Kindur

BAM PETER JAY SHARP BUILDING30 LAFAYETTE AVE.BROOKLYN, NY 11217

MAR 19—22BAM Fisher

Compagnia TPO

Artistic Direction by Francesco Gandi and Davide Venturini A co-production with Teatro Metastasio Stabile della Toscana

Study Guide written by Nicole Kempskie with excerpts from Compagnia TPO

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Welcome to the Student Guide for KINDUR, a very special theater performance that you will be attending at BAM. KINDUR is about the adventurous life of sheep in Iceland: beginning in autumn when the sheep are all put together in their pens, through the dark and snowy winter, and finally to spring and summer when the sheep are set free and can begin their journey through the magical Icelandic landscape.

At the performance you will see…A story about three Icelandic sheep told without any words at all.Three dancers use their bodies and movements to become sheep.Beautiful images on a big circular screen that will make you feel like you are in Iceland.

At this performance you will experience…

What it feels like to travel through Iceland in fall, winter, spring, and summer.What it feels like to be part of a flock of sheep.

At this performance you will learn…About Iceland’s beautiful glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, and Northern Lights.About Iceland’s mysterious elves and trolls!

Inside this guide you will find:Fun activities to do on your own or with your class before and after your trip to BAM.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

At the beginning of the show you will be given a soft woolen heart. Keep it with care! This heart will help you feel the way a sheep feels. It will also let you know when to watch the show, and when you can take part, on the stage or from your seat.

From PBS Nature: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lessons/vibrant-volcanoes/lesson-overview/5159/

“Great fun on multiple levels, and a love letter to the gift of our bodies’ senses, Kindur offers insights to participants of all ages.”

—Michelle Wang, Time Out Chicago

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“KINDUR” means sheep in Icelandic.

Sheep arrived in Iceland with its first inhabitants, who came from Denmark over a thousand years ago.

RÈTTIR is a special time in September when the sheep who have been wandering all summer are rounded up and taken back to the valley.

More than half of the people who live in Iceland believe that trolls and elves really exist. There is even an Elf School where you can go to study the history of elves.

On December 21, the night begins at three o’clock in the afternoon, and the sun doesn’t rise again until noon the next day.

There are 130 volcanoes in Iceland.

Vatnajökull, the fourth biggest glacier in the world, can be found in Iceland.

During the summer, many of Iceland’s glaciers melt, creating beautiful waterfalls throughout the country.

FUN FACTS ABOUT ICELAND

ART ACTIVITY: THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

The Northern Lights, also called aurora borealis, are beautifully colored lights that appear in the sky during the winter in countries like Iceland that are near the North Pole. In this art activity, you will have the chance to create your own Northern Lights.

What you will need: A sheet of white paper, crayons in a variety of colors, black tempera (poster) paint (with a drop of dish soap in it so it will stick to the crayon wax), and a toothpick or bent paperclip.

Instructions:1. Color a sheet of white paper with different shapes and colors using your crayons. Make sure you don’t leave any of the paper uncolored.

2. Paint a coat of black paint over the top of the colored designs and shapes you made on your paper.Let the paint dry.

3. After the paint is dry, take your toothpick or bent paperclip and use it to scratch a design into the black surface. You will see the colors start to appear just like the colorful Northern Lights appear in the dark night sky during the winters in Iceland.

ONCE UPON A TIME

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Once upon a time there was a giant troll named___________________________ who lived in

_________________________. The troll’s job was to guard a ______________________________.

The troll looked like __________________________________, had a voice like________________,

and was very ____________________________. The troll’s favorite thing to eat was ____________

________________________. One day, an elf named _____________________was walking along.

The elf was wearing ________________________ and looked very _________________________.

As the elf was walking, the troll came out of his house and said, “___________________________

____________________________________.”

What happened next? Finish the story on the lines below:

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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DESIGN A TROLL

MY TROLL’S NAME IS_____________________________

KindurMajor support for BAM Education programs provided by:

Kindur is supported with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts ArtWORKS for Young People Presenting & Touring Initiative Expansion of BAM’s Community and Education Programs made possible by the support of the SHS Foundation. Leadership support for BAM Education programs is provided by Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa, The Irene Diamond Fund, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. Leadership support for school-time performances, pre-show preparation workshops and educational film screenings is provided by The Simon and Eva Colin Foundation and Lemberg Foundation.Development of new education and community initiatives in the BAM Fisher supported by The Achelis Foundation; Altman Foundation; Booth Ferris Foundation; Brooklyn Community Foundation; The Simon & Eve Colin Foundation; Ford Foundation; Lemberg Foundation;

The New York Community Trust; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; The Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund; The Skirball Foundation; and Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation

Education programs at BAM are supported by: Barclay’s Nets Community Alliance; Barker Welfare Foundation; Tiger Baron Foundation; BNY Mellon; The Bay and Paul Foundations; Constans Culver Foundation; Charles Hayden Foundation; Jaharis Family Foundation; Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation; David and Susan Marcinek; Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation; National Grid; PennPAT: a program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation; Tony Randall Theatrical Fund; The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.; May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation; Sills Family Foundation; Surdna Foundation; Michael Tuch Foundation; Turrell Fund; Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund.

Education programs at BAM are endowed by: Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund for Community, Educational, & Public Affairs Programs; Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin; William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education and Humanities Programs; Irene Diamond Fund; and The Robert and Joan Catell Fund for Education Programs.

Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from:

BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader.

The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Finance Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Councilwoman Letitia James; and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.

Credits

About BAM Department of Education & Humanities

BAM Education is dedicated to bringing the most vibrant, exciting artists and their creations to student audiences. The department presents performances and screenings of theater, dance, music, opera, and film in a variety of programs. In addition to the work on stage, programs take place both in school and at BAM that give context for the performances, and include workshops with artists and BAM staff members, study guides, and classes in art forms that young people may never have had access to before. These programs include Shakespeare Teaches, AfricanDanceBeat, Afri-canMusicBeat, Dancing into the Future, Young Critics, Young Film Critics, Brooklyn Reads, Arts & Justice, and our Screening programs, as well as topically diverse professional development work-shops for teachers and administrators.

BAM Education also serves family audiences with BAMfamily concerts, the BAMfamily Book Brunch, and the annual BAMkids Film Festival. In addition, BAM Education collaborates with the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation to provide an arts and humanities curriculum to students who perform on stage in BAM’s DanceAfrica program.

Humanities at BAM

BAM presents a variety of programs to promote creative thinking and ongoing learning. The Artist Talk series, in conjunction with mainstage programming, enriches audiences’ experience during the Next Wave Festival and the Winter/Spring Season. The Iconic Artist Talk series, launched as part of BAM’s 150th anniversary celebrations, features iconic artists and companies examining the evolution of their work at BAM over the years through on-screen projections of original footage and images from the BAM Hamm Archives.

In September 2012, BAM launched On Truth (and Lies), a series hosted by philosopher Simon Critchley that explores the ambiguity of reality with prominent artists and thinkers, as a co-presentation with the Onassis Cultural Center NY. Humanities at BAM also include year-round literary programs: Unbound, a new fall series presented in partnership with Greenlight Bookstore that celebrates contemporary books and authors from across the literary spectrum, and the ongoing Eat, Drink & Be Literary series in partnership with the National Book Awards, in the spring. The department also hosts master classes, including the Backstage Seminar, a series of workshops on the process of theater-making with BAM’s production staff and guest artists.

Department of Education and Humanities Staff:

Stephanie Hughley: VP Education & HumanitiesSuzanne Youngerman, Ph.D.: Director of Education & Family ProgramsJohn P. Tighe, DMA: Assistant DirectorViolaine Huisman: Humanities DirectorJohn S. Foster, Ph.D.: Education ManagerGwendolyn Kelso: Program ManagerEveline Chang: Program ManagerShana Parker: Event ManagerJennifer Leeson: Administrative CoordinatorNathan Gelgud: Box Office Manager/Program AssociateTamar McKay: Administrative AssistantMolly Silberberg: Humanities AssistantRebekah Gordon: Administrative AssistantHannah Max: Humanities InternLulu Earle: Education Intern

Study Guide Writer:

Nicole Kempskie is a playwright, lyricist and theatre and media educator. She currently man-ages the School & Family Programs at the Paley Center for Media, is a teaching artist for BAM, a lead facilitator for the Broadway Teacher’s Lab, and is an Adjunct professor in CCNY’s Education Theatre program. She has worked as a consultant and teaching artist for NYC DOE, Arts Connection, TADA, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Step-Up Drama, the McCarter Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Music Theatre International, Tams-Witmark, Dis-ney, TheatreworksUSA, Broadway Classroom, and is the co-founder of Brooklyn Children’s Theatre. Her most recent full-length musical, Helen on 86th St., premiered Off-Broadway in the spring of 2010. She holds an MA in Theatre and Sociology from the Gallatin School

at NYU, was a contributing writer and professional development leader for the DOE’s Moving Image Blueprint and served as a juror for the children’s division of the International Emmy Awards.

Images Courtesy of Compagnia TPO

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