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Roots and Rhythm Workshop

Roots and Rhythm Workshop

Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble | (410) 897-9299 | [email protected]

Footworks teaches traditional music and dance in a way that makes participation accessible and fun.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Dance, Multi-Disciplinary, Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Native American, North Carolina
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
SELebration Stories

SELebration Stories

Queen Nur | |

In this performance students will be engaged in a highly interactive storytelling celebration that highlights the social emotional learning competencies.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, European
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Stories on Stage

Stories on Stage

InterAct Story Theatre | (301) 879-9305 | [email protected]

Stories from around the world come to life in this interactive story drama series!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Storytelling, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African, Asian, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Storytelling, Mask & Mime Performances by Doug Berky

Storytelling, Mask & Mime Performances by Doug Berky

Doug Berky | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

Performances reflect the styles of the commedia dell’arte, vaudeville, mask and mime theatre.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
The Fastest Plane

The Fastest Plane

Story Tapestries | (301) 916-6328 | [email protected]

Multi-lingual folk tales customized by academic focus area and age group

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Dance, Literary, Multi-Disciplinary, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, Australian, Caribbean, European, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Topography maps: social studies, writing & art

Topography maps: social studies, writing & art

Shannon Newby | (509) 669-0254 | [email protected]

Introduce basic map-reading skills using Japanese paper marbling.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: STEAM, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Walls That Talk! Mural with Tribal Art from India

Walls That Talk! Mural with Tribal Art from India

Sampada Kodagali Agarwal | (919) 760-3479 | [email protected]

Artist introduces the students to the Warli tribal art and then guides them through the process of collaboratively discussing the mural design and painting it.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: Asian
  • 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
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
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We could not possibly love this THANK YOU POEM fro We could not possibly love this THANK YOU POEM from some 5th graders at Alston Ridge Elementary to one of our Artists in Schools teaching artists, Poet Michael Beadle ❤️ @alstonridgeschool @wcpssofficial
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