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News & Events 2005
Fall 2005 IAP Capstone Production · Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center 
An IAP Capstone Production by IAP graduate candidates Melissa Axel (Creative Director), Cassie Allen (Technical Director), & Yvette Navarro (Visual/Multimedia Director) Plus a team of students from University of Rome LaSapienza 's Cultural Event Planning & Promotion graduate program, collaborating on promotional materials and the organization of a very special post-show reception! The Human Adventure is an original artistic production featuring live music, multimedia visuals, dramatic expression, and dance - all centering around our personal search for self-actualization. For graduate students Melissa Axel, Cassie Allen Barrett, and Yvette Navarro, this show is the final component of their studies in NSU's Interdisciplinary Arts Program (IAP). Known as the Capstone project within NSU's Fischler School of Education and Human Services, this work is the equivalent of a Master's thesis and is the culminating event of the IAP degree - an event conceived, written, created, and produced by the graduate student and the production team he or she assembles, incorporating two or more art forms and marketed for public performance. The show will highlight key concepts of sociology, psychology, spirituality, and humanity made powerful, artistic, inspiring, and at times even humorous, by a host of creative intellectual talent, with original songs and script by Melissa Axel (Berklee College of Music, Heavy Rotation Records/Epic), professional technical production by Cassie Allen Barrett (NBC, ESPN, former Nightly Business Report director) and stunning visuals by broadcast graphics designer and artist Yvette Navarro (Univision, WPBT). Joining the three co-directors for a two-week collaboration on the production will be eleven graduate students and one professor from La Sapienza University of Rome, who will also take an NSU graduate course on art, culture, and spirit with IAP Artistic Director David Spangler. The mission of NSU's Interdisciplinary Arts Program is to educate, nurture, and facilitate visionary and conceptual artists by offering a nurturing learning environment, resources, and tools to expand their knowledge, skills, experience, and entrepreneurship in the arts. This IAP Capstone project provides Axel, Barrett, and Navarro with hands-on experience in show creation, production, and promotion while connecting them with others in the community. It also fosters philanthropy by encouraging them to select a beneficiary since the IAP and its productions are not for profit. The co-directors selected the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts Scholarship Fund, to which all proceeds from the show will be donated - making it possible for youth to find their creative voices through the nationally recognized Lovewell Method used in its summer and after-school programs. Talented students from NSU's University School and the Lovewell arts education programs will also perform in the show. Through original and familiar music, stunning multimedia visuals, intuitive dance, and interactive dramatic performance, The Human Adventure will open your eyes, ears, mind, and heart to the very personal journey that great thinkers like Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell have built careers exploring on behalf of all humankind - today's modern "hero story" within us all. |
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Winter Extravaganza: Building a Stronger Community Through the Arts Friday, December 16, 2005 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. An Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Event By IAP Graduate Candidate Marilyn Walker . Share your special talent of singing, dancing, acting or drawing . Food, door prizes, and giveaways . Ribbons and certificates for all participants . Fun for all who come to join us this wonderful celebration of gifts and talents NSU Miami Student Educational Center, Room 215 8585 SW 124th Street Miami, FL 33183 |
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Thursday, May 12th is "NSU Night" at NEFERTITI! The show opens May 7th and runs through the 22nd, with previews beginning May 4th. Call 954-262-8363 for more information. |
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Voice From Within By IAP Graduate Candidate Gerri M. Caruncho Join us for an evening filled with dance, drama and music, as we explore the life of Ernesto Freyre, III in Voice From Within. Born deaf, he listens to your words with his eyes depending on his acute visual and textile senses. Through choreography by IAP Graduate Candidate Gerri M. Caruncho, we hear what Ernesto sees in 10 dramatic scenes that take us on a journey from conception to present day using various forms of dance styles. Words many times are misconstrued and interpreted to fit into how one perceives a situation. The deaf population of the American society is forced to learn how to communicate with those who use the auditory process for communication. Hearing aids and special communication devices are used to help them understand what we are saying. This Capstone is a study of the various ways that communication can divide - and how understanding of situations by using movement, visual, and dramatic presentations can lead to a supportive type of experience. Some look, but do not see... hear, but do not listen. Let us see with our hearts and listen with understanding so that when barriers are broken, the knowledge of being different can be wonderful in Voice From Within. For ticket information visit www.browardevents.com or call 954-462-0222. Proceeds benefit the Florida Association of the Deaf University Youth Leadership Program. |
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Expressions of the Harlem Renaissance By IAP Graduate Candidates Phyllis Jones and Thea Beauchamp Come experience Expressions of The Harlem Renaissance , an artistic journey into the history of jazz, the arts, and the life and times of the culture of the Harlem Renaissance. This Capstone will showcase the theatrical talents of NSU students and their love for the arts through the exploration of interracial and multicultural situations in society during the Harlem Renaissance era. Highlighting bittersweet triumphs of race relations, the sounds of legendary jazz music by Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and more as performed by IAP graduate candidate Phyllis Jones are sure take the audience back to the speak-easies and nightclubs of Harlem. The artistic works of IAP graduate candidate Thea Beauchamp will create the unforgettable ambience that set the mood for Expressions of The Harlem Renaissance . For ticket information please call 954-262-7290. |
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A Journey Through African-American Music An Interdisciplinary Arts Program Performance |
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In Exile, Echoes from Haiti and Cuba By IAP Graduates Patricia Bencomo-Amaro, Shirley Julien, and Roxana Suarez-Gianantonio Featuring dances choreographed and performed by IAP graduates Patricia Bencomo-Amaro and Shirley Julien, an art exhibition, charity auction, and activities coordinated by IAP graduate Roxana Suarez-Gianantonio, this breathtaking Capstone first told the immigration stories and powerful bond of two Caribbean women to a full audience of more than 400 people at NSU last April. The intensity of the performance - and its effectiveness in promoting cultural exchange in a multiethnic community - inspired leaders of Miami Dade College to sponsor an encore presentation in Miami. A series of events during the week will create an open discussion of the issues presented in the three encore performances of In Exile, Echoes from Haiti and Cuba . |
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Black History Through the Arts An Interdisciplinary Arts Program Performance |
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An Evening of Jazz, WITH YOU By IAP Graduate Candidate Paulette Dozier For a night of great entertainment that virtually everyone can enjoy, join jazz vocalist Paulette Dozier for a spectacular concert at Nova Southeastern University, where she will perform songs from her new CD, WITH YOU . The evening's performance will pay homage to the art of jazz, taking a brief look back into its early Afro-centric origins and moving forward to the development of its more contemporary sounds that make it an American art form. Backed by an outstanding jazz trio comprised of bassist Alex Berti, drummer Sam Levine, and renowned pianist Mike Levine, NSU Interdisciplinary Arts Program graduate candidate Paulette Dozier will introduce swinging renditions of classic tunes by artists such as Nat King Cole, The Platters, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, and many more. Other talented performers will be adding to the show's unique fusion of song, dance, drama, and visual arts that's bound to make you snap your fingers and tap your feet. It will be An Evening of Jazz, WITH YOU . |