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New Expression Enjoying Early Spring

January 19, 2017 by Becca Armstrong

New Expression has been loving the recent heat wave in Atlanta! Our NXP youth in Clarkston got a break from the cold weather for some playtime outside doing sports, dance, and art with new friends. It was a great way to start off the new year!

Filed Under: New Expression Tagged With: Clarkston, Friends, fun, New Expression, New Expression Atlanta, Rutgers University, youth

New Expression Family Day Clarkston

December 26, 2016 by Becca Armstrong

New Expression recently had Family Day with students in Clarkston and their families. It was a special time for families, volunteers, and students alike to play games, decorate cookies, dress up, and get to know each other more.

Filed Under: New Expression, Uncategorized Tagged With: #StickWithLove, arts, Clarkston, Family, Friends, Hope, New Expression, youth

Group Hug

March 31, 2016 by Becca Armstrong

Group Hug!

 

This past Sunday volunteers put on a little skit to show New Expression Clarkston what it’s like when you aren’t being yourself. Jack, one of the volunteers, walked in and leaned on the wall, playing “too cool” to participate in New Expression.

“What can we do to help Jack be himself?” another volunteer asked. [Read more…] about Group Hug

Filed Under: New Expression Tagged With: Clarkston, New Expression, New Way, refugees. community service, Service Learning

Volunteer Spotlight- Abbie

March 31, 2016 by Becca Armstrong

Abbie created this painting to express her love and appreciation for diversity

Abbie is a young artist that has been a part of the crew volunteering at the New Expression Clarkston location. Here’s a little insight into her heart to serve:

Fun Fact:
If I could eat fruit for every meal for the rest of my life I totally would!

Why did you decide to become a volunteer in Clarkston?
I love different cultures and I love helping people so it is the perfect mix of those two things. I feel purposed in my heart to work with refugees and when I’m there I know it connects. Clarkston is a beautiful place with beautiful people!

[Read more…] about Volunteer Spotlight- Abbie

Filed Under: New Expression Tagged With: Clarkston, Community Service, diversity, LSG, New Expression, Refugees, volunteer

You Can Now Own “I WILL DANCE,” the Documentary

March 5, 2016 by Becca Armstrong

IWillDance-FB-Banner with festival

Before there was New Expression, there was Random Acts of Theatre Company (affectionately, RATCo).   The story of this program at its flagship location in Selma, Alabama, was artfully told through a documentary called I WILL DANCE.  The program lives on today as New Expression and the film can now live on as a household name as online downloads of the film are NOW AVAILABLE!

You can rent or buy, and all proceeds will go to the programs of Something New.

Check out the film trailer and purchase the movie at www.IWILLDANCEMovie.com.

Filed Under: New Alternative, New Expression, New Way Tagged With: I Will Dance, I Will Dance Documentary, I Will Dance Movie, Joseph East, Joseph East Films, New Expression, Random Acts of Theatre Company, RATCO, Selma, Selma Alabama, Something New

Film Festival Director: Joseph East

March 5, 2016 by Becca Armstrong

Joseph East, mentor, director and a driving force behind the Denver New Expressions Film Festival
Joseph East, mentor, director and a driving force behind the Denver New Expressions Film Festival

New Expression Denver is working on its first ever Film Festival.  The youth are loving it as they learn by doing from concepting to storyboarding to directing and shooting to editing.  The  person behind it all?  Meet Joseph East.

Early years

Can you guess which one is Joseph?
Can you guess which one is Joseph?

I always loved movies, and from an early age wanted to tell stories.

In middle and high school I found an outlet for telling stories in theater, performing in musicals like Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof and Into the Woods.

As a kid, I wanted to make my own movies, but only got so far because of limited resources.  As I got older, I began to learn the impact movies could have on people–their ability to touch hearts, spark conversations and ignite change.

young-joseph

At first I thought I wanted to make big Hollywood movies like the ones I loved growing up, so I enrolled at the Colorado Film School. But while at school I discovered documentaries– stories about the struggles, joys and journeys of real people. Documentaries introduced me to a whole new world, and I decided to pursue this new world wholeheartedly.

I Will Dance

IWD-joseph

That led to Selma, AL and the story of RATCo (now New Expression). For three years on a journey that took me from Selma to New York City, I shot and edited a feature-length documentary that became I Will Dance, a story about a group of young people breaking cycles and defying statistics through music, dance and spoken word poetry. The documentary has toured festivals and broadcast on PBS in Colorado.

In many ways, Selma changed my life. There I met my wife, Alicia (also a writer and producer for I Will Dance). [Read more…] about Film Festival Director: Joseph East

Filed Under: New Expression Tagged With: I Will Dance, Joseph East, New Expression, New Expression Denver, Youth Programs

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