CityStep Penn
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CityStep Penn
ABOUT CITYSTEP CityStep is a dance mentorship program led by Penn undergraduate students. Every week, teaching teams of 5-7 Penn undergraduates travel to one of our five West Philadelphia partner schools to mentor and choreograph routines with elementary and middle school students. introduces West Philadelphia CityStep public school youth to the performing arts as an outlet for creative self-expression, a tool for building self-esteem, and a means to mutual understanding. CityStep was founded in 1983 at Harvard University by Sabrina Peck. In 2004, Laura Weidman Powers, a CityStep Harvard alum, teamed up with two Penn undergraduates, Alicia Marini ’06 and Martha Mijes ’06, to establish CityStep Penn as a student organization serving the West Philadelphia community. CITYSTEP COMPANY 2012-2013 T eresa A n K enya A nderson L eah A pple I brahim A yub D ani elle B arth L ara B erns * M ichael B uzi nover P hi li ne C h eng E lla C oh en H annah D ardashti J anan D ave E mi ly F oong K elly F urukawa * M aria G uadagni no * D rew H asson R ebecca H ayes G eorgia J ames T i ffany J ordan E lizabeth K atz * S ophi e K im M argot K onig F abriana L arancuent K ai T ai L i C aroli ne M i n J ami e P lanch er G rant R oper * S ami r S hah I sabelle S un M anon V ergerio C assandra V ickers P atrick Y ang M ason Y ao O livia Z deric *D enot es H ead T each er EXECUTIVE BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MARKETING SPRING EVENTS COORDINATORS FALL EVENTS COORDINATORS / EXTERNAL LIAISONS LEAH APPLE, PHILINE CHENG ELIZABETH KATZ, ISABELLE SUN JANAN DAVE DREW HASSON, MANON VERGERIO LARA BERNS, CAROLINE MIN LETTER FROM DIRECTORS Founded in 1986, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program unites communities through a collaborative process of creating art that transforms spaces and individual lives. It 9th Annual CityStep is through this aura that we present to you our Show. In exploring this city’s artistic legacy, students and teachers have worked with each other and for each other to transform these murals from a two-dimensional realm to a three-dimensional performance on the stage. By capturing the history and messages behind the murals, this show celebrates expresses hope for the Throughout throughout Philadelphia’s city’s future. rich past, and the course of this year, Philadelphia on their CitySteppers travelled own Mural Arts Tour, and the magic of the murals transported them to different worlds. Harnessing the power of narrative, CityStep students have engaged with the stories behind the murals while infusing their choreography with expressions of their own personalities. We hope you appreciate the hard work and creative energy that have enabled the formation of our final performance — CityStep Presents: INTRAMURAL. This show would not be possible without the dedication of CityStep teachers and students alike; we feel so grateful and honored to have led such a talented, committed group individuals who constantly remind us of why we love serving this organization. year extraordinary. Thank All our Love, Leah Apple and Philine Cheng you for having made this of CITYSTEP PRESENTS: INTRAMURAL ACT 1 ART & SOLE...........................................JACKSON AFTERSCHOOL COMIC BOOK..............................................COMEGYS 4TH GRADE PICTURE THIS.................................................................CITYLIGHTS CHOREOGRAPHED BY: JAMIE PLANCHER LOVE LETTER......................................................HUEY 5TH GRADE -INTERMISSION- ACT 2 WE THE YOUTH..............................................CITYSTEP TEACHERS CHOREOGRAPHED BY: KELLY FURUKAWA BRIDGING THE GAP...............................KIPP WEST 8TH GRADE ONE WORLD.....................................................................CITYLIGHTS CHOREOGRAPHED BY: ELLA COHEN SOUTH PHILLY MUSICIANS.......................POWEL 4TH GRADE FINALE......................................................................................CITYSTEP CHOREOGRAPHED BY: KELLY FURUKAWA CITYSTEP SIGNATURE..................................CITYSTEP & ALUMNI ANDREW JACKSON SCHOOL | AFTERSCHOOL ART & SOLE -TEACHERSGRANT ROPER* DANI BARTH JANAN DAVE MANON VERGERIO OLIVIA ZDERIC -CITYSTEPPERSTYKIA BENDOLPH TYNASIA BENDOLPH CHRISTINA JOHNSON MARKIMA FRSIBY IMAND MASON KHALIYAH SISTRONK INAYAH PATTERSON DARREA BROWN SKYE ROSARIO In 2009, Mural Arts Big Picture students created “Art and Sole”, a project consisting of 100 custom-designed sneakers inspired by the students’ interpretation of Gandhi’s words, “you must be the change you wish to see in the world.” This year, Jackson students, motivated both by Gandhi and by the designers of the shoes, have created their own work of art to bring to the stage! BENJAMIN B. COMEGYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 4TH GRADE COMIC BOOK -TEACHERSMARIA GUADAGNINO* ELLA COHEN EMILY FOONG TIFFANY JORDAN ISABELLE SUN PATRICK YANG -CITYSTEPPERSKEVIN ANDINO ISMAIL COLES ANTONEE DAVENPORT COURTNEY DAVIS DESTINY FELDER KHALIAH GILL LATEEF HADDAD DENZEL JONES SIANI LONG QUDISIYYAH MCCRAE JAMEL MOSELEY SANAIYA MUNDEY MARCELLE PRITCHETTE DENALI ROWE At 34th and Haverford is the “Comic Book Project: Finding Mantua” mural. In creating this mural, students used comic book narratives the intersection of to tell personal stories as well as those of their neighborhoods. The mural presents a map of the neighborhood supported by images of local and fictional superheroes. Inspired by this mural and its message, the students of Comegys searched for their inner superheroes in order to fight injustices like peer pressure and bullying that face them everyday. SAMUEL B. HUEY SCHOOL | 5TH GRADE LOVE LETTER In 2009, the Mural Arts Program and artist Stephen Powers collaborated to create “Love Letter”, a public art project consisting of a series of 50 rooftop murals from 45th to 63rd streets along the Market Corridor. The murals collectively express a love letter from a boy to a girl, from an artist to his hometown, and from local residents to their neighborhood of Philadelphia. Huey West students embrace the sentiment behind this mural series, exploring both their commitment to one another and their devotion to the city of Philadelphia. -TEACHERSKELLY FURUKAWA* TERESA AN KENYA ANDERSON IBRAHIM AYUB MICHAEL BUZINOVER SOPHIE KIM JAMIE PLANCHER REBECCA HAYES -CITYSTEPPERSAMYRIE ALLEN RODNEY BELL JR NAJI CARTER JADEN FOSTER SADIR GREEN KEVIN HALLAGER GRACE HARDAWAY MICHE HARRIS BRENDA HUNTER-MILLS ANTHONY JACKSON KEYANNA JOHNSON AMIR LIPSCOMB DIMIR MATHIS AMIR NURRIDDIN MONET OWENS-CARVALHO WENDELL REDMON AUSTIN SHERIFF HANEEF SMITH KIPP WEST | 8TH GRADE BRIDGING THE GAP -CITYSTEPPERSZAKIA ALKHATIB DEJA ALLEN MICHAELIA BRYANT SHANIYA CHERRY DAESHA DANIELS CALLENE GRAHAM FRANCIS KING HARVEY ZAHIRAH MILLER MONET RIDDICK EGYPT RYDER MARJANII WALTON -TEACHERSLARA BERNS* GEORGIA JAMES MARGOT KONIG CAROLINE MIN Despite the ancestral relationship and West African immigrants and existing African American communities of Southwest Philadelphia, the two groups experienced a steep rise in tension in 2007. Inspired by their collective desire to overcome these hostilities, the “Bridging the Gap” mural was created to build connections between the two communities. KIPP West performs this account of conflict underlying cultural connection shared by and reconciliation through dance in the hopes of furthering the objective of the mural — promote tolerance and understanding. to SAMUEL POWEL ELEMENTARY | 4TH GRADE SOUTH PHILLY MUSICIANS As part of its commitment to the community, WXPN partnered with the Mural Arts Program in 2004 to create the “Sounds of Philadelphia”, a series designed to celebrate Philadelphia’s diverse music legacy. The “South Philly Musicians” mural honors Philly’s own musicians of the Bandstand era including Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Al Martino, Bobby Rydell, Fabian, Eddie Fisher, and Jerry Blavat. Through their dance, the students of Powel pay tribute both to Philadelphia’s musical heritage and to the growing cultural influence of music in the region. -TEACHERSELIZABETH KATZ* HANNAH DARDASHTI DREW HASSON KAI TAI LI SAMIR SHAH CASSANDRA VICKERS MASON YAO -CITYSTEPPERSARI ABBOTT CAROLE ABNER VIOLET BADER-DANESI KEITH BROWN NAJEER CLANTON AASIYA CRAFT-WILLIAMS ZOE CRAWLEY BEYONCE DUKES AYDEN GARNES NASIRA GASKINS MAKAYLAH GOLDWIRE-THOMAS ASIA HILL AIDAN JEFFRIES ELIJAH JUTZI LAMIRAH LOWERY JAIYA LUNDY CHRISTOPHER MARTIN AHMIR MCALILEY-GRANT WILLIAM MCBRIDE MAKEDA MCFARLANE JABARI MCKIE NIANI PHILLIPS SHARIF SALIM ARIYANA-E THOMAS AMIRA TUCKER SYED UDDIN DAMON WALKER CARLOS WARREN CITYLIGHTS PICTURE THIS “Picture This”, #3 in the “Love Letter” series, is a rooftop mural on 52nd and Market best viewed when traveling westbound on the Market-Frankford line. In creating these murals, Artist Stephen Powers, a West Philadelphia Native, said that he wanted to create “a letter for one with meaning for all.” CITYSTEP TEACHER PIECE As part of his CityKids Foundation Program, artist Keith Haring collaborated with students from the Brandywine Workshop to create the “We the Youth” mural. Built in 1987, the mural still stands today at 2147 Ellsworth Street. WE THE YOUTH CITYLIGHTS ONE WORLD The “One World” mural overlooks the playground of the Independence Charter School at 16th and Lombard. Members of the school’s community, inmates at a state correctional facility, and artists from the Mural Arts Re-entry program collaborated to create this mural— a celebration of the diversity and communion of people across the world. OLIVIA, We are so proud of CityStep Penn and all that you do for the students. You make a difference. -Kate Cronan and Steve Zderic Dear Lara, Keep smiling and keep dancing your way to many more milestones! We are so proud of you! Love, Mommy, Daddy, Landon, Cameron, Alana and Grandma And congrats to CityStep on an amazing performance!!! PHILINE, CONGRATULATIONS ON FOUR FULFILLING AND JOYFUL YEARS IN CITYSTEP! Mom, Dad, Phoebe, and Love, Phillip CITYSTEP 2012-2013 RIDE OR DIE. Caroline, Emily, and Janan, Congratulations on a spectacular performance! Love, Family in St. Louis To our shining star, Congrats on you and the Comegys students on your 2nd CityStep Show! We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad, Frankie, Vicki, Katie, Annie, and Lil Nugz P.S. you’re the favorite…don’t tell anyone – Mom and Dad The Plancher Family celebrates CITYSTEP and its INTRAMURAL show. Congratulations to all of the participants for a year of hard work and DANCE Caroline, Emily, and Janan, and to themselves . commitment to Congratulations on a spectacular performance!Jill, Kevin, Brian and MLouis egan Love, Family in St. Caroline, Margot, Lara, and Georgia: Who runs the world? GIRLS! Congratulations on an amazing show and year! Love, Family in St. Louis CONGRATULATIONS CITYSTEP AND ELLA COHEN www.fastfreshandsimple.com SHOUTOUTS Jackson, we love you and can't wait to perform with you! -Love your Teachers nii arja to M k c lu ! Good and KIPP WE LOVE YOU TWITCHY TERESA! DEY YOU GOOO! FROM JANKY, CRUSTY, AND RATCHET ie (and all of Congratulations Jam ys are so CityStep), you gu domus for e back to awesome!!! Com xox, Rachel xo dinner!! ? Step in City ' in c n a Philine nd't say I hate it! Ca oop! Boop! B h er h e Ot T , e v o L 2Chengz BERN!! BABY ou , BERN love y To Lara ll 12 forever, Onda Fa loads :) Congratulations Elizabeth! Your dedication to CityStep inspires us all! To o Thank ur favorite s fo Orth r Love a making us ofox, lways , 232 proud! S!! ITY STEPPER C IT in!! K C M e RO aroli n y you C ll ia c e p s E To all our Huey gals: WE ARE CRAZY IN LOVE WITH YOU! Jackson, you put the step in CitySTEP with your amazing footwork and swag! - Your Teachers To our favorit e Orthofo x, so proud of yo u! To Philine: SHAKE WHAT PRISCILLA GAVE YA! Love, Amy n't s! Do ngrat o , C ia ! sters Georg , ia KIPP g r r o To ou ot to ""Ge POP!""" forg POP POP 1111 - so much swag in one apartment. So proud! Love, the uncoordinated one. SHOUTOUTS kids are Halle Ber Patty, I s ry, hallelujah. Ho ee ya, b lla east. <3 you! amazing To Janan: you’rethe dance f of both on and ck!! oor, good lu COMEGYS! You ars! Keep up ck st SUPERHERO ro work! th e great Lara, You are amazing and inspiring! Good luck at the show and I can't wait to see ya shine! Love, Sophie ines tambour r u yo t Ge fl caroline min, you rock! keep up the good twerk tila tequila!! <3, spo ls! Powel Ow THETo the me FIRE n of H BURN uey: YOU HIT Kipp WEST! We know you'll ""R This Party"" in High School ock ! Good luck! to our favorite gorilla-doctor who diagnoses #parched hipsters! THE S WHEN FLOOR DANCE ! ! egy's!! t Com u b e d our ! ck in y Good lu You be famous atty TifJor P Maria Emily Is <3 Ella ’T , DON TAI Elizabeth, KAI l You're the best! OMG FALL OVER owe ur P o y Love, m - fro students Sophie Lara, ugh to e well eno uldn't danc co I y I know! rr er o S e best danc th l il st win. You're r one umbe th er n o r b l sou ason, M freaking proud Elizabeth we are so life. We love ck at of you. You ro tau u you, ta omega hey CCCCAARROLLLINNEEE lemme see that bo oty work bo-bo-bo booty WORK! Huey, proud of yo all s u!!! o Thank amazing and t! You are you f alent or a ed! great year. Jamie I'm so Philine is ok and spends all her time watching YouTube videos of Ellen Degeneres. Love, Sophie and Scott THANK YOU We CITYSTEP DONORS would like to thank the donors who generously supported our annual holiday mailer campaign. Your donation helped make this show possible! CITYSTEP SUPPORTER ($1-$25) Michael Lacivita CITYSTEP FRIEND ($26 - $50) Max Apple and Talya Fishman Lisa and Ephraim Dardashti Elise Furukawa Randall Rosenberg Beth Konig CITYSTEP PATRON ($51 - $100) Brenda Bass Roper Peter and Priscilla Cheng Ira Cohen Kate Cronan Margaret Cronan Ahn-Chun and Paul Min Stephanie Sklar CITYSTEP FELLOW (Over $100) Vivian Adams Michael and Rona Berns Dave Gloss and Kevin Colahan THANK YOU PARTNER SCHOOLS MS. KAPLAN MS. KOERBLER MR. PLAYO MS. WALKER MS. WATERS TEACHER BECKY Andrew Jackson KIPP West Samuel B. Huey Benjamin B. Comegys Samuel B. Huey Samuel Powel OTHER SUPPORTERS Dawn Blandford Nora Blumenstein Bob Capewell CHAC CityStep Graduate Board Hope Cohen Dhamaka Beth Kephart Jason Lau Timothy Lee Rebecca Lipperini National Dance Institute Mark Pan Sabrina Peck Penn Newman Center *All Chris Perella Perelman Quad Philadelphia 76ers Onda Latina Megan Pippett Angela Reason Evan Robinson SAC Jessie Spellman Jonah Stern Tracy Strauss Strictly Funk Pascale Tam Shira Walinsky information pertaining to the murals and the Program Philadelphia Mural Arts was taken from www.muralarts.org GET I NVOLVED FOR PENN UNDERGRADUATES: Interested in becoming a CityStep Teacher? Look for Auditions in Fall 2013! out FOR PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS: Interested in bringing CityStep to your school? Please email us at [email protected] - we are always looking for students to serve! FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS & INFORMATION: Email us at [email protected] or check out our website: www.citysteppenn.org Tax-deductible donations may be sent to the following address. Checks should be made payable to “Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania” with “CityStep” written on the memo line CityStep c/o Civic House 3914 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 /CityStepPenn /PennCityStep
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