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School performances integrate dance into the school
curriculum in an interactive, fun and educational way!
Jazz on Foot traces jazz music from its African
roots in 19th century New Orleans, through the northward
migration to New York's Harlem Renaissance, to the Bebop
era of the 1950’s. Call-and-response pattern,
collaboration, improvisation and syncopation are described
through narratives and movement and connected to Language
Arts and Social Studies SOL's. Audience volunteers partner
with company dancers. Approved by
the Superintendent's Committee for performance in Montgomery
County Public Schools and performed for Arlington's Humanities Project..
Educational
Guide available here.
Very
Physical Science dances through Science SOL's
potential and kinetic energy, simple machines, gravity-equilibrium-inertia,
and the states of matter. Approved by
the Superintendent's Committee for performance in Montgomery
County Public Schools and performed for Arlington's Humanities Project.
Click
here to download the educational resource guide.
Woods and Wilds explores science and environment. Segments interpret landscape, the work of John Muir and Rachel Carson, and the edges between habitats.
To schedule a performance or workshop for your school, click here.
Matching funds are frequently available from the Virginia
Commission or from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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