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FashionABLE
All-Ability Threads Fashion Show

A Five Year Retrospective
Magazine: 112 full color,

8 1/2" x 11" pages.
Photography by

Russell Jensen of Sage Studios
Retail: $30.00

Purchase at:
The Suzie Cappa Art Center

Studio and Gallery
722 Saint Joseph Street

Rapid City, SD 57701
Call: 605.791.3578

This book has been funded in part

by a grant from the

National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional Support Provided by:

Art House & Geary Graphics

FashionABLE

The Making of an

All-Ability Fashion Show

Produced by Flutter Productions

A Film by Randal Iverson

FashionABLE is a documentary that follows 26 designers with various intellectual and physical disabilities that are partnered one-on-one with community volunteers to bring their one-of-a-kind fashion design to life. The film offers a behind the scenes perspective of the month-long journey, and the relationships developed along the way, culminating in a sold-out fashion show at a local green house. FashionABLE: All-Ability Threads, produced by Flutter Productions, is a popular biennial event that has become a fan favorite. This intimate glimpse into the lives of several of the designers and the challenges that they rise to, illustrates the power that the arts have to change perceptions, build community, and celebrate the human spirit.

Run time: 58:49

Documentary, Observational

Black Hills Film Festival - Official Selection

Friday, September 27, 4:30 PM

Journey Museum Theater

This film has been funded in part

by a grant from the

National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional Funding for FashionABLE 2024 Provided by:

Jolly Lane Greenhouse, Kenadi Jean Weis Foundation,

and MDU Resources

Additional Support Provided by:

Geary Graphics, Gray Media: KEVN/KOTA,

and Midwest Marketing

2024 Creative Partners:

Academy of Dance Arts Company

Rapid City Stevens High School Orchestra

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Experience a whimsical zoological adventure through fourteen enchanting musical movements that

playfully animate a diverse array of creatures

found in zoos, museums, and circuses.

From vibrant aviaries to fascinating aquariums,

this timeless classic by French composer

Camille Saint-Saëns is sure to

captivate audiences of all ages.

Audition Form

Click on PDF

WHEN:

Sunday, May 18 and Monday, May 19 6:00 – 9:00 PM

WHERE:

Flutter Productions Rehearsal Studios 3603 Range Road

WHAT:

A whimsical zoological adventure through fourteen enchanting musical movements set in a late 1800s French Circus. Composed by Camille Saint-Saenz,

Featuring Poetry by Ogden Nash & Sara Olivier, Directed & Designed by Heather Pickering,

Choreographed by Sara Olivier.

Actors, Dancers, and Creative Movers, age 9 and up,

of all-abilities are welcome.

Also seeking performers who dance en pointe,

juggle, tumble, ride a unicycle, stilt-walk, perform magic tricks, play an instrument, jump rope, clown, or roller skate.

This all-ability retelling of the world famous,

“The Carnival of the Animals,”

is based in contemporary dance incorporating speaking, puppetry, American Sign Language,

with potential singing, clowning, and circus acts.

HOW:

Please come 15 – 30 minutes early to fill out audition forms.

Guardian’s signatures required for those under 18.

Prepared auditions are not necessary for actors, dancers, and creative movers. Singers, Musicians, and En Pointe dancers see below. Creative movers/dancers come dressed for movement/dance and improv (barefoot, jazz or ballet shoes, and dance/athletic wear) and/or actors for improv and cold readings from the script.

En pointe dancers (minimum of two years’ experience) please prepare six counts of eight that showcases your skill level.

Tumblers/Acro - prepare six counts of eight

showcasing your skill.

Instrumentalists/Singers bring your instrument

and play/ sing a cappela

32 measures of a classic or classical French song

can be in English or French

If you ride a unicycle, juggle, stilt walk,

jump rope, perform magic tricks,

clown, roller skate, or have any related circus talents (excluding arial and pyrotechnics) bring your gear and perform one minute demonstrating skill level.

CASTING:

32 - 40 All-Ability Performers

ROLES:

Singer and Poetic Ringmaster,

19th Century French Clowns, Lion, Elephant, a Boxing Kangaroo, Hens and a Rooster, Donkey, Hare, Tortoises, Acrobatic Apes, Various Aquarium Species and a Mermaid, Birds of the Aviary aka the Showgirls of the Circus, Cuckoo, Swan, Fossils of Mammoth, Pterodactyl, Brontosauruses, Mastodons and more.

REHEARSALS/PERFORMANCES:

Rehearsals are primarily Sunday – Thursday from 6 to 9 PM,

with some Fridays to accommodate holidays.

View DRAFT schedule available in Audition Packet above.

Company Meeting/Headshots on May 22

Rehearsals: May 26 – June 25

Public performances: June 26, 27, & 28 at 7:30 PM

and June 27 & 28 at 2:00 PM

Performing Arts Center of Rapid City, Studio Theater