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Troika!

Troika!

Duo Balalaika | (216) 932-5825 | [email protected]

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

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Dance, Multi-Disciplinary, Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • 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
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
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
WillPower

WillPower

Burning Coal Theatre Company | (919) 834-4001 | [email protected]

Theatre residencies offering a variety of subjects and tailored to suit your curriculum.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Theatre
  • Grade Level: High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: European
  • Does Not Accept bookings in Johnston County
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