenic design that uses large, soft cushions to evoke the comfort of a mother’s breasts, this whimsical and poetic meditation on human bonds with material objects sets children free to frolic.
This event is presented as part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival. Buy tickets.
*Coloring in the Library will be available before and after Storytime
Week 9 | Saturday, November 23, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the LibraryAdditional programs to be announced
Week 10 | Saturday, December 7, 2024
11:30am-12:00pm: Storytime in the Library
12:00pm-2:00pm: Coloring in the LibraryAdditional programs to be announced
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