K-12 Arts Programs
Comedy as a Connector
“Comedy as a Connector” teaches students the basics of improv — listening, accepting, building, and immediacy — while reinforcing Social Emotional Learning competencies of self awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills. Pricing Typically, residencies range from $2,500 and up, but…
Songs About Books: My Fantastic Brain!
My Fantastic Brain! is a five-day embedded professional development (PD) residency designed to empower teachers to use the arts in classrooms through live lessons about the amazing functions of the human brain! Students will learn to love, appreciate, and care…
Laughing Together: An Introduction to Improv Comedy
Laughing Together introduces students to the fun of improv comedy and collaboration. Ti Malik stars as Malik, a grumpy out of work actor who recently was removed from a movie set for not working well with others. Through a series…
Bead Making of Indigenous People
Description Students will learn how to make beads (jewelry) from air-dry clay and review 2D and 3D shapes. How jewelry and adornment communicate our Identity, Virtues, and/or Cultural norms will be discussed. We will be manipulating air-dry clay to imitate…
Silver!
Silver is a modern dance show that invites the audience to explore a world of imagination and endless possibilities by exploring the transformation of everyday objects. A performance unlike any you have seen before, the dancers use materials like industrial…
Swan Lake
Description A company of dancers brings a full-fledged ballet into your school! Experience the classical ballet “Swan Lake” in a nutshell, with excerpts from the full-length ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score. Students experience how costumes, props, ballet, and music…
I’ve Got a Feeling
We will take an exciting and meaningful journey into social/emotional learning, to discover strategies for expressing big emotions in a healthy way. Using my original song, “I’ve Got A Feeling (Down In My Toes)” as a musical foundation, we will…
Dancing Stories
Our assembly is based on the South Indian dance style Kuchipudi, which is inherently a dance drama form. We introduce Kuchipudi to the students as comprising three main elements: 1) rhythm and footwork, 2) hand gestures, and 3) facial expressions,…
Beyond Labels: Bridging Differences through Story
Description Experience a creative and collaborative storytelling model to build bridges of understanding and compassion in the classroom and beyond. Structured interactive activities help students connect to their heritage, others and themselves as they explore their diversity and discover the…
Where Do Clothes Come From?
Description Designed especially with the youngest learners in mind, this program offers a hands-on examination of plant and animal sources of fibers that become cloth. Students will learn two different techniques for making fabric: wet felting (a centuries-old technique for…
Story Bridges: Exploring Identity and Connection
This dynamic assembly for 6th through 12th grade students helps them discover and explore many of the facets of identity. Noa shares her experiences of bridging differences through the power of story. She invites students to consider the multiple aspects…
East Meets West
Description East Meets West is a collection of wonderful vignettes guaranteed to delight audiences. Presented with string puppets, hand puppets and rod puppets, the audience is sure to be enchanted and amazed. The short stories offer both Eastern and Western…