KidsAcoustic: Baroque Dance w/ Jamia Hansen-Murray
Tickets: $9.99 for each child or adult. Infants (not yet walking) are welcome for free. Space is limited, so please buy ahead.
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Some kinds of music are inherently age-inclusive. KidsAcoustic presents real music that parents can enjoy for its own sake, while the lively tunes and wonderful instruments draw kids in naturally.
For each concert, teacher and early string performer Shulamit Kleinerman joins forces with a duo partner from a folk or early music tradition. A personable forty-five minute program is followed by a hands-on opportunity for all the kids to try out our menagerie of instruments.
Joining Shula this month is not a duo musician but a dancer! Jamia Hansen-Murray turns Empty Sea into an eighteenth century ballroom, performing sprightly dances in a sumptuous period costume she made herself. Jamia is a regular performer with Seattle Early Dance, a seamstress to be reckoned with, and a woman of astonishing energy and good cheer. What is a gavotte, a minuet, or a bourrée anyway? Young music students will love finding out, and everyone (including the littlest ones) will be captivated by the fancy footwork and furbelows. Try on some baroque hats and costumes for boys and girls at the end. (Hint: Bring your camera!)
We’ll have mostly floor seating for this show, to clear some room for Jamia.
Shulamit Kleinerman first added family house concerts to her offerings for children in 2007, and the audience quickly outgrew her teaching studio. The new space at Empty Sea is still welcoming, relaxed, and intimate enough for kids to scootch right upto the musicians’ feet… but now there’s also room to dance! Shula is passionate about bringing the arts of earlier ages alive for kids. From Mozart operas to baroque minuets to Shakespeare skits to medieval songs, her historical arts workshops connect kids with the sparkle of the past. More information about her performances and classes for kids and adults can be found at shulamitk.net.
