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Everybody Comes from Somewhere

Everybody Comes from Somewhere

Queen Nur | |

In this residency students will bring their individual cultures into the classroom through the art of storytelling, living traditions and ethnography techniques.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Literary, Music, Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Exploring Communication and Cooperation with Mask

Exploring Communication and Cooperation with Mask

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

Students learn and practice skills in better cooperation and communication.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Festival Of Drums

Festival Of Drums

Drum for Change with Greg Whitt | (919) 696-0883 | [email protected]

Group drumming in short sessions for quick turnover in festival settings.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, Caribbean
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
From Anansi to Zeus

From Anansi to Zeus

Donna Washington/DLW Storyteller, Inc. | (919) 471-3036 | [email protected]

Donna Washington presents age appropriate stories from Anansi the Spider to Zeus for students K-12.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Native American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
From First Idea to Finished Song – Workshop

From First Idea to Finished Song – Workshop

Roger Day | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

Using techniques they’re learning in the classroom, students write & record a song in 1 class period

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
From Snapshot to Story

From Snapshot to Story

Diane Silcox Jarrett | (919) 397-9501 | [email protected]

Students will take an old photograph as inspiration and write their own creative story.

  • Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
  • Discipline: Literary
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Galapagos George

Galapagos George

Barefoot Puppet Theatre | (804) 334-4338 | [email protected]

Based on the true story of “Lonesome George,” the last tortoise of Pinta Island.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: STEAM, Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Game On! | Number Drummer Live 3

Game On! | Number Drummer Live 3

Number Drummer | | [email protected]

It’s GAME ON! Students spin the game wheel to reveal the math that will create their epic rhythmic performance.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Gazellephant: a Rockin’ Children’s Musical

Gazellephant: a Rockin’ Children’s Musical

Aggregate Theatre Company | (919) 279-5734 | [email protected]

Half gazelle. Half elephant. 100% Rockstar: A musical about friendship, acceptance, and following your dreams.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Theatre
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Get Your Brain in Gear!

Get Your Brain in Gear!

Roger Day | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

Schoolhouse Rock meets Bill Nye, the Science Guy as Roger Day teaches brain science through song!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
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