| Program Type | Performance |
| Art Form | Theatre |
| Curriculum Connections | Character Education | Language Arts / Literacy |
| Target Grades | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Testimonial
"Having the opportunity to work with AFLCT has been truly beneficial; they've provided unique experiences that have positively impacted our students. Their professional artists are strong role-models who encouraged students to take risks, find their voices, and be confident young people. They assisted in the process of inspiring our students to discover their individual identities and be able to self-assuredly express and share their ideas and opinions."
Description
Poetry in Motion is an award-winning, exhilarating tour de force for actor/mime David Zucker. It combines acting, mime, humor, audience participation and an old steamer trunk brimming with props, costumes, masks, and puppets; bringing the best English language children's poetry vividly to life. David recreates the fine tradition of memorized spoken verse with the poems of such authors as A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, James Whitcomb Riley, and many more. Performed for hundreds of thousands of students across the USA over the past 30 years.
Objectives
- Create enthusiasm for all aspects of poetry: reading, writing, memorizing and performing the art
- Develop an interest in the power of memorizing poetry
- Introduce the art of poetry as a way to express feelings
- Develop an interest in the power of memorizing poetry
- Introduce the art of poetry as a way to express feelings
Pricing Information
Single Performance: $1100
Back-to-Back Performances: $1325
Triple: $1840
Back-to-Back Performances: $1325
Triple: $1840
Video
Program Length
Between 40-45 minutes
Participants
Maximum of 300 for grades 3-8
Maximum of 250 for any performance that includes Kindergarten
Maximum of 250 for any performance that includes Kindergarten
Technical Specifications
• Set Up: 20 minutes
• Break: 15 minutes
• Strike: 20 minutes
• Program Space: If audience is in chairs then I need to be raised slightly above on a platform or stage. If audience is seated on floor, then I can also be on the floor or on a stage. I just cannot perform on the floor if the audience is in chairs, for ideal viewing.
• Electricity/Wi-Fi: Electrical outlet
• Tables/Chairs: 6-8 foot table and a chair.
• Outside Possible: Yes as long as it is a quiet space and there is a clear space for a ‘stage’ area and good sight lines for the audience
• Other: Good general lighting
• Break: 15 minutes
• Strike: 20 minutes
• Program Space: If audience is in chairs then I need to be raised slightly above on a platform or stage. If audience is seated on floor, then I can also be on the floor or on a stage. I just cannot perform on the floor if the audience is in chairs, for ideal viewing.
• Electricity/Wi-Fi: Electrical outlet
• Tables/Chairs: 6-8 foot table and a chair.
• Outside Possible: Yes as long as it is a quiet space and there is a clear space for a ‘stage’ area and good sight lines for the audience
• Other: Good general lighting