La MaMa Kids – a series of creative workshops for the young and the young at heart. Master artists from La MaMa teach theatre crafts in workshops that encourage imaginative play and hands-on learning. Children and adults learn the basics of storytelling, dance, mask and puppet-making, and more!
Ellen Stewart Theatre Lobby
66 East 4th Street (bet. Bowery & 2nd Ave)
Box Office: 212-475-7710
lamama.org
Fun for the whole family! (ages 4 – 104!)
Tickets: $10 per family, no family turned away
Saturday mornings at 11 o’clock
Workshops last 45 minutes and are on the 2nd Saturday of every month.
Workshops are limited to 30 children
Performances are limited to 75 audience members
Participating artists:
Richard Ebihara, Vít Horejš, Julia Martin, Federico Restrepo, Jane Catherine Shaw, Rebecca Leigh Silverman, Bonnie Sue Stein, Meredith Wright, Janice Yoo, and Perry Yung.
Upcoming Events:
Workshop: Beatbox
May 25, 2013 – 11am
A celebration of community, family and the art of human noise led by beatbox duo Kaila and the Kid
Ages 5 and up.
About Kaila and the Kid:
Hailing from NYC and calling themselves ‘beat rhymers’, the duo of Kid Lucky and Kaila Mullady combine beatboxing, rapping, spoken word, scatting, and vocal sound effects into an awesome display of vocal abilities that translates into amazing songs and a good time! They explore all realms of American music: from hip hop and electronic music (like trap and techno), to funk, jazz, rock, and soul. Their signature technique is a new vocal style called beat-rhyming: the combination of beatboxing and rhyme flow or floetry. They have shared the stage with: Cosmo D (Newcleus), TC Izlam (Hip-Step, Zulu Nation) Rabbi D from MTV’s MADE, Miles Megaciph, Homeboy Sandman, opened for Afrika Bambaataa and been featured at The Midwest Beatbox Festival They have performed at Davidson College in North Carolina, in Albany sharing the bill with DJ TrueMaster, Iron Bar Collective, working on a distribution and licensing deal with Acappella Records, and more in the works!
Workshop: Mindful Music
June 8, 2013 – 11am
by Perry Yung
A family fun workshop on the Zen concept of mindful music. Using the Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flute, temple gongs and storytelling, kids of all ages play theatrical games and craft a take home musical instrument!
For more information please click here.
Performance: Family Playdate
June 22, 2013 – 11am
by Richard Ebihara & Perry Yung
Join the SLANT Performance Group as they weave their magical humor through La MaMa’s first Family Playdate –
a fun-filled cabaret performed with members of the Great Jones Repertory Company. Embracing intelligent dance, music and theatre, this is a unique event for the whole family.
For more information please click here.
