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Stradivari Quartet
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AVENUE Q
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Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
Passion, emotion and purity are at the heart of one of the world’s most complex and mysterious art forms, flamenco. Hailed by critics everywhere, Noche Flamenca is recognized as the most authentic touring company in the field today.
Dan Zanes and Friends bring their Pajama Party to University Auditorium
Performer: Dan Zanes and Friends - Pajama Party
Filed under Press Releases on October 19, 2007.
University of Florida Performing Arts
315 Hull Road
PO Box 112750
Gainesville, FL 32611-2750
352-392-1900
352-392-3775 Fax
www.performingarts.ufl.edu
Dan Zanes and Friends bring their Pajama Party to University Auditorium
October 19, 2007
For more information contact Amy Douglas at 352-392-1900, ext.324 or e-mail adouglas@performingarts.ufl.edu.
GAINESVILLE, FL – Grammy® Award winners Dan Zanes and Friends return to the stage this fall and winter with a series of live performances at theaters and performing arts centers across the country.
Drawing thousands of fans, Dan Zanes and Friends’ live shows, which The Los Angeles Times describes as a “dance party, hootenanny for the 21st Century,” have elicited widespread acclaim at home and at their debut appearances in London and Australia last year. The Associated Press describes Zanes as a “grinning song and dance man who makes it impossible not to leave [his concerts] in a better mood than when you entered,” while NPR calls Zanes and Friends, “the gold standard in kids’ music.”
Zanes began by distributing a homemade cassette at a neighborhood park in New York City’s West Village, and has since released several Parents Choice Award™-winning, bestselling albums including their most recent Catch That Train!, which won the 2006 Grammy® for Best Musical album for Children. Music videos for Zanes’ songs have aired on The Noggin Network and Sesame Street, and are in rotation on The Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney. Zanes has also released a live DVD, All Around the Kitchen, a limited edition ukulele—called the dz flea—and two picture books made in collaboration with his illustrator-musician brother-in-law, Donald Saaf (Little, Brown and Company Books).
Dan Zanes and Friends are: Dan Zanes, Colin Brooks, Barbara Brousal, John Foti, Saskia Lane and Father Goose.
Dan Zanes and Friends will bring their Pajama Party to the University Auditorium Friday, November 9, 2007 at 7 p.m. Tickets (reserved seating) are: $15 and are available by calling the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or 800-905-ARTS (toll-free within Florida) or by calling Ticketmaster at 904-353-3309 or toll free at 800-277-1700. Orders may also be faxed to 352-846-1562. Tickets are also available in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, University Box Office at the University of Florida Reitz Union and all Ticketmaster outlets; and on the web at www.ticketmaster.com. Cash, checks, Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group tickets are also available.
The Phillips Center Box Office is open Monday – Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. and two hours prior to the performance.
Performance dates, times and programs are subject to change.
University of Florida Performing Arts does more than entertain. It breaks down walls. It breaks down the walls between people by increasing cultural awareness through programming that attracts artists and audiences from around the globe. It breaks down the wall between patron and performer with educational programs such as master classes, artist residencies and pre- and post-performance discussions. It breaks down the wall between health and illness with AIM Together, a collaborative program between UFPA and Shands HealthCare that brings world-class performing artists to those who are hospitalized. It breaks down the wall between idea and realization by commissioning and nurturing new work. Art doesn’t have walls. But sometimes life does. UFPA breaks down the walls, enriching the lives of the citizens in the Heart of Florida, helping to make Gainesville “the #1 place to live.”
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Web sites
University of Florida Performing Arts: www.performingarts.ufl.edu
Dan Zanes: www.danzanes.com
For more information, contact Brian Shimkovitz or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212-741-1000, or via e-mail: brian.shimkovitz@sacksco.com or carla@sacksco.com.
High resolution photos and a copy of this press release are available on the UFPA web site at www.performingarts.ufl.edu/press.