(Newark, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents the 3rd Annual Family Fair at Theater Square at One Center Street (outside in front of NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, July 25, 2015 starting at 12:30pm, sponsored by the Horizon Foundation and Barnabas Health. Don’t miss this FREE outdoor celebration featuring music, dance, performances and interactive experiences for the entire family.
The professional artists that you are accustomed to seeing on-stage at NJPAC will come outside to participate in this fun-filled community day. At Family Fair, NJPAC’s Theater Square transforms into to an imaginative and magical arts festival where you will experience first-hand all types of talent with a diverse set of skills. You will have the ability to interact with artists from various disciplines through unique activities and classes.
This special FREE event will include stage performances by Mystic India, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, young ballroom dancers from NJPAC’s Dancing Classrooms, Umoja Dance Company and Teaching Artists from the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company. This is just a sampling of the hundreds of performances that take place on stage at NJPAC every season.
On July 25th, families will Salsa with Manny and participate in Yoga with the Newark Yoga Movement; you can learn Bollywood, West African dance, Jazz and Hip Hop Dancing; plus Zumba with Betty and more. Calling all music makers! Sing and bop to the beat while learning the basics of jazz in the Jazz Orff Music Playroom. Come play xylophones, drums, tambourines and shakers in this fun filled family jam. For young ones, there will be plenty of balloon makers and face painters, giveaways and a graffiti wall, a stilt-walker and so much more! PLUS, NJPAC will have special $10 and $20 ticket offers for more than 20 upcoming performances! This offer will only be available on-site at Family Fair from 12:30–4pm on July 25th, is non-transferable and can’t be combined with any other offer.
Free Performances:
Mystic India
NJPAC Arts Education Jazz Alumni
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Umoja Dance Company
NJPAC Youth Chorus
NJPAC Dancing Classrooms
Teaching Artists from Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Salsa with Manny & Jose
Interactive Classes:
Richard Reiter Drum Circle
Bollywood dance with Mystic India
Yoga with the Newark Yoga Movement
Zumba with Betty
West African dance with Umoja Dance Company
Salsa with Manny & Jose
Hip Hop dance with Jennifer Weber, director/choreographer of The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Jazz Orff Music Playroom
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is committed to working alongside those who can help us improve our neighbors’ health, inform their health decisions and inspire them to lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. The Foundation’s new funding pillars are Caring, Connecting and Creating. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is the sole member of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, both of which are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information please visit www.Horizonblue.com/Foundation
Barnabas Health is the largest not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system in New Jersey and one of the largest in the region, with more than two million patient visits and delivery of more than 20,000 babies annually. The system includes seven acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, a trauma center, a freestanding behavioral health center, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi-site imaging centers and several accountable care organizations. As the second-largest private employer in New Jersey, Barnabas Health includes more than 20,000 employees and over 5,000 physicians—or one-fifth of the actively practicing physicians in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.BarnabasHealth.org.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in the United States and is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey -- where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over nine million visitors (including more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org or call 888.GO.NJPAC for more information.
