BeyondEducation Presents FAME at Bergen PAC, 7/29 & 30

Bergen Performing Arts Center beyondEducation gets ready to debut their long anticipated musical "Fame." on Friday July 29th and Saturday July 30th at 8 pm.  Tickets are $25.00. The musical "Fame" is set during the last year of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980- 1984). The musical is bittersweet but an ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students committing four years of grueling artistic and academic work. With candor, humor, and insight, the show explores the issues that confront many young people today.

This production of "Fame" the musical was developed through the beyondEducation program and the performers are from the local area. The beyond Education program is a special program that offers world class instruction close to home while giving students the opportunity to attend master classes by touring artists performing on the theater's main stage. Students were mentored by bergenPAC staff and other professional stage crew members, designers, musicians, and choreographers to provide them with real life experience that they could use to pursue a career in theater.

This production of "Fame" is more than a musical it is an experience to see. The story will inspires those of all ages while the acting will surprise and engage the audience. These select students have put time and passion into this production, a grantee that this production will be fantastic. All ages are welcome to come to this presentation to see a musical of absolute artistic genius and wonder.

beyondDANCE, New Jersey's premiere school for creative movement, offers classes in a myriad of disciplines for all children. World class teachers from Broadway, Alvin Ailey, ABT as well as dancers and choreographers from current music videos teach students in classes ranging from hip-hop to ballet, tap to jazz, modern to ethnic and much more. 

beyondTHEATER is an after school and summer program where students mount original musical theater and dramatic works, receive instruction on acting, vocal, and audition technique, and learn about theater and the professional process through "hands on" experience. Students can audition for final projects including bergenPAC's touring Glee Club and this summer's musical production of "Fame."
beyondRECORDING is collaboration between bergenPAC and Grammy-winning Bennett Studios where students take classes to learn about record production and music. Students create final projects based on local school ensembles, local talent and high school musicals. Selected students work on major recording projects as collaborations between Bennett Studios and BergenPAC.

beyondSTAGE includes a series of Master Classes and Artist Talk Backs where students experience workshops with professional arts instructors and performing artists. Dionne Warwick, stage designers from the Pink Floyd Experience, Itzhak Perlman, The Russian National Ballet, Lewis Black, acrobats from Cirque Mechanics, Robert Wuhl and principal dancers from Pilobolus will all participate in the program this year!

For more information about beyondEDUCATION at bergenPAC call 201. 816.8160 Ext. 49 or visit our website at www.bergenpac.org

bergenPAC
30 North Van Brunt Street
Englewood, NJ 07631

ABOUT BEYONDEDUCATION:

beyondEDUCATION is a world class arts education program, which offers top quality programming to families and children to stimulate learning and spark creativity and imagination. This is the arts center for children to explore their own unique talent. By offering a variety of classes, beyondEDUCATION can meet each child's individual interests and talents, where they can be identified and honed in a fun and professional learning experience where students will flourish into well-rounded performers on stage and off working with high-quality seasoned professionals who bring their experience and love of the theatre to the program. bergenPAC has helped enrich the lives of thousands of children from underprivileged backgrounds by introducing them, for the first time, to theater, dance and the arts. Inquire about scholarships for the beyondEDUCATION classes at 201 816 8160 ext. 49.

ABOUT BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:

Known as The John Harms Center for 27 years, this cultural hub in Englewood; has been reborn as Bergen Performing Arts Center or bergenPAC. This 1367- seat theater is a landmark, and in its seventh season as bergenPAC it remains one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States. The legendary Tony Bennett and Canadian crooner k.d. lang recorded their 2003 Grammy award-winning CD live on bergenPAC's own stage through a broadband fiber-optic connection with Bennett Studios. bergenPAC is the home of a media production system that is unparalleled, upholding its reputation as a venue for outstanding music, dance and theater. As a non-profit corporation, bergenPAC has thrived thanks to the aid and generosity of sponsors, donors and patrons.

 

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