New Mexico in Focus; 514; Body and Soul: Keshet Dance Company and the NMSO

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ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL >> Arcie: THE PERFORMING MEXICO THIS SEASON TONIGHT ON "inFOCUS," A NEW AND THE KESHET DANCE COMPANY OUTREACH TO CREATE >> Arcie: HELLO AND WELCOME >> Arcie: HELLO AND WELCOME

THIS YEAR THE NEW MEXICO A LITTLE LESS THAN A DECADE OF THE NMSO HAD COME NEVER HAVING LOST THE NEW MEXICO SYMPHONY TO THE EFFORTS OF ITS BOARD, AND PERHAPS MOST NOW THE ORCHESTRA IS BACK IT RECENTLY SAW RECORD AND IN JUNE OF 2000, A $600,000 GRANT FOUNDATION, WHICH RECOGNIZED THE AWARD WAS GIVEN WHICH MAKE IT THE LARGEST OF MUSIC EDUCATION LEADING THE ORCHESTRA GUILLERMO FIGUEROA, BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE MOST

EARLIER THIS YEAR HE WAS ALSO JOINING ME IS DIRECTOR, KEVIN HAGEN, WHO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, BOTH MR. HAGEN, IT SOUNDS LIKE TELL US MORE ABOUT NMSO. >> Kevin: IT HAS BEEN AND I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY, BUT DESPITE THE RECESSION, YOU, THIS HAS BEEN ONE TICKET SALES FOR AND LAST YEAR WAS THE BEST WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING AT 95% FUNDRAISING IS UP. THIS MELLON FOUNDATION AS A TEN-YEAR COMMITMENT SO, THE SYMPHONY REALLY IS

>> Arcie: HOW DO YOU HOPE YOU WERE AWARDED? >> Kevin: THE FOUNDATION'S MONEY IS IT IS FOR NEW AND SPECIAL IT IS NOT TO RUN OUT BUT IT IS FOR SPECIAL SPECIAL THINGS FOR CREATING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UNIQUELY, BUT IN WORKING ON PARTNERSHIPS I LOVE GOING TO CONFERENCES AND ASKING THEM, "HOW MANY AND IT REALLY IS A VERY, AND IT IS VERY, VERY

KIND OF AT THE CUTTING EDGE >> Arcie: MR FIGUEROA, >> Guillermo: THANK YOU. >> Arcie: YOUR THOUGHTS >> Guillermo: IT'S I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE FIRST OF ALL, IT ALWAYS IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY WOULD BE THE ENVY OF A LOT SO, THAT'S FOR STARTERS. AND THEN THE COMBINATION OF THE PLACE, WHICH I HAD AND I DON'T JUST SAY THAT, WITH THE RECEPTION THAT AND THE UNIQUENESS EVERYTHING IS ASSIGNED EVERYBODY COOPERATES IN LOTS

THERE IS TREMENDOUS EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS TALKING SO, IT'S POSSIBLY THE MOST >> Arcie: NOW, YOU SERVE HOW ARE YOU MANAGING THAT? >> Guillermo: WELL, RIGHT BECAUSE I'M STILL LIVING I HAVE MY OTHER JOB SO, I'M DOING A SHUTTLE BUT BY NEXT YEAR, I WILL BE WE ARE MOVING MY WHOLE AND THEN IT WILL BE EASIER BUT THIS IS MY MAIN CENTER. >> Arcie: MR. HAGEN, HOW DID IT COME ABOUT THAT A SEARCH LIKE THIS IS,

TO THINK NOT A MATTER AND WE ORIGINALLY CHOSE NINE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND GUILLERMO, AT THAT TIME, DIRECTOR OF AN ORCHESTRA BUT HIS APPEARANCE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR WAS SUCCESSFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE ARRANGED VERY IN A MATTER OF DAYS, TO HAVE SO THAT HE COULD COME BACK AND SO THAT MORE BUT THEN THE NEXT PART >> Guillermo: WELL, IT'S I'VE BEEN IN NEW YORK --

THE REST OF MY LIFE BEING BUT WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER I HAVE A FAMILY, A WIFE MY WIFE IS A BUT SHE KNEW NEW MEXICO VERY TO PLAY AT THE SANTA FE AND ONCE SHE MADE AND IT WASN'T JUST THAT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE WORD THAT KEVIN USED IS A CONDUCTOR CAN GO BE A VERY GOOD MUSICIAN, THE CIRCUMSTANCES ALMOST A GREAT CONDUCTOR CAN BE IF I KNEW WHAT IT WAS,

I'VE BEEN IN MANY ORCHESTRAS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE AND I KNEW THEN, IN ALL AGONIZING ON THE DECISION THE POSITION, I JUST KNEW THIS IS ABSOLUTELY >> Kevin: THIS REALLY FELT THE ORCHESTRA FALL ALMOST THE STAFF AND THE BOARD THERE IS SOMETHING BUT I THINK WE ALL KNEW >> Arcie: I THINK THOSE AND WERE WAITING TO SEE WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE IS

I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED? >> Guillermo: AGAIN, SO IN MY MIND, THE WAY IS TO MAKE IT INTO WHAT AN ORCHESTRA THAT CAN PLAY AND THEY CAN ALREADY PLAY I'M TALKING JUST PURELY BUT ORCHESTRAS CAN BE VERY FOR MUSICIANS, IT'S NOT THAT A RECORDING OF BERLIN, WE ARE GOING TO PUT A UNIQUE WHICH WILL BE CENTERED AND IN PARTICULAR, SCHUMAN, MENDELSON, TO MAKE

HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS MORE THE ORCHESTRA BE ABLE FROM THE GREAT BAROQUE A LOT OF ORCHESTRAS CAN'T DO MOST ORCHESTRAS CAN PLAY AND IT IS MY INTENTION TOGETHER TO PLAY EVERYTHING AND IN THAT WAY, I THINK IT A GENUINE NEW MEXICAN WE HAVE EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS OUT HERE, OF ETHNIC GROUP, EVERY KIND SO, THAT WILL BE REFLECTED >> Arcie: ARE THERE ANY INITIATIVES THAT YOU WOULD Guillermo: WELL, AGAIN, I'M THE ORCHESTRA, AND THROUGH KEVIN

A TREMENDOUSLY WONDERFUL I COME IN AND I FIT RIGHT I AM, OF COURSE, I'M HISPANIC MYSELF, I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO GO OF HISPANICS AND START WE HAVE ALREADY INITIATED WE ARE ALSO FORTUNATE WITH THE HISPANIC CULTURAL ALREADY IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AND WE HAVE MADE AN ADVISORY FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE CAN MORE >> Arcie: AND I UNDERSTAND >> Kevin: JUST AFTER WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING

AND ALSO FROM THE SEPTEMBER AND THE NEAT THING IS THAT AND I UNDERSTAND, I THINK, >> Guillermo: AS >> Arcie: WELL, WE ARE OUT >> Kevin: A MILLION SO MUCH OF THIS ORCHESTRA'S AND SO MUCH WILL CONTINUE WE FEEL THAT THE ORCHESTRA WE PLAY MORE CONCERTS MORE PEOPLE HEAR US FOR FREE SO, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY >> Arcie: AND YOU ARE HOPING

>> Guillermo: ABSOLUTELY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS THAT'S WHY CENTRAL APPEALING TO THE YOUNG >> Arcie: WELL, >> Guillermo: THANK >> Arcie: STAY HERE, FIND OUT ABOUT THE KESHET >> Arcie: IN OUR EFFORTS WE OFTEN FEATURE A VARIETY IT IS RARE, HOWEVER, THAT AS UNIQUE AND EXCITING

ALONG WITH PROVIDING DANCE KESHET CONDUCTS OUTREACH WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY DANCE PERFORMANCES TO BE IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS GREENBERG, KESHET DANCE >> Arcie: THANK YOU VERY >> Arcie: YOUR MISSION PASSION AND OPEN UNLIMITED HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO >> Shira: I THINK WE HAVE >> Arcie: YOU STARTED >> Shira: QUITE A BIT. IN TERMS OF AUDIENCES, WE JUST HAD OUR 5th ANNUAL IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAD THIS YEAR, WE WENT OUT

PERFORMANCES, ALL OF WHICH THE STUDENT BASE HAS GROWN AND WE HAVE REACHED ABOUT, IN THE PAST YEAR >> Arcie: YOURS IS A VERY TELL US HOW YOU GOT TO NEW >> Shira: WELL, IT WAS RANDOM, I WOULD SAY I HAD ACTUALLY BEEN AND I WAS BACK AND I WAS JUST SORT OF BORED AND I WOKE UP THE NEXT AND I SAID, "OKAY, THAT I MOVED DOWN HERE, I WAS

AND A HALF DOING SOME ODD >> Arcie: NOW, YOU HAD DANCE >> Shira: YES. I WAS AT THE MINNESOTA DANCE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LOYCE AND THEN ONCE I STARTED TO SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN AND THEN STUDIED IN NEW YORK DABBLED A LITTLE BIT HERE TO BRING DANCE BACK >> Arcie: NOW, YOU'VE OF A LOT OF CHILDREN WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT >> Shira: WELL, I THINK ANY IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO NOT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T

AND NOT ONLY JUST FOR JOY, PROBLEMS, TO HAVE A VEHICLE, WITH PEOPLE, AND IT IS >> Arcie: NOW, YOU HAVE >> Shira: YES, WE DO. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 34 CLASSES FOR KIDS AND FOR ADULTS, SO, WE HAVE A VERY OPEN WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST TRADE SO, THE MOST SOMEBODY WOULD SESSION OF CLASSES WOULD BE SO, IT IS REALLY NEAT. AND THEN FOR PEOPLE OVER 18, >> Arcie: NOW, WE WERE ABLE YOUR CLASSES AND LOOK

AND WE HAVE SOME FOOTAGE YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE >> Shira: THIS IS AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERSION BUT THIS MIXED-ABILITY DANCE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND 16 WE WORK WITH THEM TO LEARN THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY NEAT IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT SO, IT'S A NICE AVENUE TO SEE THEMSELVES AND TO KNOW THAT THEIR CHAIR THAT IT CAN BE SOMETHING >> Arcie: HAVE YOU SEEN IT YES, IT HAS BEEN REALLY WE HAVE KIDS THAT COME IN,

AND THEN A YEAR LATER A PERFORMANCE, AND THEY ARE TO PEOPLE, "NOW, LISTEN, I'M SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SO, THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL, SO, THEY REALLY GROW IT'S REALLY NEAT TO WATCH. >> Arcie: WHAT KIND >> Shira: A LOT OF PARENTS THEY ARE LIKE, "WHO IS THIS? AND NOW WE HAVE GOT THIS AND THEY ARE TEACHING OTHER A LOT OF PARENTS FIND THAT THEY HAVE SOME VERY THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE, TO PUT THEIR MIND BECAUSE WHAT WE TRY JUST AN EASY FIX, THAT HARD WITHIN THE CLASSES

SO, THEY GET TO INCORPORATE >> Arcie: ONE OF THE GREAT ON ON A YEARLY BASIS IS AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY >> Shira: YES, THEY DO. THEY HAVE REHERSALS, SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WHAT'S BEEN NEAT THAT KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN SO, WE HAVE KIDS AND PARENTS BUT, YES, THEY WORK VERY FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES THEY JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT INTO THIS, AND THEN >> Arcie: WELL, I WANT OF THE 2001 PERFORMANCE, (MUSIC PLAYING). (MUSIC PLAYING).

(MUSIC PLAYING). (MUSIC PLAYING). >> Arcie: PRETTY AMAZING.

ARE WE GOING TO SEE THIS >> Shira: YES, DEFINITELY. >> Arcie: WELL, I UNDERSTAND SO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE >> Shira: YES. ACTUALLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE IT SO WE ARE HOPING TO ADD AND EVENTUALLY MOVE SPACE SO THAT WE CAN >> Arcie: TELL US HOW THEIR CHILDREN INVOLVED, >> Shira: PARENTS CAN STOP WE HAVE PARENT OBSERVATION BRING-A-FRIEND WEEKS, IT AS EASY AND INVITING SO, JUST GIVE US A CALL >> Arcie: YOU HAVE A WEB >> Shira: YES. IT IS

>> Arcie: SHIRA, YEAR, AND WE HOPE THAT >> Shira: THANK YOU VERY >> Arcie: THAT BRINGS TUNE IN AGAIN NEXT WEEK I'M ARCIE CHAPA. TO RESPOND TO THIS PROGRAM, PREVIEWS OF THE SHOW, WWW.KNMETV.ORG MAJOR FUNDING FOR "inFOCUS" CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS FIBER CLOTHING, LOCATED TO PURCHASE VIDEO CASSETTES

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