Meg Albers

Meg believes that the "Sky's the Limit" when it comes to combining kites and curriculum.  She is a spirited educator who has presented her programs in Walt Disney World's Epcot Center, contributed to presentations in France and England, and shared her expertise throughout the US and Canada.  This is an exciting residency that works well to enhance and create appropriate curriculum based materials.  The presentation is specifically tailored for the necessary age and grade range to fulfill requirements of NYS Learning Standards.
Kites are used to heighten cross-cultural perception through exploration of the variety of traditional methods and customs.  The vast diversity of kites has especially far reaching implications in Technology, Science, History and the Arts, as well as in most other disciplines.

Sample Workshops:

• Kite History
• Kites of Japan and China
• Kite Flying
• Kites in Literature
• Kite Making Workshop
• Kites for Teachers

Artist: Meg Albers
Fee: Call office for details
Grades: K - 12
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Professional Development & Visual Arts

Nancy Baun

Have You Ever Listened to a Drawing?

In this program students will explore the concept of creative integration through educational activities involving the spirit, mind and body.  Nancy Baun, a professional educator and concert cellist will guide the students through exercises which explore the relationship between music and art.  Activities include movement, active listening, drawing and dreaming. Please call the office for details.

Fee: Call office for details
Grades: K-6
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Music

Bart & Kevin

Music For a New Century: Composing with Computers

In these workshops students are introduced to the technological advances in the art of music composition. Starting with a MIDI system which combines computers with synthesizers, Bart & Kevin provide students with an experience in the hands-on creation of a MIDI arrangement. Students are also shown the latest wave looping software for creating contemporary musical compositions. Specifics covered include tone generators, polyphony, multi-timbral sequencing and MIDI controllers. This is an excellent supplement to the technology unit of the Music in our Lives Curriculum!

Grades: 4-12

Let’s Listen in Color-ELA

In these very interactive workshops students are guided in how to focus their hearing to identify the elements of a live performance. Bart & Kevin teach students to listen beyond the obvious (black & white) and to hear more of the color in music and in their environment. This is a unique approach to enhance listening skills.

Grades: 3-12

Creative Visualization-ELA

Students will enjoy using their imaginations in these participatory workshops! Bart & Kevin combine music, sound & words to stimulate students to create pictures in their minds. These pictures can then be used to enhance students’ communication skills!

Artists: Bart Dentino, Kevin Huber
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students per workshop

More programs by this artist: Music & Family & Community

The Benched Players

Theater Improvisation

The Benched Players awaken and engage creative and critically-thinking minds through the medium of theatrical improvisation.  In a series of participatory classroom workshops, students explore their perspectives, opinions, beliefs, and feelings about the issues they face everyday.  A brief needs assessment with participating teachers and students helps determine the topics that are most relevant.  The Benched Players incorporate these topics into the workshops.  Topics vary by age and grade level.  Kindergarteners through 3rd graders learn about self-awareness and awareness of others.  Fourth through 6th graders may address peer pressure and the influence of media, while middle and high school students might deal with peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse, self-expression and confidence, as well as responsibility.  The Benched Players use elements of theater and improvisation to encourage critical thinking, empathy, situational analysis, emotional awareness and control, media literacy and more.  Teaching artist and performer Melissa Kate Miller leads the workshops.  The program can be presented as two back to back workshops (90 minutes) or a residency consisting of 5-9 45-minute classroom workshop sessions.

Grades K-12
Limit: 25 students per workshop
Fee: Call office for details

Elizabeth Clark Dance Ensemble

Come Fly with Me!

The students begin in their "dance" or "movement" spots with personal space around each student.  The first image of FLIGHT is introduced from the Firefly Samba in a simple movement phase that all students actively do.  Then, the first dialogue is introduced:  What kinds of words would you think of to describe the movement?  (All answers are considered.)  This kind of process is then used for the Dandelion Seed in the Gentle Wind and so on through the program.  The dynamic music for Zoom helps define spatial directions for students.  It also builds self-control during group movements.  A planning session with the artist and classroom teacher is required if more than one workshop will be held.  The residency can be up to twelve workshops with each class..

Grades: PreK - 3
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students per workshop with classroom teacher

Flight of Physical Literacy

The contrast of the language of dance and the English language connects with the movements for the participants.  The expressive movements of flight inspire words for communication of the group.  Several directions can be chosen:  The Firefly, The Gentle Wind, The African Bird, Zoom, The Jet Plane, The Astronaut, The Hip Hop Bird, and The Little Jazz Bird.  The residency can be up to twelve workshops with each class.

Grades: 4 - 12
Fee: Call office for details
Limit: 30 students per workshop with classroom teacher

More programs by this artist: Theater & Dance

Nels Cremean-- In Jest

Juggling for Success

This one-to-five day residency teaches juggling and promotes positive decision making. It includes workshops, one or two assembly programs and a Family Juggling Night.

Artist: Nels Cremean
Fee:  $1840 (Full day includes workshops, assembly, and evening program)
Grades: K-8

More programs by this artist: Professional Development, Theater & Dance, Family & Community

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