Dance
EXPLORATION OF COOPERATION AND MOVEMENT
Superheroes in the Schools
Also available as a French as a Second Language Program!
Grades:
K-6, 7-8
Audience Maximum:
300
Price per performance + workshop:
$720 + GST
Price per additional workshop:
$360 + GST
A comic book comes to life! Superheroes in the Schools is a new arts education program that introduces students to contemporary dance and offers them a unique learning opportunity to create and perform their own work with a live DJ.
PERFORMANCE (15 min): In a Single Bound is a fun, funny, visually stimulating and physically exciting work that explores the world of comic books and superheroes.
Q & A: An interactive discussion about performance elements, the creative process students’ interpretations of the performance, and dance in general.
Followed by a 30 minutes WORKSHOP for ALL the students who attended the performance to sample music and create their own superhero duets to a live score.
Students are encouraged to explore their own physical creativity.
PERFORMANCE (15 min): In a Single Bound is a fun, funny, visually stimulating and physically exciting work that explores the world of comic books and superheroes.
Q & A: An interactive discussion about performance elements, the creative process students’ interpretations of the performance, and dance in general.
Followed by a 30 minutes WORKSHOP for ALL the students who attended the performance to sample music and create their own superhero duets to a live score.
Students are encouraged to explore their own physical creativity.
Curriculum Focus & Expectations
Themes:
- What is a true hero/heroine?
- Working together to achieve goals
Character Education:
- Cooperation, courage, responsibility
Expectations:
- Construct personal interpretations of dance pieces that depict stories, issues, and themes and explain their interpretations using dance terminology
- Identify and describe ways in which pop culture and the media influence our awareness, understanding and appreciation of dance
- Apply the elements of music when singing, playing, or composing to create a specific effect
Tour Availability:
- September 21 - November 20, 2009, April - June, 2010
Technical Requirements:
- Large open area (16' x 22')
- Access to electrical outlet and one 6' or 8' table
- Minimum room temperature 21°C
- Request for gymnasium to be heated night before performance