The Arts & Torah Conference for Women, 2008/5769
November 7-10, 2008 ~ Parshas Lech Lecha ~ The Yahrtzeit of Rachel Imenu
Schedule of Events (subject to change)
Shabbat, Nov 7-8: Brooklyn Shabbaton
Candle Lighting, Parshas Lech Lecha — 4:27pm
Oneg/Tish, Home Hospitality, Socializing, Torah, Chassidut, and Music.
Havdalah — 5:30/5:56pm
Motzei Shabbat, Nov 8: Shir LaMaalote III — 8:30pm
Professional Women’s Music & Dance Performance
Old Stuyvesant High School, 345 East 15th Street (between 1st and 2nd)
Union Square subway station (4/5/6/N/R/L)
Art Vendors & CD Sales Beginning 7:30pm
Program includes performers from across the world, featuring…
- Chanale Fellig, Songwriter, New York
- Koleinu, Dance Troupe, Toronto
- Canfei Ruach: Tirtza Singer & Channa Jaffe, Harp & Piano, Israel…
- Bracha Adrezin, Opera, Portland, OR
- Rivka Lomiansky, Songwriter, Toronto
- Ariella Goldberg, Songwriter, Toronto
- Ayelet HaShachar, Women’s Band, Baltimore
- Katia Bolotin, Pianist, Cleveland
- Polina Imas, Opera, Chicago
- The Schwadrons! Women’s Band, Passaic, NJ
- Aliza Dubin, Songwriter-Pianist, Passaic, NJ
- Suffy Rudman, Songwriter, New York
Admission:
$15 Advance sales, online, $20 Reserved seating and at the door
$40 Priority seating — includes complimentary CD, refreshments, and program advertising (deadline 11/3)
Sunday, Nov 9: Workshops & Film Screenings
Times Square Arts Center, 300-310 West 43rd Street (4th-5th floors) @ 8th Avenue
Port Authority (subways A/C/E/1/2/3/Q/7/S)
Registration & Coffee 9:00 – 10:00am
Visual Art Vendors available for browsing
Early Morning Stretch Class
Opening Session 10:00 – 10:30am
SESSION I 11:00am – 12:00pm
Dance: Lyrical Dance with Keri Saltzman
Music: Vocal Arrangement & Harmonization with Esther Leah Marchette
Drama: Class Act — Acting Class! with Leah Chwaiewsky
SESSION II 1:00 – 2:00pm
Dance: Modern Dance with Rachel Vernon
Music: Vocal Release for Growth and Transformation with Bracha Adrezin
Drama (1:00 – 3:00pm): From Page to Stage: Scene Study with Amy Guterson
*Special Session for Teens!
Musical Theatre Workshop 1:00 – 3:00pm
Learn Music, Dance & Drama with Neshama Theatre’s Rivka Lomiansky!–>
SESSION III 2:00 – 3:00pm
Dance: Rock On Jazz Class with Leah Chwaiewsky
Music: Advanced Vocal Technique Master Class with Elena Tal
Drama: From Page to Stage: Scene Study (continued from Session II)
SESSION IV 3:00 – 4:00pm
Dance: Torah-Dance Fusion: Blend of Lyrical Jazz, Latin Cardio, Stretching the Body and Touching the Soul with Yocheved Polonsky
Music: Raising the Bar: Transforming a Good Performance into a G-dly One with Katia Bolotin
Drama: Playback Theatre & Improv Drama with Toby Greenwald (Israel)
Cool Down 4:00 – 4:30pm
Optional programs:
Drum & Percussion Circle: Using Your Innate Rhythm & Musicality for Creative Expression with Nechama Tarlow (no experience necessary)
Visual Art Vendors available for browsing
Refreshments
FILM SCREENINGS 4:30 – 8:00pm
Filmmaker Frenzy: Documentaries & Short Films
Please note new film screening times
- 4:30pm – Becoming Rachel, Short fiction film by Amy Guterson, with Q&A
- 5:25pm – Chametz and Engaged, Experimental and documentary films by Leah Levy, with Q&A
- 5:45pm – Selections from A Blessing in Disguise, a feature film by Tobi Einhorn, with Q&A
- 6:05pm – Selections from Shame, Shanda, and Silence, a documentary by Esther Rachel Russell, with Q&A
- 6:20pm – Selections from Time of My Life, a documentary by Sherrie Gershan of Passaic, NJ
- 6:40pm – Arranged Trailer, for Yuta Silverman’s award-winning documentary
- 6:50pm – Selections from The Chairlady, the new comedy by Y. Silverman & Lara Gedzelman, with Q&A
- 7:10pm – Raise Your Spirits, documentary about summer stock theater in Israel, featuring Toby Greenwald
SUNDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE
HOST: Elana Greenspan, Passaic, NJ
Dance, Theatre & Vocal Performances by
Featured Presenter: Liora Oppenheimer, Toronto
- Marilyn Lechtman, Theatre, Toronto
- Elisheva Raichman, Dance, Texas
- Elisheva Ryp, Vocal, Monsey, NY
- Phyllis Blackman, Original Music, New York
- Rachel Vernon, Dance, Toronto
- Leah Stitzer, Vocal, Monsey
- Miriam Leah Droz, Vocal, New York
- Esther Leah Marchette, Vocal, Boston
- Ashira Morgenstern, Songwriter, Israel
- Rachel Ravitz, Vocal, New York
- Avigail Rosen, Vocal, New York
- Tanya Guterson, Vocal, Pittsburgh, PA
- Robyn Davis, Vocal, Highland Park, NJ
Monday, Nov 10: Additional Workshops & Film Discussion
Congregation Ramath Orah, 550 West 110th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam
Subway (1 train)
Open Meeting for ATARA Development 11:30am – 1:00pm
Are you interested in joining the Administrative Team of the Arts and Torah Association? Have opinions, passion, or experience? Please join us in this exciting initiative to form a structured way to support creative and performing artists according to the values of Torah.
SESSION V 2:00 – 3:00pm
- Music: The Relationship between Tefillah and Art with Ashira Morgenstern
- Music/Dance: Teaching Dance to Young Children with Mara Friedman
- Drama/Film: Screenwriting with Esther Rachel Russell
SESSION VI 3:00 – 5:00pm
- Music/Dance: Jewish Women’s Spirituality Through Movement & Song with Nechama Cheses and Esther Leah Marchette
- Drama/Film: Playwrights & Filmmakers Discussion Group
- Issues that arise for scriptwriting and filmmaking, and the future of these arts for frum women
SPECIAL TRACK: Arts Education
- Helping Kids Create their Own Material with Jessica Schecter (3:00 – 4:00pm)
- Using Drama as a Tool for Education with Etta Abramson (4:00 – 5:00pm)
KEYNOTE LECTURE, 5:30 – 6:45pm: Integrating Art into Real Life
Keynote Lecture with Robin Garbose, founder of Kol Neshama Arts Conservatory
Traditional Values, Modern Media: An Authentic Jewish Voice in World Cinema with award-winning Hollywood film director and Chassidic Jewish woman Robin Garbose
Final Presentation, Monday Night, Nov 10
Dance & Music Performance 7:00 – 8:00pm
Creative Learning Institute of Dance • Koleinu Women • Jewish Chick Rock • Drisha Institute Arts Fellowship • Kol Isha Radio Show