Lights Up! for Educators

Dominion Energy Center 15th Anniversary

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Doors Open at 1:00PM

Programming 1:30 – 4:30PM

In honor of Dominion Energy Center’s 15th Anniversary, its Resident Companies and other local artists will provide a day of FREE hands-on activities, art-making workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and performances for a community open house, celebrating the transformative power of the arts in our community. This event will showcase a variety of art forms, offering activities suitable for both youth and adults!

Registration
Pre-registration is now closed. On-site registration will take place the day of the event. Doors open at 1:00pm.

Workshops and Performances

University of Richmond World Instruments - All Day!

Instrument Petting Zoo – Donor’s Lounge

Guests will be allowed to experience, touch, and play authentic musical instruments from West Africa, Japan, Indonesia, India, and Brazil. Petting Zoo will close at 3:30.

Richmond 34 Mural Activity - All Day!

Create Your Own Art – 3rd Floor Lobby

Join Studio Two Three to create your own mini poster and button using our pre-risograph prints, drawing materials and button supplies.

RPAA's Digital Arts Lab - All Day!

Exploring the Studio – Digital Arts Lab Studio

Guests will get an opportunity to see Digital Arts Lab tools in action: hands-on experience with video cameras and green-screen technology.

Studio Two Three - All Day!

Screen Printing – Showcase Gallery

Join Studio Two Three’s print crew to screen print your own anniversary poster! We will walk you through the steps to set up on press, pull a print and dry your item.

Open Space Education - All Day!

Nature Wands – Showcase Gallery

Connect with nature and make art by creating nature wands in collaboration with Open Space Education. Using collected materials like sticks, flowers, leaves, ribbon, beads, and yarn, we’ll wrap, weave, and transform natural materials into magical artful wands.

Richmond Symphony - 1:30PM

Conducting 101 – Carpenter Theatre

Join new Associate Conductor Hae Lee in an introductory lesson in conducting. The conductor’s job is to help the orchestra play together, deciding when to play loudly or softly, fast or slow. In this presentation, we’ll explore how the conductor’s gestures turn a sheet of music into a powerful performance. You’ll discover how these movements help tell the story in the music and connect with both the musicians and the audience.

SPARC - 1:30PM

Theatre Explorations – Mooney Hall

SPARC faculty will lead young performers through improv games and knowledge-building theatre exercises in a one-hour workshop designed for children and teens. Experiment with creating characters and learn about the foundations of building a story for the stage in a collaborative environment.

Virginia Opera - 1:30PM

Arias & Duets – Gottwald Playhouse

Members of the Virginia Opera’s Herndon Foundation’s Emerging Artists Program will be performing a variety of popular operatic arias and duets that audiences will enjoy.

Virginia Rep - 1:30PM

Sound Theater Workshop – 3140 Dance Studio

Virginia Rep faculty explore the concept of performance sound. Playing theater games like “Pass the Sound” “Soundscape: Thunderstorm” and even bringing to life a clip from “Spongebob Squarepants” where young performers act as Foley Artists using props to create the needed sound effects in the clip.

Richmond Shakes and Virginia Stage Combat - 2:30PM

[They Fight] Decoding Shakespeare’s Violence – Mooney Hall

By using textual analysis, we can learn from the Bard what he had in mind for his enacted violence. There will be a short lecture, which will be followed by a relatively short demonstration. From there we’ll get folks up to learn some parries and perhaps get them into some simple choreography.

Elegba Folklore Society - 2:30PM

Dance with Me, Sing with Me – Gottwald Playhouse

No matter your age or background, the spirit and the openness of the Elegba Folklore Society will enchant you. In a way that perhaps you will expect or in a way that is totally spontaneous, your energy will blend beautifully with ours, closing the gap between performer and audience. Participants find themselves swept up in a universal cultural energy that links them with the global significance of this timeless art form.

Come with your family to enjoy Dance with Me, Sing with Me, an interactive performance-lecture that relates aspects of Africa’s culture and customs with life in the United States. By establishing these cultural linkages, audiences achieve a higher level of appreciation for diversity and shared traditions.

Cadence - 2:30PM

Sound Bath with Jim Morgan – 3140 Dance Studio

We will take a meditative journey using sound waves produced by singing bowls, chimes, percussion, and other instruments. Using frequency and vibration, a “sound bath” allows the listener to simply be present, focus on breath, and clear the mind.

Richmond Ballet - 3:30PM

Minds in Motion – Mooney Hall

Minds In Motion teaching artists will lead an exciting movement class introducing participants to simple yet dynamic dance steps, rhythms, games, and patterns in choreography to music.

Richmond Urban Dance - 3:30PM

Dance Tutorial – Gottwald Playhouse

Join Richmond Urban dance as they perform a mix of hip hop and k-pop dance- ending with a brief k-pop demonstration to introduce YOU to this trending style of dance.

Latin Ballet - 3:30PM

Intro to Flamenco – 3140 Dance Studio

Experience the passion and intricate rhythms of flamenco in an immersive workshop with the Latin Ballet of Virginia! Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or a new mover, our expert artists will give you a crash course in an art form that is an integral part of Spanish culture —join us and feel the rhythm take over!

Your Presence is Your Permission
Photographers and videographers will be capturing each of our Lights Up! events throughout the year. Some media (images/video) may be used in later promotional materials, publications, news releases, or other communications related to the mission of Richmond Performing Arts Alliance. Your presence at the event is seen as your permission for such promotional use by RPAA.