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Troika!

Troika!

Duo Balalaika (formerly Russian Duo) | (216) 932-5825 | duobalalaika@gmail.com

Students experience teamwork as they dance the Troika & accompany themselves with percussion.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Dance, Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Under African Skies

Under African Skies

Antonio Rocha | 207-329-0849 | antoniorochastoryteller@gmail.com

Take a unique trip to Africa with a world class storyteller who has climbed Kilimanjaro, and be presently surprise each step of the way.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Vault Theatre on Tour: Red Riding Hood

Vault Theatre on Tour: Red Riding Hood

Vault Theatre | 919-886-4584 | lsale@vaulttheatre.org

Professional Theatre production of a twisted retelling of Little Red Riding Hood full of puns, knock-knock jokes, and physical comedy that will have audiences howling!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Voytto Tech: a scifi fable on bullying

Voytto Tech: a scifi fable on bullying

InterAct Story Theatre | (301) 879-9305 | info@interactstory.com

A scifi fable for elementary audiences about bullying in and out of school.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Walker Between Worlds

Walker Between Worlds

Leland Faulkner | (207) 577-3159 | faulknerfilm@gmail.com

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 | ebadger@gmail.com

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 | french.jan@gmail.com

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 | french.jan@gmail.com

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 | storytapestries@gmail.com

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 | beadlewrite@yahoo.com

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
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