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Harlem Neighborhood Block Association: Basketball Opera “Bounce” in Harlem

What People Are Saying

“One step beyond … Busting the boundaries of opera and theater!”

The New York Times / Read Full Article

“The grandeur of operatic singing and the raw grit of ‘street rhythm’ come together to tell the story … of the harsh realities of gun violence.”

NYC-ARTS / Watch Full Video (starts at 16:39)

“A message of nonviolence [and] a theatrical marriage of basketball and opera.”

i-D Magazine / Read Full Article

More Press

Berkshire Fine Arts – June 26, 2016
“Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

BK Reader – June 22, 2016
“Basketball Opera Puts Unique Spotlight on the Realities of Gun Violence”

Broadway World – June 25, 2016
“Ardea Arts to Showcase Bounce: The Basketball Opera at Paerdegat Park”

Broadway World – June 14, 2016
“Ardea Arts to Host Showcase Performances of Bounce: The Basketball Opera at Paerdegat Park, 6/25–27”

Broadway World – May 4, 2016
“Ardea Arts to Showcase Bounce: The Basketball Opera at Paerdegat Park”

Brooklyn Family – June 2016 – Feature w/ photo
“Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

The Brooklyn Paper – June 24, 2016
“Editor’s Picks”

The Brooklyn Paper – June 22, 2016
“Basketball Opera”

Brooklyn Roads – June 14, 2016
“Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

Don411
“Ardea Arts Presents Showcase Performances of Bounce: The Basketball Opera at Paerdegat Park in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, June 25–27, 2016”

The Epoch Times – June 23, 2016
“Things to Do Around NYC, June 24–30”

Gramilano – May 1, 2016
“New York Opera Fest”

I-D Magazine – June 28, 2016
“Bounce, a Basketball Opera Tackling America’s Gun Problem”

Kings County Politics – June 24, 2016
“Friday Odds & Ends, June 24, 2016”

Latino Sports – May 4, 2016
“Ardea Arts’ Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

My New York Eye – May 6, 2016
“Ardea Arts Presents Showcase Performances of Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

National Endowment for the Arts – June 27, 2016
“Spotlight on Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

New Yorker
“Goings On About Town: Classical Music – Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

NY1 – May 2, 2016
“New York Opera Fest Takes the Art Form Outside the Opera House”

So Much to Talk About – June 22, 2016
(no link provided)

Taste Talks – June 22, 2016
“Grethe Barrett Talking Taste”

Time Out New York – May 4, 2016
“Bounce: The Basketball Opera”

WNET – June 23, 2016 – NYC-ARTS
“NYC-ARTS Full Episode, June 23, 2016”

Backpage – Manhattan
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Broadway to Vegas – May 22, 2016
“NEA Awards $82 Million Nationwide, Including $14,000 to Ardea Arts”

Broadway World – May 19, 2016
“Ardea Arts Receives $14,000 NEA Grant”

CBS Local – New York Events
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Cititour – NYC Events
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

DoNYC – June 6, 2016
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Eleventary – Events Listing
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Eventful – New York City
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Eventsetter – NYC Events
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Metro212 – NYC Events
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Musical America – News
“NEA Awards $82 Million Nationwide; Ardea Arts Receives $14,000”

My New York Eye – 2016
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”

Yelp – New York Events
“More than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide by NEA, Including $14,000 Awarded to Ardea Arts”