Spoke the Hub Dancing & FlyGirl Productionsinvites you to join us for

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January 19 - 20, 2013at the historic

Amargosa Opera HouseDeath Valley Junction, CA

A unique and uplifting wild west performance, art, and wilderness

"experience" for the whole family!

PARticiPAtinG ARtiStS

Visual artists David & Cindy Krimmel will conspire on an installation piece inspired by the Amargosa experience. Their art spans many genres, from David’s wheat hARvesT project to their perform-ance puppetry collaboration, “A Watershed Tale,” with the MidCity Propagators. (CA)

Ingrid Alvarez is a teaching artist based in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She comes from a creative, multi-cultural family and grew up on the West Coast. Ingrid expresses herself through visual art, dancing and social media. (NY)

Lily Skove is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and choreographer, creating for the screen, installation, and live performance. She also works with choreographers as a video artist and projection designer, and recently launched Open Land Theater Productions. (CA)

Sulai Lopez is a seeker of beauty and holds to the truth that not all wanderers are lost and those who seek beauty find it. She is an artist greatly influenced by work that contains an element of performance such as a dramatic costume or expressive pose. (CA)

Kaina Quenga, a native of Hilo, Hawai’i, has been dancing hula professionally for over 20 years. She is skilled in Native Hawaiian language and the art of traditional lei making. She is devoted to sharing and perpetuating the traditional dances and culture of Polynesia. (NY)

Carl Friberg, singer/composer/songwriter and well-known jingle writer, has recently returned from a well-received performance tour of the American Songbook in Japan. Originally from Chicago, Carl is now happy to call Pahrump, Nevada his home. (NV)

Efeya Sampson is a dancer, teacher and choreographer specializing in contemporary, African and Caribbean based dance forms. She has an MA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence, has performed with Charles Moore, and apprenticed with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence. (NY)

Hannah Verrill uses familiar structural components of performance. She seeks to exist inside of an event comprised of both watching and being watched. Her mother, dance educator, Karen Berley, will join her daughter onstage for this performance (IL)

Sung Uni Lee is an artist dedicated to her culinary craft who resides in the “People’s Republic of Brooklyn.” She offers cooking classes to hungry minds and her passion is to empower people with knowledge of self and their boundless creative potential (NY)

Spoke The Hub Young Artists Dance/Theater includes four of STH’s youngest choreographers: Ella Ammann-Bianciardi (12), Zoe McIntyre (10), Ava Renz (12), Mimi Stimler (age 12), plus STH graduate Mindy Toro. (They think Marta Becket is awesome!)

Ted Faye is the Producer/Director of Gold Creek Films and a recipient of numerous awards for his documentary and educational films. Mr. Faye is also a writer and historian who can spin a grand tall tale and is on the board of the Amargosa Opera House. (CA)

Amy Noel, local “astronomer with telescope to go,” is also the owner of Tecopa Hot Springs, another lovely Death Valley attraction a mere 40 miles from Death Valley Junction. She also runs “Star Parties” and is on the board of the Amargosa Opera House. (CA)

Mina Hamilton has been teaching meditation and yoga for decades, holds an advanced certification from Kripalu and has studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thich Nhat Hanh. Her book, “Serenity To Go,” has been published in 6 languages. Mina is a big fan of opera and the desert. (NY)

Freestyle Repertory Theater, an improv-isational theatre company, has been teaching and performing in NYC since 1983. Led by Mike Durkin and Laura Livingston, FRT has brought the excitement of live theater to over 10,000 school children every year. (NY)

Erin Gottwald & John Carrafa formed their current partnership in 2011. Since that time, they have choreographed, performed and taught repertory together in New York City, Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Boston. (NY)

Nancy Lyons has choreographed and performed in the San Fransisco area and internationally. She recently retired from 40 years teaching at Sonoma State University and continues to work as a guest artist throughout the Bay Area and as a faculty member at SSU. (CA)

Elise Long, Artistic Director/Founder of Spoke the Hub Dancing, has been making and presenting small, medium and extra large intergenerational “folk dances” for over three decades. Her work has been presented in every indoor and outdoor setting imaginable, including beer halls, across bridges, and in parades, as well as at more upscale venues such as Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and at the World Trade Centers in NYC. Born in Coalinga (CA) and a graduate of Los Altos High School (CA), this will be Long’s first artistic foray into the CA desert. She became a loyal fan and devotee of Marta Becket in high school, when she read about her in the National Geographic, and is honored to be able to support the continuance of Marta’s work and vision through this benefit effort.

FlyGirl Productions was created by performer, arts patroness, and ghost town enthusiast Ellynne Skove to assist Spoke the Hub in transporting east coast artists to Death Valley for this special benefit weekend. Formerly the chair of Meredith Monk/The House’s board for over a decade, Ms. Skove finally made her own pilgrimage to Death Valley in 2010 and became another passionate Amargosa fan! One of the few people to be certified in “Topf Technique” and “Dynamic Anatomy” by her long-time mentor, the late Nancy Topf, Ms. Skove is also a licensed dance/movement therapist, yoga teacher, and an infant developmental movement specialist.

Spoke the Hub Dancing Inc., is a not-for-profit, multi-purpose community arts organization founded in 1979 by Artistic Director, Elise Long. Hailed as a “neighborhood staple” and one of “the most exhilarating community art spaces in Brooklyn”, STH offers classes for children and adults of all ages; provides performance, rehearsal, teaching and exhibit opportunities for professional artists of all genres; and produces the original dance/theater and special community events of Ms. Long. STH works out of two lively Brooklyn facilities: the STH Re:Creation Center in Park Slope, and in the Gowanus Arts building near the infamous Gowanus Canal. STH’s mission is to nurture individual and community health and happiness through providing the general public with creative arts study, contemplation, and practice opportunities of the highest caliber. In this way, Spoke hopes to improve the quality of life for residents in our own neighborhood, as well as contributing to the well-being of the world at large. For further information on Spoke the Hub, please visit us online at www.spokethehub.org

About uS

All proceeds from this benefit weekend's activities go to support the work of

Marta Becket and her Amargosa Opera House for future generations to enjoy!

Marta Becket performing at the Opera House, circa 1970

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LoDGING

Prices are per guest and include food and activity admissions

Package #1 (2 nights)

$350 / $300* Package #2 (1 night)

$250 / $200* Package #3

$175 / $125*

Bed Choices: Dbl. Queen King

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*Early Registration Discount ends November 15, 2012Space at the Amargosa Hotel is very limited. We will do our best to find a bed for everyone who requests indoor lodging! Please email us with special concerns.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19

9am - 12pm Explore

Explore the area on your own or with family and friends. Checkout the new Tonapah & Tidewater Historical Society Museum adjacent to the hotel. Track wild ponies. Hike the local canyons. The Amargosa Café is open for breakfast and lunch.

1 - 4pm Workshops For the Whole Family

N ancy Topf’s “Space Walk” Performance Workshop with Ellynne Skove

“ M ake the Scene in Death Valley” Photo Op and Prop Workshop with Cindy & David Krimmel

“ C reate A Healthy Vegetarian Banquet” with Sung Uni Lee

Performances

5pm Sulai Lopez’s “Life In The River Perfect”

6pm Dinner with live music by Carl Friberg

7:30pm “Live From Death Valley!” A Showcase of New Performance Work

Carl Friberg / Music Freestyle Repertory Theater Erin Gottwald & John Carrafa / Dance Elise Long / Spoke the Hub Dancing Nancy Lyons / Dance Kaina Quenga / Polynesian Dance Efeya Sampson / African Diaspora Dance S poke the Hub Young Artists Dance/Theater Mindy Toro / Dance H annah Verrill & Karen Berley /

New Performance & Film

9:30pm Stargazing with Amy Noel

ScHEDulE oF ActivitiES

WHAt ARE you DoinG FoR DR. MlK WEEKEnD tHiS JAnuARy 2013?

Please join Spoke the Hub Dancing and FlyGirl Productions January 19 and 20 in Death Valley Junction, CA, for “LIVE ART in DEATH VALLEY” – a unique and uplifting wild west performance, art, and wilderness “experience” for the whole family! Stay at Marta Becket’s historic Amargosa Hotel and enjoy performances plus participatory workshops in and around the famous Amargosa Opera House. In addition to creative arts activities, you can exercise your inner cowpoke and track wild ponies, stargaze with an expert skywatcher, and have your spine tingled by a Death Valley tall tale teller around an open campfire; or, if slow and mellow is your speed, come drift along with the tumbling tumbleweeds and saunter into the sunset with us.

PAcKAGE DEAlSPackage #1 - $350 / $300* donation per person Saturday 1pm - Monday 12pm: Includes food and shared lodging at the Amargosa Hotel for 2 nights plus admission to all performances and workshops.

Package #2 - $250 / $200* donation per personSaturday 1pm - Sunday 8pm: Includes food and shared lodging at the Amargosa Hotel for 1 night plus admission to all performances and workshops.

Package #3 - $175 / $125* donation per personTent or RV Camping for 1-3 nights: Includes food plus admission to all performances and workshops. Water and sewage drop station available, but no electric or RV hookups.

*Early Registration Discount ends November 15, 2012

For all you tumbleweeds just in town for the day, feel free to join individual activities à la carte for $30 each.

Can’t join us and still want to support Armagosa Opera House? Make a tax-deductible donation at www.spokethehub.org

SUNDAY, JANUARY 20

7-9am Breakfast

9-9:45am M orning Meditation & Yoga Stretch with Mina Hamilton

10am-12pm N ancy Topf’s “Space Walk” Performance with Ellynne Skove

12-1pm Lunch

1 - 4pm Workshops For the Whole Family

“Hands Dancing” with Lily Skove New Dance with Elise Long Polynesian Dance with Kaina Quenga Sand Painting with Ingrid Alvarez T heater Improvisation

with Freestyle Repertory Theater

4:15pm “Opera Yoga” with Mina Hamilton

5pm W orkshop Performances and Art Exhibits by Our Lovely Guests, in and around the Opera House

6pm Champagne Toast honoring Marta Becket

6:30pm Dinner

8pm “ Campfire Songs, Marshmallows and Ghost Stories” with local writer, film-maker, historian and tall tale teller, Ted Faye

MoNDAY, JANUARY 21

Explore the area on your own or with family and friends. Take a tour of Scotty’s Castle or relax in the Tecopa Hot Springs. (Extra fees charged for transportation and admission.) The Amargosa Café is open for breakfast and lunch.

Registration by mail must be received by January 7, 2013. 50% refund is available for cancellations prior to midnight December 31st. No refunds available after January 1, 2013. Refunds must be requested in writing to spoke@spokethehub.org.

Please send donations and registration form to Spoke the Hub Dancing, c/o Marlena Oden

748 Union St. Brooklyn, NY 11215

REGiStRAtion

Marta Becket's Amargosa Opera House at Death Valley Junction

Wild mustangs run free in Marta's backyard

Marta's painted murals, inside the Opera House

Schedule subject to change without notice; please check schedule upon arrival.