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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nFebruary 15, 2007				For more information, please 
 call: \n						Sarah Crowell 510-597-1619 ext 102  \n\nYouth Performers 
 ignite the stage with thought provoking movement/theater production 
 unconditional\n\nA singer belts out a haunting rendition of Sometimes I 
 Feel Like a Motherless Child while a dancer sways and shudders to the 
 sounds.  A young girl frantically calls 911 on her cell phone to report the 
 murder of a friend, while a martial artist reenacts the death in wild sharp 
 movements.  A group of actors paint a picture of the love, the challenge, 
 and the comedy of being part of their own unique families and then go into 
 a rousing old school hip hop dance, while a huge video screen shows life 
 size family photos. \n\nThese are just a few of the powerful images from 
 the vignettes in unconditional, the new movement/theater piece created by 
 the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, in collaboration with a cadre 
 of local professional artists.  The production uses hip-hop, modern and 
 aerial dance, theater, rap, song, martial arts and spoken word, to speak 
 about issues from family and identity to gun violence and global warming.  
 The piece explores all of these issues while searching for,  and finding, 
 unconditional love in surprising places.  The piece is at once thought 
 provoking and entertaining, and leaves the audience thinking and feeling 
 deeply about what is real and urgent for young people 
 today.\n\nunconditional will be performed on two weekends: Friday, March 
 23rd and Saturday, March 24th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, March 25th at 3pm; 
 Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31stt at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, April 
 1st at 3pm.  All performances will take place at the Malonga Casquelourd 
 Center for the Arts at 1428 Alice Street in downtown Oakland. Tickets are 
 $12-$20 sliding scale for adults and $6 for youth under 18.  Group rates 
 are available. The theater is wheelchair accessible and shows on March 31st 
 & April 1stwill be interpreted for the deaf.\n\nThe Destiny Arts Youth 
 Performance Company is a program of Oakland’s Destiny Arts Center, a 
 community organization that, for 18 years, has provided after-school, 
 weekend and summer programs in dance, marital arts, youth leadership, and 
 violence prevention to youth ages 3-18. The Company’s talented, 
 multicultural youth speak and move from a vision of peace and hope. Join 
 them and be inspired.\n\nFor more information, tickets, or directions, call 
 Destiny Arts Center at 510-597-1619, or visit the website at 
 www.destinyarts.org.\n\n#			#			#			#\n\nCompany directors and youth 
 members are available for interviews.\nOther individual and group photos 
 are available digitally.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/14/18376655.php
SUMMARY:Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company
LOCATION:All performances will take place at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the 
 Arts at 1428 Alice Street in downtown Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/14/18376655.php
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