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| To meet the needs of your individual school, we are happy to tailor our educational programming to include other academic or arts standards that your school needs to emphasize. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pre-K through High School Educators and children across the country have enjoyed the a Dancing Wheels 45-60 minute, in-school lecture/performances. |
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Students will: Watch Dancing Wheels perform repertory designed for school children Listen to dancers with and without disabilities speak motivationally about disability and accessibility issues Achieve goals and work together |
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| There are also plenty of opportunities for students to join in the fun by participating in dances and engaging in discussion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher’s Guide | Flash 8 Movie (4.1MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prior to the performance, each school receives Dancing Wheels teacher resource packet to complement what the students will learn during the lecture/performance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Keller: A Tribute to Her Teacher |  |
| Utilizing excerpts from the Dancing Wheels’ full-length story ballet, students will learn about the great impact that Helen Keller made on global society through her vast contributions and discoveries. They will also gain information with examples and hands on activities related to inventive ways to communicate: Braille, audio description and sign language will be explored. | |
| Alice in Wonderland | |
| Students’ imaginations will come alive with fanciful excerpts from this story ballet. Costumed characters will interact with students and perform a modern, hip version, bringing a new twist to this classic tale. The characters will narrate the story from different points of view. | |
| The Snowman |  |
| A mini version of this full-length story ballet offers students an opportunity to enjoy an abbreviated narration of the story with dance vignettes by costumed characters. The program culminates with audience interaction and dialogue. Students will experience the creation of a story ballet, set and costume design, and the relationship between pantomime and sign language. | |
| Walking on Clouds |  |
| This powerful new work is perfect for junior high and high school students. This dance chronicles the African-American and the disabled communities’ fight for equality. Excerpts from this work offer a mix of music spanning the decades and freely blending Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, The Kinks with original Hip-Hop and rap music. An interactive section, “I want you to see me”, involves students in a rapping/clapping combination that involves intricate gestures that repeat in rounds. Students experience liberating moments in history that enabled those communities to rise to a level of equality. This is a perfect program to integrate with lessons on the Disability and Civil Rights movements. | |
| Residency Programs | |
| Workshops and Master Classes |  |
| This 60-90 minute workshop program is designed for individuals of all abilities who are interested in learning the basics of partnering/integrated dance and creative movement invention. Adult or children’s classes available. Maximum class size: 30 | |
| 75-90 minute master classes for students of dance, recreation therapy, etc. Qualified instructors teach modern, classical dance technique,and the specific wheelchair technique and style of Dancing Wheels. | |
| G.G. Greg Agency©2006 Professional Flair: 216-432-0306 |
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