BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33649@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241204T000000 DTSTAMP:20241011T220407Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/yaa-samar-dance-theatre-fall-2024-s eason/ SUMMARY:Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre- Fall 2024 Season DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10\, 2024\n\nContact: Zoe Rabinowitz • 646.734.4342 • zoe@ysdt.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANNOUNCING YSDT’S FALL 2024 SEASON: \n\n3 PERFORMANCES\, 1 US PREMIERE\, 2 UNIVERSITY RESIDENCIES\,  \n\n4 COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS &\; MORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto by Nikith Nath\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrooklyn\, NY – Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT) announc es their Fall 2024 season which includes performance and community engagem ent programs in Massachusetts\, New York\, North Carolina and Virginia. \ n\n \;\n\n“As we reflect on the immense loss\, devastation and heart ache that continue to reverberate in Palestine and around the globe after more than a year of violence\, YSDT honors the unwavering resilience of th e people who continue to endure\, and the countless voices who refuse to b e silenced or erased in the face of overwhelming odds. This season\, we re main committed to amplifying these voices and preserving their truths. We know that through these stories\, we resist dehumanization\, reclaim narra tives\, and imagine new ways of being in the world.” – Zoe Rabinowitz\ , Executive Director\n\n \;\n\nLast Ward returns to the US (after trav eling to NYU Abu Dhabi in 2023) for two performances at Duke Arts Presents November 15-16\, 2024 at 7:30pm as part of a week-long residency that inc ludes class visits\, a student performance\, and public workshops. Hailed by The New York Times as “an uncommonly deft combination of dance and ve rbal theater”\, Last Ward follows one man’s journey towards death in a hospital\, where the ritual of doctor visits and family calls transform i nto an increasingly bizarre landscape of tragedy and humor. In Arabic with English subtitles.\n\n \;\n\nNovember 18-19 YSDT will be Guest Artist s in Residence at the University of Virginia Drama and Dance Department\, which will host class visits\, community workshops and other public progra ms.\n\n“She keeps falling but doesn't give up… you could watch her for hours." – Jörg Worat\, Neue Presse\n\n \;\n\nLosing It makes its U S Premiere - after touring to more than 25 cities in Europe since 2021 - a t the Fine Arts Center at UMass Amherst on December 4\, 2024 at 7:30pm. Lo sing It explores what it means to grow up under occupation\, and how the t rauma of previous generations manifests in the body through movement and s ound. At UMass\, the company will also present Noah\, a solo which centers themes of love\, courage\, and regret through one man's personal history\ , make a class visit and offer a workshop.\n\n \;\n\nYSDT will share a film screening of two original works 3 x 13 and Losing It alongside an ar tist talk\, contemporary workshop and dabke workshop November 21-23 at JAC K in Brooklyn\, NY as part of the first edition of the UNDOXX Festival\, c urated by zavé martohardjono\, Maya Simone Z.\, and Jamie Chan\, upliftin g the work of artists facing censorship.\n\n \;\n\nDETAILS\n\n \;\ n\nLast Ward \n\nDate: November 15 &\; 16 at 7:30pm\n\nLocation: Reyno lds Industries Theater\, 125 Science Drive\, Durham\, NC\n\nTickets and mo re information\n\n \;\n\nWritten and Directed by: Amir Nizar Zuabi\n\n Choreographed and Composed by: Samar Haddad King\n\nPerformed by: Waseem A lzeer\, Kristin Clotfelter\, Khalifa Natour\, Yukari Osaka\, Zoe Rabinowit z\, Arzu Salman\, Mohammed Smahneh\n\nUniversity of Virginia Guest Artist Residency\n\nDates: November 18-19\, 2024\n\nLocation: Charlottesville\, V A\n\n \;\n\nUNDOXX Festival: Film Screening &\; Workshops\n\nDates: November 21-23\, 2024\n\nLocation: JACK\, 20 Putnam Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY 1 1238\n\nTickets and more information\n\n \;\n\nNovember 21 @ 6-8pm: Co ntemporary Dance Workshop\n\nNovember 22 @ 7:30pm: Film Screening: 3 x 13 and Losing It\nNovember 23 @ 2-4pm: Community Dabke Workshop\n\nLosing It (US Premiere) and Noah\n\nDate: December 4 at 7:30pm\n\nLocation: Bowker A uditorium\, 100 Holdsworth Way\, Amherst\, MA\n\nTickets and more informat ion\n\n \;\n\nLosing It\n\nCo-Created by: Samar Haddad King and Samaa Wakim\n\nChoreography and Performance by: Samaa Wakim\n\nMusic and Perform ance by: Samar Haddad King\n\n \;\n\nNoah\n\nCreated and Choreographed by: Samar Haddad King\nWritten by: Samar Haddad King and Sean King\n\nPer formed by: Mohammed Smahneh\n\nMusic by: Various Artists\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nABOUT\n\n\nYaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT) creates invigorating pe rformance and education programs that expand access to - and promote under standing through - the arts. Founded in 2005 by Samar Haddad King in NYC\, YSDT has a repertoire of 30+ original works performed across NYC\, region ally\, and abroad in 18 countries across four continents. Since 2011\, the company has worked transnationally between NYC and Palestine\, and is com mitted to uniting diverse artists and audiences in the creative process\, rooted in the belief that art should be liberating\, transformative\, and accessible to all. For more information\, visit: www.ysdt.org.\n\nFUNDING CREDITS\n\nThese programs are supported in part by funding awards from the Center for Arab American Philanthropy\, Howard Gilman Foundation\, and Na tional Endowment for the Arts.\n\nThe development of Last Ward was support ed through creative residencies at: Dance Initiative\, Launchpad (Carbonda le\, CO)\, Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC)\, Chaillot - théâtre national d e la Danse (Paris)\, Al-Hakawati\, Palestinian National Theatre (Jerusalem )\, Middlebury College (VT) and Jacob’s Pillow (MA)\; and with financial support provided by: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture\, Covillo/Lynch Famil y Foundation\, MAP Fund\, National Endowment for the Arts\, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs\, O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation\; and FUSED (French U.S. Exchange in Dance). Last Ward is made possible with fun ds from the Howard Gilman Foundation\, administered by Brooklyn Arts Counc il.\n\nLosing It was developed as part of the Goethe Institute project “ Un|Controlled Gestures?” (2019-2020).\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/unnamed-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR