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"Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe" (http://www.

PRESS RELEASE 'The Shadow' by Evgeny Shvarts -- ART /works Theatre 6569 Santa Monica Boulevard Hollywood CA 90038

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GIG HARBOR, Wash.nurserytap.com), directed and produced
by award-winning actress and writer Juleen Murray Shaw, will soon be a
permanent part of the University of Georgia Libraries' prestigious Peabody
Archive as well as the Museum of Television and Radio in New York .com.

Previous works produced by ART Players: Ovation Award-nominated show
"Aga-Boom" with veteran Russian clowns of Cirque du Soleil; critically
acclaimed "Chekhov in Shorts" (an evening of Chekhov's vaudevilles "The
Bear" and "Marriage Proposal"), etc. At the end of the
story, the scales of justice tip in Scholar's favor, love triumphs and good
wins over evil.

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"The
spoken word and the physicality of dance combine to offer an enchanting
learning experience for the young - and not so young.

The plot charts the absurdist journey of a Scholar in a country where
"fables and tales occur on a daily basis.

Ticket Prices
$20.

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The DVD/CD set features 30 nursery rhymes set to tap, hip-hop and ballet. "Through Nursery Tap, young
viewers will gently be introduced to the performing arts in an entertaining ,
stimulating and challenging way," Murray said.

Previews: Thursday & Friday, May 5th and 6th, 2005 at 8 PM
Opening Night: Saturday, May 7th, 2005 at 8 PM
Performances: May 7th, 2005 - June 12th, 2005
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 2 PM

American Russian Theatre (ART) Players presents "The Shadow," written by
Evgeny Shvarts." Young, romantic and idealist,
he falls in love with an orphaned Princess and proclaims that when they
marry, they will renounce the crown, because "royal power is meaningless
and worthless. Choreographer - Robert Allen,
Physical Theatre Instructors - Melina Bielefelt and Mitchel Evans, Lighting
Design - Bosco Flanagan, Sound Design - Steve Goodie , Set Design - Joel
Daavid.

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'Nursery Tap Hip to Toe' Receives George Foster Peabody Award

Each is choreographed, costumed and filmed against colorful sets to give the
young child a complete sensory experience - and all are shot from the waist
down, allowing viewers of all ages to imagine themselves in the rhymes."
Along with the Peabody Award, "Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe" has received
several other honors this year, including a 2005 Parents' Choice "Recommended"
Award, a 2005 Telly Award , a 2005 KIDS FIRST! Endorsement and the Dove
Foundation Seal of Approval with the highest rating of five Doves.
"Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe" retails for $21.

Contact:

Juleen Murray Shaw
Nursery Tap, LLC
253-858-8891
juleen@nurserytap.com
http: //www.com." Asking his Shadow to deliver a love declaration to a
Princess, the Scholar sets in motion the darkest of fairytales, which
unfolds a chain of events that lead to his execution. Executive producer
Don Cesario.00 Students/Children/Seniors/Union
$15 Group of 10+

Ticket reservations, call 323-874-8205

For PRESS SEATS and Editorial information please call
626-975-1167,
or e-mail to pr@artplayers.

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Directed
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"'Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe' is delightfully different; this collection of
30 well-known - and not-so-well-known - nursery rhymes introduces children to
a full range of the performing arts," stated the Peabody Foundation.ereleases.

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"They will joyfully want to
sing, dance and recite these tiny treasures of literature.nurserytap.

Credits: Adaptation Steven Price, Producer Tanja Raaste.

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, When the winners of the 64th
Annual Peabody Awards were announced last month, one of the 32 honorees was
not like the others: For the first time in Peabody history , a direct-to-home
children's video was recognized as one of the best in electronic media.
Murray, whose own child inspired her to create Nursery Tap, collaborated
with actress/dancer Brynn Bromley and dancer Krystal McMullin to update
traditional nursery rhymes for the 21st century.95 for the two-disc set and can
be purchased through the Nursery Tap Web site, http://www. His
deceptively innocent format takes an uncompromising stab at state power,
servile obedience, bigotry and indifference .

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The plays draw on Hans
Christian Andersen's fairy tales for inspiration, and though still
fantastical , his stories are darker and grittier.

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Who is ART Players: ART Players is a Physical Theatre Ensemble driven by
artistic collaboration of theatre artisans to create transformational and
exciting work , focusing on obscure playwrights from Russia, devising
original material, and promoting cross-cultural exchange with Russia via
theatre performance and education.

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I call this
layered learning because children are simultaneously experiencing and
assimilating the musicality of the spoken word and the art and physicality of
dance. The set
was also chosen as one of Dr. Toy's Best Smart Play/Smart Toy Products 2005
and an iParenting Media Best Products 2005. For more information,
visit http: //www. An ensemble-driven performance with a cast of 23.

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This release was issued through eReleases(TM).

Why Evgeny Shvarts:

An imaginative and wily Jewish author, Shvarts penned what might be termed
"fairy tales for grown-ups" in the 1930s through late 1950s. Stage Manager - Tony Lepore.

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