Education

Field Trip Performances

Field Trips
Cashore Marionettes
Simple Gifts
10 a.m. Friday, February 10, 2012
60 Minutes
Grades 3-8

Simple Gifts is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as
Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven and Copland. With theatrical illusion and
artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts
provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human.

In conjunction with this event additional educational activities are available at the
St. Louis Art Museum following the Edison performance. Visit www.slam.org and teacher eNews for more information.
Order Form (pdf)

Ballet Hispanico
Viajes!
10 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012
60 Minutes
Grades 5-12

Ballet Hispanico takes young audiences on an exploration of Latin
American and Caribbean dance forms and music that celebrates
the dynamic aesthetics of the Hispanic diaspora. The company has
performed for more than two million people in 11 countries and
on three continents to reach its mission of honoring and preserving
Latino culture through dance.
Order Form (pdf)

Dynamo Theatre
Mur Mur (The Wall)
10 a.m. Friday, May 4, 2012
60 Minutes
Grades 6-12

A wall, with its graffiti and its secrets, alternates as a playground and
a refuge from the world for five characters. It echoes the whispers
and murmurings of earlier times. Mur-Mur (The Wall) speaks of the
friendships among two teenage couples and a pesky and incorrigible
younger brother. With humor and sheer innocence, these five characters
are swept up in an air-bound acrobatic ballet.
Order Form (pdf)

Download a flyer for the 2011-2012 Field Trip Performances (pdf)
Bus Subsidy Program
We acknowledge the economic challenges schools are facing with loss of income, budget cuts, and job losses. In order to help schools attend field trips to Edison for exciting performances in music, theatre, and dance, the Friends of Edison Board has begun a program to subsidize funding for bus transportation to Edison.

This program is geared to schools wishing to attend Edison performances but do not have the funds for bus transportation. For each of the Field Trip performances, Edison has raised funds to help schools offset the cost of bus transportation. The goal is to raise enough funds to help each school that demonstrates a financial need. Instructions and application (pdf)