"In the pink light of pre-dawn deep in the Catskill Mountains, a pile of twigs and leaves began to stir on the forest floor. Black Bear emerged from his den and stretched, and scowled. "Peep, peep, peep" he heard, "peep, peep, peep." Following the sound he came to a scrub-shrub swamp filled with tiny frogs..."
And so begins "Black Bear's Hudson Valley Tale" - a "music-telling" performance piece conceived by Madera Vox, with a story and illustrations by award-winning children's author Iza Trapani and original music by David Gluck. The premiere is set for October 2009 at the CENTER for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, NY, to coincide with the conclusion of the the Hudson/Fulton/Champlain Quadricentennial.
We recently engaged director/choreographer and visionary Marleen Pennison to help us bring Black Bear's Hudson Valley Tale to the stage. We are thrilled and can't wait to begin the creative process with her.
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