Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

telephone 412.362.6982
fax 412.362.6986
gatewaytothearts.org

 

The Illusionist

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Artist: Dan Kamin

kamin_briefcaseThe Illusionist dazzles hard-to-impress middle- and high-schoolers with physical comedy, entertaining sketches about driving and dates, and mind-boggling sleight-of-hand. Students will be able to identify how movement and gestures are related to communication and comedy. Dan Kamin’s engaging stories and performance skills make this an ideal introduction to the power of live theater.

"The students learned much about the power of non-verbal communication and had great fun in the process."
– Robert Kirkpatrick, Head of School, Fox Chapel Country Day

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Meet the man who taught comedy moves to Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin) and Johnny Depp (Benny and Joon) in a program guaranteed to captivate middle and high school students.

 

Grades: 6 - 12

Site Requirements:

Please call.

Audience Limit:

500

Prices:

1 Show
Back-
To-BacK
Allegheny
County

$395

$725

Tier 1

$425

$730

Tier 2

 

$835

 

PA ACADEMIC STANDARDS:

Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening: 1.6

Arts & Humanities: 9.1 - 9.4

Health, Safety & PE: 10.4 - 10.5

 

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Latest Updates

  • November 10, 2011 
    On the Road & On the Air

    Taking the ‘stage’ at the historic Pump House, managed by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area this past June, Tom Breiding recorded the PHC’s Humanities on the Road episode Steeltowns, Coalfield and the Unbroken Circle, which airs this weekend.


  • December 21, 2011 
    A Whirlwind of Collaboration

    Two densely-scheduled days this November marked the fruition of a collaborative project two years in the making, designed by Gateway to the Arts and the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. The goal was to assist the graduate chamber music ensembles at CMU in developing dynamic outreach programs for public school students grades K-12. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, project coordinators Lisa Hoitsma of Gateway and Dr. Natalie Ozeas of CMU enlisted the expertise of the Grammy-nominated African-American woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, known world-wide for their high-quality outreach programming that focuses on excellent musicianship, audience participation and repertoire.