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We've added the mini-documentary featuring our Young Native Voices:
Theater Education Project to our page and we hope to see you at the
free YoungNative Voices Festival on Saturday, January 26 at 2pm.
The
ever-growing Young Native Voices Theater Education Project, now in its
seventh year, inspires young Native Americans to explore their rich
history and share personal experiences through the art of playwriting.
This year’s program is the biggest yet, with fifteen participants
ranging in age from nine to eighteen. The new plays will be read at the
Young Native Voices Festival by professional Native American actors in
a free performance on Saturday, January 26, at 2 p.m.
Sponsored
by Native Voices at the Autry, the program consists of six classes over
the course of three weekends in January. It pairs up the participants
with theater professionals to teach them the basics of play
development. The workshop focuses on such topics as writing for the
stage, character development, and writing from personal experience,
culminating in the debut of the students’ powerful and compelling
scenes, stories, and monologues.
Added this year is an
exciting musical element, which combines traditional Native American
music with contemporary orchestral and choral music by high school–age
Native American composers who are part of the Composer Apprentice
National Outreach Endeavor (CANOE) of the First Nations Composers
Initiative. Through collaboration between the theater and music
programs, teenage playwrights and composers gain the confidence and
inspiration to create performance art pieces. The opportunity to
compose these works at a young age sets the groundwork for them to
thrive as artists and writers well into adulthood.
In
addition, Young Native Voices collaborates with local community
partners such as the Southern California Indian Center, Central High
School in Los Angeles, United American Indian Involvement, and the
Torres-Martinez Tribal TANF, all of whom send their youths to
participate.
“This festival is a forum for the voices of
talented Native American youths from all over Southern California,”
said Young Native Voices National Coordinator Bryan Davidson. “They
come together to tell their stories, which is a powerful way to bring
people together and increase understanding.”
Reservations
for the Saturday performance are requested. Please call 323.667.2000,
ext. 354, or e-mail your reservation to
nativevoices@autrynationalcenter.org with “Reservations” in the subject
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