Jane Franklin Dance uses dance to address academics with creativity and imagination.  Movement conveys meaning and is a tool for learning.

Workshop
"What Comes Around: Dancing Through Cycles," developed for the Kennedy Center's Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers Program by workshop leader Jane Franklin debuted in January 2004. This lively participatory workshop has visited several Virginia locations including the GATEWAY Gifted and Talented Program for Franklin County Schools in Rocky Mount and the Carlisle School in Martinsville.  Click here to download a workshop description.

Workshop
"Speaking Dancing": Explore the magic of words and movement. Observe, analyze, interpret words and movement in ways that speak of who we are, alone or with a group. Language Arts, Poetry connections.

"Choreography" for student groups can be designed for a specific location.

"(Jane Franklin's) work with a group of student dancers, developing a site-specific intermission piece, was outstanding.  Participants learned volumes about composition, performance, and environmental work.  Many commented on the strong links to what they are learning in their compostion class.  The piece was a wonderful addition to the New Dance Festival concert, bringing awareness to a generally overlooked space, and highlighting a lovely late summer evening."

                                              --Kate Trammell, Professor

                                                 James Madison University

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.