Rialto Arts Incorporated

138 Spruce Street
Watertown, MA 02472

www.rialtoarts.org

Mission and Programs

Mission

Rialto Arts believes that the performing arts can serve a central role in reconnecting people with nature and celebrating the intricate interdependence that sustains our planet. We stage multimedia theatrical concerts to inspire a sense of awe and wonder about the natural world, blending the power of live music and film with a backbone of science education.

Programs

"Buccaneers of Buzz" inspires empathy and wonder at the gentle, intricate and complex nature of honeybees and their extraordinary feats of orientation, memory, communication and problem-solving by integrating video footage of beekeepers and bees with a tap dancer, a marimbist and vocalist. Through humor, storytelling, thythm, musical artistry, and compassion, the show teaches audiences of all ages about the miraculous abilities of honeybees and the relationship beekeepers develop with their bees. Tap dancer Brian Jones acts as master of ceremonies, sometimes reciting bee facts or songs in verse punctuated by tap interludes, sometimes responding to the stories unfolding in the beekeeper videos. His dancing creates a bee-like energy of lightness and industriousness. Marimba player Yuko Yoshikawa and vocalist/filmmaker Miranda Loud create a live soundtrack to the film footage and musical interludes which connect the ideas in the films to sound and rhythmic textures.
Miranda Loud's intriguing, whimsical and often emotionally-charged video shorts provide the background structure of the performance. After the 2008 Massachusetts premiere several people exclaimed that they wanted to become beekeepers--they were no longer afraid of honeybees and felt moved to protect them. Winner of a Gold Star Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2009.

Who We Are

Rialto Arts believes that the performing arts can serve a central role in reconnecting people with nature and celebrating the intricate interdependence that sustains our planet. We stage multimedia theatrical concerts to inspire a sense of awe and wonder about the natural world, blending the power of live music and film with a backbone of science education.

NTEE Code

• A60—Performing Arts

Goals and Results

Basic Information

• This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity .
• This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because its income is less than $25,000.
• Additional narrative information in this report was last supplied by the organization on July 24, 2009.
• Contributions are deductible, as provided by law.

• EIN

  20-3323110

• Executive

  Miranda Loud

• Contact

  Miranda Loud, Producing Artistic Direct

• Phone

  (617) 926-2355

• E-mail

  mirandaloud@yahoo.com

• Fiscal Year

  Information not available

• Assets

  $0 (from IRS BMF on Jun 2009)

• Income

  $0 (from IRS BMF on Jun 2009)

• Year Founded

  2006

• Ruling Year

  2006

• No. of Board Members

  4

• No. of Full-Time Employees

  1-5

• No. of Part-Time Employees

  1-5

• No. of Volunteers

  6-10

Board of Directors

• Edmond Du Pont, Treasurer
• Lisa Lines, Clerk
• Miranda Loud, President
• Bernard McHugh, Vice President

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