Language Arts, U.S. History & Culture, World History & Culture, Physical Education, Life Skills

TAMARA LOEWENTHAL & JAMIE GANS

RESIDENCIES - WORKSHOPS - EARLY CHILDHOOD

Tamara and Jamie will lead your students through a series of dance activities that will help your students respect each other’s personal space, build confidence, and increase their understanding of spatial patterns as they work together. Workshops are a 45-minute experience for one class at a time; residencies are a series of workshops spanning one to four weeks and can be tailored to meet the needs of individual schools. Chose from the following: Clogging; Contra Dance; English Country Dance or Long Sword; French Canadian; Irish Set & Ceili Dance; Maypole; Square Dance; Tap.

Workshops: $176 for the first workshop, $170 for each consecutive workshop

Residencies: Contact Young Audiences for details

and pricing.

DANCING TOGETHER: BUILDING LIFE SKILLS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AMERICAN DANCE - NEW!

This is a workshop for teachers. Traditional American dances provide an avenue to build a classroom community. These fun and easy to accomplish dance figures also reinforce the processes of patterning and sequential thinking, a crucial foundation for all academic learning. Teachers will learn to prompt these dances and get the tools to teach them. Note: A Young Audiences of Indiana workshop developed in collaboration with the Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program at Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University.

3-hour workshop: $506

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMNG

Clogging and Fiddling Workshop

Experience a range of fancy footwork and rhythmic combinations of American clogging as young children explore patterns in dance and music via counting, moving, and singing. In this workshop, children will learn dancing through simple and sequential patterns as a group, accompanied by live fiddle music.

105-minute session: $353 (two artists)

Notes: Residency also available, call Young Audiences for pricing and details. Mileage will be charged from from Bloomington, IN.  Wooden Floor is preferred.