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Date: December 30, 2011
Ages: All Ages

Address:
253 W. 125th St.
Harlem

Phone: 212-531-5300
Website: usopen.org/casting_call/

Description: The Apollo Theater celebrates Kwanzaa with the renowned and energetic New York-based dance company, Abdel Salaam's Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, in an evening of dance and music honoring the principles of Kwanzaa: family, community and culture. Also featuring Craig Harris & the Tailgaters Tale, Michael Wimberly, and Yacouba Sissoko. Hosted by WBLS personality Imhotep Gary Byrd. 7:30pm. $16/person.

Venue Description: The world-famous Apollo Theater is so much more than a historic landmark -- it is a source of pride and a symbol of the brilliance of American artistic accomplishment. The Apollo Theater is considered the bastion of African-American culture and achievement.

Since it opened in 1914, the theater has become known as the place "Where Stars are Born and Legends are Made" and "home" to thousands of major performance artists, fans, and patrons of the arts from around the world. The legendary venue has launched the careers of icons such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, James Brown, and Lauryn Hill and continues to maintain its position as the nation's most popular arena for emerging and established African-American and Latino performers.

Box office hours: Weekdays (except Wed.) 10am-6pm; Saturday 12-5pm

The Apollo Theater is located at 253 W.125 St. (between Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglass boulevards. For more information: 212-531-5305 or apollotheater.org.

Upcoming Events at Apollo Theater:

• Amateur Night - 05/29/13
  
• Apollo Harlem Healthy Soul Festival - 06/01/13
  
• Amateur Night - 06/05/13
  
• Music Cafe: Jessica Betts - 06/07/13
  
• Music Cafe: The Rebel Ship - 06/08/13
  
• Apollo Spring Gala 2013 - 06/10/13
  
• Amateur Night - Show off - 06/12/13
  
• Hip Hop Dance Live at the Apollo - 06/14/13
  
• Breakin' Convention Opening Night - 06/14/13
  
• Breakin' Convention Family Showtime - 06/15/13
  
• Hip Hop Dance Live at the Apollo - 06/15/13
  
• Breakin' Convention Mainstage Performance - 06/15/13
  
• Hip Hop Dance Live at the Apollo - 06/16/13
  
• Breakin' Convention Family Showtime - 06/16/13
  
• Amateur Night - Top Dog - 06/19/13
  
• Amateur Night - 06/26/13
  
• Amateur Night - Soul - 07/03/13
  
• Amateur Night - 07/10/13
  
• Amateur Night - 07/17/13
  
• The Joey Berkley Quartet - 07/21/13
  
• Amateur Night - Show Off - 07/24/13
  
• Paul Weller - 07/25/13
  
• Amateur Night - 07/31/13
  
• Amateur Night - 08/07/13
  
• Amateur Night - Harlem Week - 08/14/13
  
• Amateur Night - Harlem Week - 08/21/13
  
• Amateur Night - Show Off - 08/28/13
  
• Amateur Night - 09/04/13
  
• Amateur Night - 09/11/13
  
• Amateur Night - 09/18/13
  

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