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Buzzing in Patterns: HoneyBEATS! Duo with Mary Fields

Artist

Alden Phelps

Program Type

Family Engagement Workshop

Explore the fascinating lives of Honeybees through music and movement while practicing making and identifying patterns! Participants will create movement sentences as a group, using predetermined symbols for each type of movement, and predict the steps to complete the patterns. Lastly, participants will learn The Honeybee Waggle Slide, a song based on the flight pattern of the Honeybee, and use symbols to choreograph their own pattern-based line dance to the tune!

Audience Limit

Program Length

45 minutes

Technical Requirements

10’ x 10’ clear area
Access to performance area (classroom size) 20 min before set up. For larger groups, a sound system may be used, then 60 min. setup.
The artist will provide a sound system for audiences of over 50 people or for large rooms/gyms
The artist will need a power outlet to plug in the sound system