Storytelling Program Artistic Discipline

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Professional Development:Using Puppets and Storytelling to Build Literacy and Communication Skills

Learn how to use puppets to increase literacy in multiple areas and develop language skills. Learn proper puppet manipulation of several types of puppets and how to help students to imporve development of fine ...

Songwriting Residency

Opera Carolina’s Songwriting residencies use song analysis and lyric writing to support classroom learning in the English Language Arts while increasing students’ mindfulness by allowing them time to write ...

Step Afrika! School Show

Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms into a cohesive, ...

Stories in Motion Residency

Stories in Motion is a dance residency that supports creative thinking and collaboration. Students will create short narratives inspired by their writing samples and also write a story based on movement. Teaching ...

Storytelling and Masks with Doug Berky

Doug Berky’s performances are a mix of of classic theatre forms: mime, mask, theatre, circus arts and storytelling. His large-mask performance GEMS: THE WORLD’S WISDOM STORIES uses storytelling styles from many ...

Storytime: The Gift Way Up in the Closet

Author and performer, Dawn Anthony shares the story of young Melody who loves to sing constantly! When Melody isn’t singing, she’s humming! If she could, she would rather sing than speak her conversations! ...

Student Performances with Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets

Hobey Ford tours a repertoire of performances for preschool to upper elementary students based on stories adapted from various cultures as well as nature and incorporating a variety of puppetry styles: Bunraku, ...

Student Workshop - MAKING SHADOW PUPPETS

Combining storytelling with shadow puppetry brings a variety of cultures to life in the classroom through folktales. During this workshop, students learn shadow puppetry performance techniques and how to construct ...

Syncopated Ladies School Show

Syncopated Ladies is a Female Tap Dance Band from Los Angeles, CA created by Emmy Award nominated, tap dancer and choreographer, Chloe Arnold, protege of Debbie Allen. Syncopated Ladies’ viral videos have amassed ...

The Circus King (Reading Language Arts)

“The Circus King” (Reading & Language Arts) A young boy is lost at sea and found by a baboon on a far away island. He is raised by a circus of misfits. The audience and cast of characters help the boy overcome ...

The Movement Revisited School Show

Seven-time Grammy winner Christian McBride presents an epic concert event honoring Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr., and President Barack Obama. Their iconic words will be dramatically ...

The Wand Of Dreams (Math Show)

“The Wand Of Dreams” (A Mathematical Fairy Tale) The land of “Happily Ever After” is in big trouble. The Wand Of Dreams has been stolen and everything is falling apart! Fairy Godmother or Godfather and the ...

The Wonder of It All (Science Through Musical Stories)

Zak Morgan’s science show is designed to generate excitement about science and encourage students to think about how we all use science in our daily lives. His original science songs are interactive and full of ...

Theatre Arts and Music Classes with Applied Improv, Beginners and Advanced

There is no better art form from which to introduce or deepen students’ appreciation and expansion of theatre and musical education than applied improv. Through theatre games and warm-ups, short form improv and ...

Third Grade Reading with Applied Improv

The adaptability and critical thinking practiced with Applied Improvisation can assist in increasing these and other 3rd grade reading skills: *Decoding *Reading with expression *Self-correcting *Grouping related ...

WE ARE: CHILDREN OF... Series

ACT’s ‘WE ARE: Children of…’ Series is a program designed to educate, enlighten, empower, activate curiosity and involve fourth to eighth grade students in a theatre arts experience as they concurrently learn ...

Welcome to Zakland! (Adventures in Language Arts & Music)

Zak Morgan’s assembly programs are focused on students PreK-5th grade, offering two study guides with activities for both music education and arts integration with other subjects. Teachers can access thirteen ...

Zitkála-Šá (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin)

This program focuses on the life and works of Zitkála-Šá, one of my distant cousins. At 8 years old she was taken from her native home to live and learn in a government sponsored boarding school. She eventually ...

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