A fun, social painting workshop that fosters team building and connection while promoting critical listening skills. Perfect for classroom activities, family events, and community gatherings. Follow Hansel and Gretel in this operatic puppet show featuring a giant storybook set and lessons in courage and resilience. Combines music-making and reflection, empowering student voices through Beatbox Pedagogy. Anne Pasquale's Living History Programs Experience the inspiring story of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher, and her revolutionary work in teaching the deaf and blind, told from her own perspective. This puppet musical teaches students to recognize bullying and find solutions. Lively songs and loveable characters make the message stick. Students explore Matisse's nature-inspired collages and create their own using shapes, colors, and symbols. Sounds of April & Randall Celebrate the season with a joyful holiday concert by Sounds of A&R featuring jazzy renditions of favorite classics like "Jingle Bells" and "Let It Snow!" The Hoopla Zone is a fun, student-led workshop with mini-classes, hoop jams, and one-on-one instruction. It promotes skill-building, leadership, and teamwork in a positive, inclusive environment. Students reimagine photographs using hand-drawn symbols, patterns, and personal imagery. Through planning and creative choices, they explore visual symbolism and self-expression using paper materials or a mixed-media format incorporating iPads. innerAct Theatre Education innerAct partners with schools to integrate theatre into the curriculum, supporting diverse learning styles. Teachers gain lasting tools to enhance classroom engagement through the arts! Students explore installation art by creating paper sculptures based on their ages. They engage in discussions about age, birthday celebrations, and create a collaborative art installation that celebrates their combined ages. In this collaborative workshop, students co-write an original song from scratch! With Charlie’s guidance, they explore song structure, rhyme, themes, lyrics, and melody, working together to create and perform their own unique song. Students learn the history and core elements of Hip Hop, practice basic dance moves, and experience the joy of movement and self-expression. Students explore hand techniques, character development, and puppet manipulation. Each participant receives a finger puppet to continue practicing. Students explore Japanese culture through dynamic Taiko drumming, folk songs, and dance. A high-energy, multicultural experience. Students explore the rich connections between jazz and poetry through listening, writing, movement, and performance. Inspired by jazz legends and renowned poets, they improvise, collaborate, and create original poems while building confidence, creativity, Take an ecological journey through the Amazon and African forests, exploring folktales that teach the importance of our natural world with vibrant characters and sound effects. Inspired by "The Noisy Paint Box", students explore Kandinsky's abstract art and how sound can be expressed visually through color, line, and shape. In this workshop or residency, students will explore Kathak, the art of storytelling through dance. They will learn Kathak's technical footwork, spins, and cross rhythms. Kathak combines intense footwork, spins, and improvisation to tell stories through dance. Students will watch a performance, participate in a folk dance, and engage in a Q&A to learn about India's culture. Darren Sardelli - Animated Author & Funny Poet Darren Sardelli brings poetry to life through interactive, high-energy performances. Students engage in riddles, storytelling, creative writing, and audience participation while exploring the power of words, imagination, and self-expression. | |