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While reporting live, The Story Ship’s science reporter, Sarah, is kidnapped by aliens and trapped on a space ship bound for the outer regions of our solar system! Audience volunteers must quickly form a Rescue Team and use magic, dance and music to get her back. The audience helps to unravel a celestial musical message. Each Alien communication gives us clues as to the Alien’s location and how to rescue Sarah. This show is highly interactive with audience participation every minute to two minutes with kids helping with magic tricks, singing, dancing, and navigating the rescue rocket through an interactive game. Onstage, giant video animations and holographic images allow us to communicate and track Sarah’s amazing journey through our solar system. In school shows, audience members explore the relationship between music, math and space travel. Sarah is returned to earth safely. The show ends in a celebration as the aliens, audience and actors all dance to the melody the aliens sent us. This fast-paced high energy show combines: Interactive 3D Holograms Animation projected on a large screen Music played on a Theremini Gaming Comedy Theater

"Super Me" Anti-Bullying

Assembly/Performance ; Virtual/Online Program

“Super Me” (Anti-Bullying Super Power Training) Available Live In Person or Virtually “Super Me! Live Immersive Adventure Highly Interactive Experience Utilizes CASEL’s Social Emotional Learning Framework Large Video Screen With Interactive Animation & Live Characters Puzzles Amazing Magic Movement Real World Solutions to Real World Problems “Super Me” is a fast-paced immersive adventure combining high-energy movement, puzzles astounding magic, interactive animation, and a live actor. Audience members are taken on an interactive journey into a comic book world to help a young boy escape from bullies. Kids interact with the animated and real-life characters. The audience must help the boy overcome obstacles and solve puzzles using superpowers (Superhuman Strength, X-Ray vision, Telekinesis, and Aquakinesis.) The show focuses on CASEL’s Social Emotional Learning Framework. Students observe and take part in theatrical games that teach competency in Self-Management, Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision Making, and Relationship Skills. The kids not only see real life examples of bullying but are given clear step by step actions to help them deal with real world situations. Secret messages giving kids methods for fighting against bullies are shown throughout the show. The messages can viewed with optional “Super Me!” X-Ray vision decoder glasses or the Super Me X-Ray Vision App. The message appears without the decoder glasses after initial viewing, so it is not necessary for every child to have the app or glasses to completely enjoy the show. The supporting free X-Ray vision app can be downloaded (For Android Devices / For Apple Devices) here. You can also download our X-Ray vision glasses template and watch a video on how to make them from the above links! Available LIVE AND IN PERSON or.. Through – Google Meet, Zoom, Facebook, Youtube and most all streaming portals.

Abstract Painting (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

This program is fun and rewarding for students of all ages. The beauty of abstraction is that it allows everyone to be successful! Students will enjoy learning brush techniques and about the various types of abstract painting prior to starting on their own canvases. Canvases can be placed on display at the school as an exhibition or students may take them home at the end of the program.

Chemistry & Tie-Dye Shirts! (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

Make your own Tie-Dye Shirts with Blackbird Studio this year! Students will enjoy the process of designing their own shirts while learning about the history and science behind the creative process. This residency can include the creation and use of natural dyes from plants, foods and nuts. This program is an optional add-on program for the Design Your Own Shirt program.

Clay Animation (Grades 3-12)

Residency ; Workshop

Students will love building adorable clay characters and bringing them to life as animations. Students will work in groups and go through the process of developing their characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. Animations will be created using free apps and green screen technology. ASC Community Goals: Professional Development, 3rd Grade Reading

COLLABORATE WITH ME! (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

Please connect with me personally to discuss program options for your students. I truly enjoy collaborating with partnering teachers and schools to achieve their goals for ASC grant projects. I am happy to design a program that connects to a major event at your school or a special unit in a core subject area. I can also design a program to enhance a particular area of your school. I do installation art, photography, animation and mixed media with all ages. The possibilities are endless! Please contact me today to begin the creative process of designing your own unique program.

Collaborative Earth Art & Mandalas (Grades 3-12)

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will fall in love with the process of constructing beautiful, nature-inspired installations or mandalas on the campus lawns and gardens. The process will involve working collaboratively or individually to improvise with natural materials. All final works will be photographed as keepsakes for the school. This program can be modified to connect to math, science or social studies focusing on a particular culture. Students always report that earth art is fun and relaxing. They enjoy the fact that the creative process allows them to work together and get to know other students in the class. This program can be offered as a team building program for your faculty.

Conceptual Portraiture (Grades 4-12)

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn how to convey ideas through symbolic portraits of themselves or their classmates. Students will write and sketch out a plan for their portraits. We will provide lights, backdrops, props and more to bring their ideas to life. Photo shoots can be completed on campus or at a location of their choice. Artists focusing on conceptual portraiture will be introduced to offer inspiration. Photos can be paired with poems or narratives in the format of books or prints for display at your school. Students can express their individual ideas or create photographic art around a particular theme. ASC Goals: Teacher Professional Development, Middle School Transition, High School Graduation Rate

Diggery Digger's Dino Adventure Now In 3D

Assembly/Performance ; Out-of-School-Time ; Residency

While Paleontologist Diggery Diggers is showing his fossils to a live audience, he discovers a “top secret” box the museum accidentally packed. Curious, Diggery opens the box and unleashes the DinoSauroScope 3000 or DINA taking the audience back into time to interact with dinosaurs. All is well until they use DINA on a large dinosaur egg. The egg hatches and an amazing thing happens. The dinosaurs in museums around the world start to come alive! The only way to stop this dinosaur regeneration is to return the baby dinosaur back to it’s mother. Come along for a rocking dino adventure with Diggery and save the human race. The show has incredible props including large interactive animated characters, dinosaur bones, a giant dinosaur egg and beautiful puppets. Combined with intriguing magic and rocking music, this is the Story Ship’s most memorable adventure. Audience members constantly interact by digging up fossils, scanning with the DINA, helping solve puzzles and singing songs. Only you can help stop the dinosaur invasion and save the world! Book a show now!?

Digital Photography & Composition (Grades 2-12)

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn the foundations of how to capture stunning images by applying the elements of design and various techniques to enhance their digital photographs. The first day of this program will focus on learning to see like a photographer and compelling a photo shoot. The second day of the program will integrate editing techniques. As a final product, photographs can be printed for display at the school or the group of class photos can be placed together in a video for sharing at school functions, etc.

Digital Storytelling Workshops & Residencies

Professional Development ; Residency ; Virtual/Online Program ; Workshop

Workshops in Story Writing, Animation, Podcasting and Storybook App Creation Available In Person or Virtual We have three digital storytelling residency tracts or projects you can do with your students and teachers. Each project is broken down into single workshops. The workshops cover specific content and can be offered for teacher professional development as well as for students. This allows schools to be selective about what they want their students and teachers to learn. Story Writing, Audio Recording and Podcast Creation Projects Students write and record their own stories and set them to music and sound effects. We can then publish them to your school’s very own podcast. If you don’t have a podcast, we can create one with you. If your schools test scores are low in reading and language arts, these workshops are perfect for working on writing and reading skills. You can also tailor your story creation to offer curriculum connections with other subjects like math and science. Animation Projects Students create their own animation videos with green screen technology. This project tract can also have multiple curriculum connections with art, math, science and music. Don’t worry about technical issues. We bring everything we need including iPads, camera, lights, green screen and everything else necessary to finish the projects. Storybook App Projects We will write, illustrate and record an original story by your students then turn it into an app for mobile devices. The app will play on any Andriod or Apple device as well as play through the internet on your browser. Visit us online at www.storyship.com or call us so we can tailor make digital story telling projects that help you focus your resources to increase your student’s and teacher’s academic performance.

DIY Photo Filters & Photo Composition (All Levels)

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Students will enjoy creating handmade filters to add color, texture and unique lighting effects to their photos. Work created by Instagram influencers and master photographers will be introduced for inspiration. Students will get to use their filters to capture beautiful photos of their peers and campus. ASC Goals: Teacher Professional Development, Middle School Transition, High School Graduation Rate, Pre-K Readiness

Global Studies & North Carolina History

Day Trip ; Out-of-School-Time ; Residency ; Workshop

GLOBAL STUDIES The World in Our Backyard is extremely proud of our 45 minute programs developed for students to engage them in a creative and energetic way through the use of photographs, artifacts, cultural costumes and traditional music. Attached are photos from past presentations. Our in-house field trips support the North Carolina Common Core State Standards and World Languages Essential Standards by exposing students to diverse global cultures. Geographical features, natural resources, traditional beliefs and values, and important historical events impact the social development of all people. The following programs are offered: – Africa, Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Italy, Mexico, Native Americans, the Netherlands, and Peru. NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY (4th grade only) Students will learn about the geographic regions, landforms and natural resources of North Carolina. They will explore how the changing needs of its people impacted social, economic and political institutions. The experiences and contributions of many diverse North Carolinians will be shared. Each student will participate as a part of history, by being dressed up and introduced as an historical figure, beginning with the Native Americans and continuing to the present. The following programs are offered: NC Coastal Plains NC Piedmont Colonial NC Piedmont State NC Mountains

I Feel Better When I'm Groovin'

Out-of-School-Time ; Virtual/Online Program ; Workshop

This ten Week program can occur during school hours or after school hours. Programming will focus on self esteem and self efficacy, socialization skills, problem solving, mental wellness, and expressive language. The group will focus on activities such as art in music, playing in a drum circle, creative improvisation, group and individual songwriting, and various musical games to promote teamwork.

I Have a Dream: How Martin Climbed the Mountain

Assembly/Performance ; Out-of-School-Time

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream, but he did not dream alone. Skillfully using stories and music, Reggie highlights how the contributions of Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker (inventor), Satchel Paige (sports star), and others helped young Martin become a man who changed the world and add to the fabric of our nation.

KINETIKids One-Day Live Workshop with Active Learning Virtual Performances

Out-of-School-Time ; Residency ; Workshop

LIVE! KINETIKids Workshops with Follow-Up Performance Video Budget friendly with deep learning impact. Fee: $450 for 1-3 classes. $650 for 4-5 classes (includes classroom handbook and video link) Needs: Classroom or multi-purpose room free of obstructions. 1 Table, 2-3 chairs, electrical outlets, dry erase board or chart paper on stand. KINETIKids Workshops are designed to bring movement into the teaching of academic curriculum and aesthetic literacy. Each activity based workshop is paired with a corresponding performance video from Kinetic Works repertoire. It also comes with a pdf handbook that includes dance vocabulary, curriculum based activities and information about the performance. You can print this and keep it in your media center for teachers to use forever. Schools can choose from the workshop menu below and select the grade level you want to participate. Martha Connerton will conduct a one-hour workshop for up to five classes per day. Upon booking the workshop you will receive a link to a related performance video. It can be used as a follow up to enhance the workshop experience and to share with your entire school in your own time. KINETIKids Workshops are in high demand throughout the Carolinas, largely due to the magic touch Ms. Connerton has with students, keeping them engaged at every moment through her unique classroom management skills. Menu of KINETIKids One Day Workshops with KINETYX Active Learning Video Performance: Choose from 3 Options! 1) Movin’ Into Math: Creative Movement and Choreography skills are explored while learning concepts relating to math concepts in geometry, patterns, numeric equations, directional and positional terms, diagrams and how these apply to dance. Comes with a classroom workbook and link to the video of KINETYX Active Learning Performance: Movin’ Into Math. Compatible with curriculum for grades K-6. 2) Science in Motion: Creative Movement and Choreography skills are explored while learning concepts relating to science concepts in Bio Mechanics, Life Cycles, Laws of Motion, Ecosystems and how these apply to dance. Comes with a classroom workbook and link to the video of KINETYX Active Learning Performance: Science in Motion. Compatible with curriculum for grades 3-8. 3) Around the World: Creative Movement, Storytelling and Choreography skills are explored while learning concepts relating to the worlds cultural lifestyles, customs, geography, and history. Comes with a classroom workbook and link to the video of KINETYX Active Learning Performance: Around the World in 60 Minutes. Compatible with curriculum for grades K-6.

Let's Make a Music Video! (Grades 3-5)

Residency

Students will love making their own music video to a song of their choice in this fun, active program. Stop motion animation can be used to pixelate students in creative ways or short video clips highlighting each student can be edited together for a video that showcases each student’s individuality. Videos can be shared at school events or online.

Live KINETIKids Workshops with Follow-Up Performance Video: BEAT BOX BALLET!

Out-of-School-Time ; Residency ; Workshop

LIVE! KINETIKids Workshops with Follow-Up Performance Video Budget friendly with deep learning impact. Fee: $450 for 1-3 classes, $650 for 4-5 classes (includes classroom handbook and video link) Needs: Classroom or multi-purpose room free of obstructions. 1 Table, 2-3 chairs, electrical outlets, dry erase board or chart paper on stand. KINETIKids Workshops are designed to bring movement into the teaching of academic curriculum and aesthetic literacy. Each one-day activity based workshop is paired with a corresponding performance video from Kinetic Works repertoire. It also comes with a pdf handbook that includes dance vocabulary, curriculum based activities and information about the performance. You can print this and keep it in your media center for teachers to use forever. Schools can choose from the workshop menu below and select the grade level you want to participate. Martha Connerton will conduct a one-hour workshop for up to five classes per day. Upon booking the workshop you will receive a link to a related performance video. It can be used as a follow up to enhance the workshop experience and to share with your entire school in your own time. KINETIKids Workshops are in high demand throughout the Carolinas, largely due to the magic touch Ms. Connerton has with students, keeping them engaged at every moment through her unique classroom management skills. 5) Beat Box Ballet!: Learn some cools moves that combine ballet with street dance. Choreograph solos, duets, trios, quartets and a group dance. Comes with a classroom workbook and link to the video of Martha Connerton’s creation for Charlotte Ballet 2: Saxy Thang, a lively ballet set to beat box sax tunes by Derek Brown. Compatible with curriculum for grades 3-12.

Make Your Own Cartoons (Grades 3-7)

Residency ; Workshop

Students will learn how to create their own cartoons to tell their story. This fun program uses a allows students to create their own 3d characters and enhance readymade characters within animated cartoon scenes. They will love adding their own sound effects and narrating over their animations to create their own, unique cartoons! ASC Goals: Teacher Professional Development, Middle School Transition, High School Graduation Rate

Music and the Holocaust

Assembly/Performance ; Workshop

Charlotte Symphony ensembles present a 45-minute themed, narrated program to students, performing music of significance during this period in history. Through the music of its era, students will learn about Jewish culture and the horrors of the Holocaust. The repertoire features a mix of traditional Jewish music; forbidden music considered “degenerate” by the Nazis; music composed in the concentration camps; and music that evokes survival and healing after the Holocaust. Each concert includes narration and projected images that explore pre-World War II Jewish culture; the Third Reich’s attempt to control art and culture; the role of music and musicians in the concentration camps; and how the European Jewish community refused to be silenced and persevered after the war.

Music and the Underground Railroad

Out-of-School-Time ; Professional Development ; Workshop

The Underground Railroad is one of the most important chapters in American History. This engaging, interactive concert of songs, stories and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom reveals the hope, power and eventually, the triumph that was accomplished by shared by a network of multicultural allies. Through song, story, audience involvement and a multi-media presentation, Music and the Underground Railroad provides an understanding of the secrets and passion of this powerful era.

Music Making Group: Exceptional Children

Residency ; Virtual/Online Program

Piedmont Music Therapy, LLC (PMT) is staffed by board certified music therapists who received a college degree in music therapy and following a clinical internship passed a national board certification exam. Their training included working with children and youth with varying abilities and providing a success oriented experience for them to be included in an academic setting. Goals such as socialization, self-expression, group cohesion, and fostering arts making are commonly attained through music therapy groups. PMT offers weekly music therapy group sessions for children to be able to make music along side peers, with the music therapist facilitating singing, playing instruments, writing songs, moving to music and more. Students do not have to have any previous musical experience to benefit from the experiences. Instruments and activities will be adapted for all students to participate and feel supported in a welcomed, therapeutic setting. Past clients of music therapy group gramming offered by PMT yielded active participation, an outlet to their creative expression and allowed students to feel empowered within the academic setting. PMT is able to incorporate themes from the partnering organization or school and has woven past themes of holidays, the USA, traveling the world, self esteem and self confidence.

Neon Glow Art! (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

Explore the creative possibilities of neon art in this fun program! Students will manipulate neon lights and/or neon paint to create one-of-a-kind displays for their school. Lights can be formed into words, one-line drawings and collaborative, glowing class murals! The science behind neon lights and/or fluorescent paint can be woven into the program for a science focus.

Protect the Planet: World Music, Earth Science & Ecological Entertainment!

Assembly/Performance

Join us on an epic musical and scientific adventure, from the birth of the universe to the age of dinosaurs to the modern world. Multi-talented performers Rob Thomas & Tanya Gerard will weave didgeridoo world music and awe-inspiring projector visuals into a captivating and interactive program. Students will learn how the air we breathe was created; they’ll marvel at prehistoric creatures roaming primordial landscapes; they’ll explore a mysterious underground plant communication network; they’ll observe interactions between different animal species; and most importantly, they’ll learn how to protect our beloved Earth. Throughout the show, Rob & Tanya will perform world-fusion music with their vast collection of Australian didgeridoos and various percussion instruments. Some students will be invited on stage to play clap sticks during one of Rob’s musical pieces. This show is interactive, educational, motivational and mesmerizing! Rob & Tanya have performed at countless schools, libraries, festivals and other venues over 20+ years. They have produced music for numerous films, including the IMAX movie Sacred Planet. More info about our school programs is available at www.didgedownunder.com. Please view our promo videos at www.didgedownunder.com/gallery.

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