Ovations Magazine - Spring 2020 - Magazine - Page 11
african-american film festival
magnifique winter intensive
African-American Film Festival
SHOWCASES the FILMS of
DIRECTOR JOHN SINGLETON
The students and teaching artists of the Magnifique Intensive
MAGNIFIQUE WINTER INTENSIVE
CELEBRATES THIRD SEASON
at Kravis Center
Ken Bowers with Operation Hope
In January, the Kravis Center’s African-American Film Festival marked
15 years of showcasing important African-American actors, directors,
writers and producers and their contribution to the film industry.
This year’s theme highlighted several of the major works by director
John Singleton.
The festival opened on January 20
with 1991’s Boyz N the Hood, the
story of Tre, who is sent to live with
his father in tough South Central
Los Angeles. MoShay LaRen from
Alpha Media’s X102.3 served as the
host for the evening. The festival
continued on February 3 with a
screening of Rosewood (1997),
Kathy Chiarello,
Maxine Fechter
based on the true story of the 1923
massacre by a white mob in the small town of Rosewood, Florida. And on
February 24, the festival concluded with Higher Learning (1995),
Singleton’s powerful portrait of college life in the 1990s. Bill Nix, President
of Nix Communications Group, served as host for the second and third
evenings of the festival.
The African-American Film Festival at the Kravis Center, founded by
James Drayton, has presented 45 films beginning with Stormy Weather,
Within These Gates and Sankofa in 2005. Each season, a series of films
are selected that are not only entertaining, but provide an educational
experience. Prior to each screening, hosts present a 20-minute talk and
following each film lead a lively question-and-answer session which
allows the guests to exchange ideas and share personal experiences
related to the film.
The Magnifique Winter Intensive was held January 2-6. Founded by
Jean-Hugues Feray, former principal dancer with many international
companies, including Ballet Florida and National Ballet de Marseille,
the Magnifique Winter Intensive featured an all-French faculty from
such prestigious ballet companies as the Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet de
l’Opera National de Bordeaux, National Ballet de Nancy and the Ballet du
Capitole, among others.
Instructors included Charles Jude, former star of
the Paris Opera Ballet and now artistic director
of the Ballet de l’Opera National de Bordeaux;
Olivier Pardina, former principal dancer with the
Nice Opera House, Bejart Ballet and a principal
teacher with the Miami City Ballet School and
Stephanie Roublot, former dancer with Ballet de
Nancy and now a principal dancer with the Ballet
de l’Opera National de Bordeaux.
Pas de deux with
Raelin Flanigan and
Devon Luxton
The program is designed for intermediate and
advanced students in grades 4th-12th, and
placements are by audition. Auditions were held
in September, 2019.
For more than 27 seasons, the Kravis Center has helped students
of all ages fuel their imaginations and expand their lives through
comprehensive arts education programs. Since 1992, 2.6 million
students from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee
counties have visited the Center, attending performances through
the S*T*A*R Series and participating in a wide variety of educational
programming. To learn more, please visit kravis.org/education.
or further information about the Paris Ballet Conservatory,
please visit parisballetdance.com. s
The hosting community organization for the African-American Film Festival
is Kappa Upsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. s
Lee Bell, Bill Nix, John Jenkins
Students from the advanced level of the
Magnifique Intensive demonstrate warm-up exercises during
the end-of-the-week showcase
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