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Walker Between Worlds

Walker Between Worlds

Leland Faulkner | (207) 577-3159 | [email protected]

Dreamcatcher celebrates the magical adventures and wonder tales of Native America.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Walking The Lines, Building Shapes: Geometry in Motion

Walking The Lines, Building Shapes: Geometry in Motion

Erin Badger-Coffey - The Dancing Badger | (704) 898-2487 | [email protected]

Explore moving in various directions, levels, and pathways while dancing in a shared group space to identify the attributes of the four basic shapes.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Dance
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Weave or Knot!

Weave or Knot!

Jan French | (919) 973-9937 | [email protected]

Students build, set up, and weave a strip on their own backstrap loom in 5 days while they learn all about weaving and fibers. Short residencies (1-2 day) feature weaving and spinning demonstrations.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, STEAM, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Does Not Accept bookings in Johnston County
Weave or Knot! Together

Weave or Knot! Together

Jan French | (919) 973-9937 | [email protected]

Students weave a project on a treadle loom or their own backstrap loom. Residencies feature weaving activities adapted to specialized classrooms.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, STEAM, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Does Not Accept bookings in Johnston County
  • Specifically adapted for students with disabilities
When I Say Poetry You Say Rocks! Spoken Word Writer Residency

When I Say Poetry You Say Rocks! Spoken Word Writer Residency

Regie Cabico | (917) 282-1923 | [email protected]

This residency uses improvisation to create a space where students can create poetry by conjuring concrete images to make their poems pop with detail.

  • Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
  • Discipline: Literary, Multi-Disciplinary
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Wild Words and Free Verse

Wild Words and Free Verse

Michael Beadle | (828) 400-6374 | [email protected]

Students will learn to write and edit poems with strong imagery and creative techniques.

  • Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
  • Discipline: Literary
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, Asian, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Wonders Down Under, Australian Music & Stories

Wonders Down Under, Australian Music & Stories

Paul Taylor | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

An exciting and interactive blend of Australian story, song, dance, and theater, featuring the didgeridoo and other authentic Australian instruments.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Dance, Multi-Disciplinary, Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: Australian
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Wonderworlds: Writing Poems about our Planet

Wonderworlds: Writing Poems about our Planet

Michael Beadle | (828) 400-6374 | [email protected]

Integrate natural science lessons with poetry.

  • Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
  • Discipline: Literary, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
World of Wonder

World of Wonder

Leland Faulkner | (207) 577-3159 | [email protected]

Journey around the world with magical adventures and stories that delight the imagination. World of Wonder celebrates diversity, with a multi-cultural message of tolerance using mime, magic, and story.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Write the Story Only You Can Tell

Write the Story Only You Can Tell

Kelly Starling Lyons | (919) 656-0298 | [email protected]

Students hear the stories behind the books, explore writing process and enjoy a reading.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Multi-Disciplinary
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African-American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
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