OZ Arts’ annual Family Day is back and bigger than ever! Audiences of all ages are invited to experience a wide variety of diverse, Nashville-based drum, dance, and music ensembles, as well as breathtaking special guest artists. In addition to thrilling performances, children and parents alike can engage with a host of inventive technology and science based activities that explore how we are connected across the globe.
Special guest artists include animator and performer Miwa Matreyek, who creates phantasmagorical performances mixing live performance with animation to explore environmental themes with visual splendor. Local dance and music companies Grupo Balança, Sankofa Drum and Dance, and others perform and lead workshops.
12:30 Righteous Few Brass Band
1:00 Grupo Balança – OUTSIDE (Puppets & Percussion Tent)
1:30 Miwa Matreyek
2:00 Madison Community Center Step Team
2:30 Ballet Folklorico Sol de Mexico
3:00 Righteous Few Brass Band
3:00 Sankofa Drumming Workshop – OUTSIDE (Puppets & Percussion Tent)
3:30 Miwa Matreyek
4:00 Sankofa Drum and Dance
4:30 Danza Azteca Ollin Quetzalli
5:00 Miwa Matreyek
5:30 Righteous Few Brass Band
Throughout the day: wandering performances by Wicked Ida Puppetry