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Multi Arts ............................................................................................ 5
Music .................................................................................................... 7
Storytelling & Writing ....................................................................9
Theater ............................................................................................... 11
Visual Art .......................................................................................... 13
Teacher Professional Development ........................................ 15
Flexible Programming ................................................................. 16
Early Childhood ..............................................................................17
Residencies ...................................................................................... 19
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Performances
A Recipe for Jazz .........................................................................
Almost, Mr. Edison, Almost ......................................................
Christopher Columbus ...............................................................
Family Ties, Early Indiana Style ..............................................
Gene Stratton Porter...Writer, Naturalist, Photographer
Hoong in America .....................................................................
How America Learned to Swing ............................................
I, Nat Love: The Story of Deadwood Dick .........................
Indiana Canal Days ......................................................................
Indiana Mime: Raiders of the Lost Art .................................
Johnny Appleseed .......................................................................
Keeping Traditional Dance & Music Alive through
Creativity .........................................................................................
Major Martin Delany: African American Civil War
Ofcer ...............................................................................................
Percussive Dance in America ..................................................
Prince Among Slaves ..................................................................
Rolling Down the Avenue .........................................................
Shakin Down the Acorns ...........................................................
Stories from the Underground Railroad ..............................
The Four Directions: Native American Stories..................
The Jazz State of Indiana ........................................................
The Roots of Bluegrass ..............................................................
The Spirit of James Whitcomb Riley ....................................
The Living Newspaper: Stories from the Great
Deppression ...................................................................................
This Little Light of Mine: Civil Rights Through a Childs
Eyes ...................................................................................................
Tragedy, Trains, Truth, and Tales.............................................
Tuskegee Airmen of WWII ........................................................
When Worlds Collide: William Henry Harrison &
Tecumseh ........................................................................................
Math & Science
Workshops
Dancing Through the Curriculum ..........................................
Math in Your Feet .........................................................................
Water Dance (Residency) .........................................................
Weather Dance .............................................................................
Worming into Books ...................................................................
Social Studies: World History & Culture
A Village Beyond ..........................................................................
Asia Fantasia: Storytelling, Music, and a Whole Lot of
Fun .....................................................................................................
Performances
Chancleta: Dance & Music.........................................................
Cultural Dance of West Africa .................................................
Dances and Songs of Spain .....................................................
Egyptian Dance ............................................................................
Imaginative Mexican Clay Masks ............................................
Instrument Making .......................................................................
Latin Ballroom Dancing .............................................................
Shodo Japanese Calligraphy ..................................................
Sumi-e Japanese Brush Painting ...........................................
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Language Arts
Performances
Aesop and Other Anthropomorphic Tales .........................
Dancing Through the Pages ....................................................
Harp Sounds: Music & Stories .................................................
Nursery Rhymes Jazzed and Suessed .................................
Peter & the Wolf, Cartoons, and Jazz...................................
Seuss and Other Nonsense Stories .......................................
SLAM! Slam Poetry Performance ..........................................
Tell Your Own Story.....................................................................
The Spirit of James Whitcomb Riley ....................................
The Wild Things of Sendak ......................................................
These Stories Go Beyond Any Test .......................................
Workshops
Choose Your Own Poetry Workshop ...................................
Circle of Life: Native American Poems ................................
Jazz on the Fly ..............................................................................
Literature Takes the Stage ........................................................
Making Creative Books ..............................................................
Riddle Me, Riddle You ................................................................
Slam Poetry Workshop ..............................................................
Songwriting For Your Classroom ...........................................
Theater Secrets for Reading Success ...................................
Tell Your Own Story.....................................................................
Dances and Songs of Spain .....................................................
Gypsy Stories .................................................................................
Irish Music: Come to the Ceilidh .............................................
Latin Jazz ........................................................................................
Music and Dance Collage ..........................................................
Music from Around the World.................................................
Musical Tour of Latin America .................................................
Once Upon a Time in Africa .....................................................
Ongaku: Japanese Music ...........................................................
Tanoshi Taiko Drumming ...........................................................
The Music and Dance of Canada ............................................
The Storytellers Drum ...............................................................
The World of Strings ...................................................................
World Folktales .............................................................................
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Decades of Dance ........................................................................
Gifts from the Earth: Native American Efgy Pottery ...
Gifts from the Canebakes: Native American Basketry ..
Circle of Life: Native American Poems ................................
Traditional American Dance .....................................................
Learning Lincoln Through Bookmaking ..............................
Mama Im Bored: Pioneer Games ...........................................
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We are All Connected: Songs about the Environment ..
Planting Hope ................................................................................
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Performances
Dances and Songs of Spain
Faten Ali Munger
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Single: $225, Double: $450
A four-member ensemble invites
students into the world of childrens
authors including Dr. Seuss, Babette
Cole, and Alma Flor Ada by engaging
them through dance. Performance
meets standards in Dance and
Language Arts.
Hoong in America
Tap Team Two
A program tracing the roots of Tap
from Ireland and Africa to the street
and social dances of today. Students
will experience live tap dancing
from two outstanding dancers.
Performance meets standards in
Dance and U.S. History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $701, Double: $1,063 Dancing Through the Pages
Fort Wayne Dance Collective
Students learn the basics of
Flamenco rhythm as they are
led though a variety of dances.
Spanish Flamenco, folk dances,
and Ballet Espanol are presented
in a fun and participatory way. A
companion workshop complements
this performance. Performance
meets standards in Dance and World
History.
Grades: K-5
Single: $625, Double: $1,126
Mileage from Fort Wayne, IN additional
A Village Beyond
Fort Wayne Dance Collective
A four-member ensemble celebrates
Japanese and Chinese culture
through Taiko drumming, mask
dance set to Haiku poetry, and Tai
Chi movement. Performance meets
standards in Dance and World
History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mileage from Fort Wayne, IN additional
Percussive Dance in America
Fiddle n Feet
From English step dance to Southern
Appalachian mountain clogging
and everything in between, your
students will experience the history
of traditional American dance.
Dance and U.S. History.
Grades: K-8
Mileage from Bloomington, IN additional
The Music and Dance of Canada
Fiddle n Feet
Our neighbors to the North have
a rich history of dance and music.
Your students will learn more about
the lives and culture of the early
explorers who canoed through the
Great Lakes. Performance meets
standards in Dance and World
History.
Grades: K-8
Keeping Traditional Dance &
Music Alive Through Creativity
Fiddle n Feet
This energetic performance explores
the origins and reinvention of
music and dance traditions over the
years. When dancers or musicians
are lacking the means to buy their
preferred instruments or tools,
they fgure out how to substitute
something they do have.
Dance and World History.
Grades: K-8
The Dance Show
Dance Kaleidoscope
Ten to twelve professional
contemporary dancers bring to
life the concepts of shape, space,
pattern, and rhythm in this high-
energy performance. Performance
meets standards in Dance.
Grades: K-6
Availability: April 13-17, 2015
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Shakin Down the Acorns
Malke Rosenfeld
American Old Time music, dance,
and song are the energetic
ingredients of a feast for young
minds. With entrancing percussive
footwork, participatory songs, banjo
and fddle tunes, hats, humor, and
straws, this ensemble shape shifts
from quartet to duet; trio, solo, and
chorus. Learn to understand a basic
musical form and discover what it
takes to fnd joy and satisfaction in
playing together. Performance meets
standards in Dance and Music.
Grades: K-5, 6
The Living Newspaper: Stories
from the Great Depression
Fiddle n Feet
Let students into the world of the
Great Depression through this
performance about a traveling theater
troupe from the WPA. Stories told
during the show are from the lives
of real people. Performance meets
standards in Social Studies and
Theater.
Grades: K-8
Availability: March 16-20, 2015
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Dances and Songs of Spain
Students will learn the basics
of Flamenco rhythm as they are
led in simple dances. They will
learn basic footwork and arm
movements, including the use of
castanets. Workshop compliments
the performance by the same name.
Workshop meets standards in Dance
and World History.
Faten Ali Munger
Grades: 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $85, Multiple: $75
Dancing Through the Curriculum
Melli Hoppe
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mileage from Michigan City, IN addl
Basic elements of dance are taught,
while students learn life skills such
as focus, problem solving, and
cooperation. Students work together
to create a short dance. Meet with the
artist to connect your workshop with
your curriculum. Workshop meets
standards in Dance, Math, or Science.
Weather Dance
Melli Hoppe
Grades: 1-5
Weather patterns, the water cycle,
and cloud types will be used as
inspiration for a dance. Students will
learn choreographic principals such
as space, time, force, and motion.
and Science.
Decades of Dance
Laurie Young-Cutsinger
Students will try out the dance steps
of any decade in 20th century U.S.
history, from the Charleston to Street
Dance. Through video excerpts,
movement, and discussion, active
learning can be incorporated into
your social studies unit. Workshop
meets standards in Dance and U.S.
History.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Latin Ballroom Dancing
Shawn Whistler
Students will observe Latin ballroom
dancing and will dance in pairs
learning steps from the cha cha,
the meringue, or rumba. The
emphasis of this program can be
Spanish Language, History, Math, or
Geography.
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Family Night Programs
Community Social
Fiddle n Feet
An evening of social dances for the
whole family to enjoy. No experience
necessary! Students and parents
can come together to participate in
line, square, circle dances and more.
Grades: K-5, 6-8. 9-12
90 minutes: $457
Mileage from Bloomington, IN addl
Math in Your Feet Family Night
Malke Rosenfeld
Bring your school community
together for a fun-flled night of
creativity, patterns and problem
solving. This math night extends the
Math in Your Feet residency topics
so that anyone can participate.
Activities include name pattern
designs, refection games, tangram
puzzles, paper pizza, and dance.
Developed in collaboration with Perry
Township District Title 1 office.
Grades: K-5
District: $1,200, School: $956
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Math in Your Feet
Malke Rosenfeld
Grades: 1-5
Day of 4: $300
Math is often called the science of
patterns, and patterns are essential
to the dance form of clogging. The
two come together in this workshop
where students will learn basic
clogging steps while exploring
the concepts of improvisation,
choreography, and how it relates to
pattern-making. By the end of the
workshop, students will have created
their own mini-dances. This workshop
is a great introduction to the fve-day
Math in Your Feet residency.
Egyptian Dance
Students will learn the basics of
Egyptian dance as they are led
in simple dances. They will learn
basic footwork and arm movements.
and World Culture
Faten Ali Munger
Grades: 2-5, 6-8, 9-12
Traditional American Dance
Fiddle n Feet
Choose from a variety of traditional
American dance activities including:
Maypole
Clogging
Body Percussion
Grades: K-5, 6-8. 9-12
With live music: $150
Cultural Dance of West Africa
Ronne Stone
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
Students will be introduced to
traditional dance techniques
and symbols of West Africa and
participate in group and solo dance
opportunities. Workshop meets
standards in Dance and Social
Studies.
Every Day We Write a Dance
Dance Kaleidoscope
Two professional contemporary
dancers bring to life the concepts of
shape, space, pattern, and rhythm
in this high-energy workshop.
Students will learn basic dance
exercises and movements and use
their imaginations to create a dance
based on their daily lives. Students
will think creatively and critically in
the making of a community dance.
Dance.
Grades: K-6
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Music and Dance Collage
Lively percussion music, energetic
songs, and exciting dances will show
students the unique mix of cultures
that created the African Diaspora in
Latin America. Performance meets
standards in Dance, Music, and
World History.
Sancocho
Grades: K-12
Peter & the Wolf, Cartoons, and
Jazz
Dave Hepler & Will Gould
This performance is a jazz adaptation
of Prokofevs Peter and the Wolf
using cartoon characters portraying
Peter, his friends, and his nemesis,
the wolf. In addition, the audience
will hear stories from Dr. Seuss and
other childrens authors. Performance
meets standards in Theater.
Grades: K-5
The Wild Things of Sendak
Will and Dave lead you on a journey
into the works of Maurice Sendak
that includes a wacky rendition
of Where the Wild Things Are.
Theater and Language Arts.
Grades: K-5
Sneetches, Jazz, and
Celebrating Diferences
A hilarious presentation refecting
on differences that teach us about
ourselves and help us to laugh at
being human. Selections include
Seusss The Sneetches, Abiyo Yo,
The Giving Tree, and Fats Wallers
Your Feets Too Big. Performance
Grades: 1-3
Nursery Rhymes, Jazzed and
Seussed
This program is all about this and
that, its part nursery rhyme and its
part scat. By this title, we dont mean
to confuse, we just want to rhyme
and play nursery rhyme blues! And
guess what else this program has?
Lots of words and lots of JAZZ!
Were just waiting to come to your
school to create pizazz! Performance
Grades: K-5
People, Paint, & Percussion
Tharp-Perrin Gindhart Artists
In this participatory performance, the
rhythms of percussive music interact
with the visuals of paint and dance
as students join artists to create a
performance painting. This program
can stand alone or as a celebratory
culmination to one of the composition
workshops by Tharp-Perrin Gindhardt
Artists. Performance meets
standards in Music.
Grades: K-12
Single: $1,300
Materials: $220 per performance
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Aesop and Other
Anthropomorphic Tales
Aesops fables are famous for turning
common animals into story heroes.
This program will highlight some of
the best examples of tales of animals
portraying human behaviors and
learning life lessons. Performance
meets standards in Theater and
Language Arts.
Grades: K-5
How Music Works - Vibrations
and Sounds
The Fourth Wall
Using their unique blend of hybrid
music, acting, and dance, The Fourth
Wall will introduce students to the
concepts of science in music. With an
accordion, fute, and trombone, The
Fourth Wall performs an interactive
lesson on pitch, sound waves, and
more. This performance meets
standards in Science and Music.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
Accompanying Workshop Trio: $255
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Book of Leaves/Book of Mugs
Choose an imaginative way to
introduce nature to your students
through poetry and a hanging book
of leaves. For the winter months,
students will create a hanging book
of hot chocolate mugs instead of
leaves and write odes to the winter
season. Workshop meets standards
in Visual Art.
Back to Back Bonnies
Grades: 2-5, 6
Single: $170 (includes 2 one-hour
workshops)
Materials: $15 per classroom
Oh Hands, Oh Feet
Just as we address ourselves in our
silent conversations, poets often do
this out loud. Students will compose
odes in which they talk imaginatively
about themselves and create a
unique book for the poem that
includes a fold-up area for a drawing
of the child. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Art.
Chancleta: Dance and Music
Sancocho
This Cuban art form is presented
with a high level of student
interaction. Students will learn the
chancleta, a dance created by
African slaves popular in the eastern
part of Cuba. Students will learn the
traditions rhythms as both dancers
and drummers. Workshop meets
standards in Dance, Music and World
History.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Single: $169
Riddle Me, Riddle You
Riddles, popular in all cultures,
stretch your mind and sharpen
your wits. The writing can involve
fgurative language such as imagery,
personifcation, metaphor, or simile.
Students will create a book with four
or eight revealing faps. Workshop
meets standards in Visual Art and
Language Arts.
World Rhythms
An interactive, hands-on percussion
workshop that takes students on a
musical tour of the world. Workshop
meets standards in Music.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $300
Instrument Making
Tony Artis
Students will each make a traditional
instrument with an authentic sound
from common, everyday materials.
Choose one: maracas, frame drums,
tambourines, pop top shakers, or
African thumb pianos. Workshop
meets standards in Music, Visual Arts
and World History.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $113
Materials: $3 per student
90 minutes - Limit 15 students
For larger groups, an additional artist can
be requested
Workshops
Composition
With a focus on the interdisciplinary
dynamics between music, visual
arts, and dance, students will
participate as they learn about form,
collaboration and critique. Workshop
meets standards in Visual Art, Music,
and Dance.
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $225
Grades: K-5, 6
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Grades: K-5, 6
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The Hybrid Arts - Combining
Music and Movement
The Fourth Wall
Guided by the members of The
Fourth Wall, students will enter
the world of the hybrid arts in
which musicians are also actors
and dancers. Through a series
of activities combining music and
dance, students will work together
to create a multi-disciplinary work.
Supports learning in teamwork and
cooperation and meets standards in
Theater.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
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How America Learned to Swing
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
Ten to twelve jazz musicians will
introduce the audience to swing
from the 1930s and 40s. Includes
a music and dance performance,
demonstrations, audience
participation, and discussion.
Through this presentation, students
will be introduced to the Swing
Era, jazz improvisation, and swing
dancing. Performance meets
standards in Music and U.S. History.
What is Jazz? A Jazz Clinic
With Buselli-Wallarab
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
Three horn and three rhythm players
will engage your students with sing-
able, dance-able music, from its New
Orleans roots to its extensive Indiana
connections. Students will become
familiar with different styles of jazz
music, the instruments on stage,
and the concept of improvisation.
Performance meets standards in U.S.
History and Music.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $1,169, Double: $1,669
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Double: $1,164
The Roots of Bluegrass
Circle City Bluegrass Band
Introduce your students to the
roots of American bluegrass by
this professional four piece band.
Through the improvisation of each
instrument, students will experience
authentic music making at its best.
Music and U.S. History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Ongaku: Japanese Music
Garret Uyeno
Dressed in the traditional Japanese
kimono, Garret plays and explains
the koto and sangen, two Japanese
string instruments. Demonstrating
both classical and contemporary
music, this participatory performance
also includes information about
Japanese customs and language.
Music and World History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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The Storyteller's Drum
Griot Drum Ensemble
In this blend of African Diaspora
music and storytelling, students
will become active participants.
Students will learn call and response,
different ethnic musical styles and
their origins, and will enjoy classic
African folktales. Authentic African
instruments are used. Performance
meets standards in Music and World
History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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A Recipe for Jazz
Cathy Morris
Grades: 2-5, 6-8, 9-12
Students will be introduced to jazz,
funk, blues, Latin, and Cajun styles
of music played on electric violins,
keyboards, percussion, electric bass,
and drums. This program includes
exciting student interaction and
audience participation. Performance
meets standards in Music and U.S.
History.
The World of Strings
Cathy Morris
Students will learn about the role of
stringed instruments beyond classical
music, as performed on acoustic
and electric string instruments.
Students will enjoy samplings of
country music, rock music and more.
Grades: 2-5, 6-8, 9-12
Latin Jazz
Cathy Morris
Grades: 2-5, 6-8, 9-12
Rhumbas, mambos, bossa novas,
and the sambas of Brazil, Cuba,
Puerto Rico and the Dominican
Republic give students an
introduction to Latin jazz. They
will learn about the instruments,
cultures, and regions where Latin
jazz originated. Performance meets
standards in Music and World History.
Music from Around the World
Students will become familiar with
the string family of instruments,
and will listen to the rhythms and
melodies of Spain, Germany,
Scotland, Mexico, Argentina, Russia,
and Japan. Performance meets
standards in Music and World History.
Grades: 2-5, 6-8, 9-12
Cathy Morris
Jazz: Voice and Piano
Everett Greene and Marvin
Chandler
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Local jazz greats bring the class
and history of jazz to your students.
Baritone Everett Greene and pianist
Marvin Chandler perform a selection
of classic jazz tunes. Performance
Tanoshi Taiko Drumming
Fort Wayne Taiko
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mileage from Fort Wayne additional
With movement and storytelling
included this performance is an
interactive introduction to the
Japanese drumming tradition of
Taiko. Students will learn basic
drumming rhythms and participate as
the performers tell the folk tale of how
Taiko began.
Family Ties, Early Indiana Style
May Apple
Folk music, toys, and costumes
help create this experience of a day
in the life of early Indiana settlers.
Grades: K-5
Indiana Canal Days
May Apple
Through folk songs and toe-tapping
fddle tunes, students will travel
with characters of Indiana children
during the 1840s canal-building era.
Grades: K-5
Jazz: The Art of Relationship
Lawrence Clark & The Old School Trio
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Students will experience the sounds
of Jazz music from its roots on
Indiana Avenue in the 1950s and
60s and the musicians who made it
famous. The jazz tradition is so much
an oral tradition that is passed down
from elders to the next generation
that Lawrence Clark refers to jazz as,
the art of relationship. Performance
meets standards in Music and U.S.
History.
We are All Connected: Songs
about the Environment
Bobbie Lancaster
Grades: K-5
Songs with participation that invite
students to think about animals
around them, why the environment is
important, and simple steps they can
take to preserve the environment.
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Fun with Jazz
The Naptown Jazz 5
Teaching improvisation as a means
of communication, this program
begins with a jazz rap that involves
the audience. In addition to the Pink
Panther and Flintstones themes, and
the Yellow Dog Blues, students will
join in on It Dont Mean a Thing if it
Aint Got That Swing. Performance
Grades: K-5, 6
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The Jazz State of Indiana
The Naptown Jazz 5
Students will be taken back to the
Roaring 20s on Indiana Avenue,
where ragtime and the blues could be
heard. The history lesson continues
through 1930-1960 highlighting
legends such as Hoagy Carmichael.
Contemporary jazz music ends
the program. Performance meets
standards in Music and U.S. History.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Irish Music: Come to the Ceilidh
May Apple
A ceilidh (kay-lee) is an Irish party.
This performance celebrates both
the familiar and lesser known music
and culture of Ireland. Students
will sing along with Molly Malone,
dance the fairy reel, and enjoy other
experiences typical of an Irish ceilidh.
Grades: K-5
Performances
Musical Tour of Latin America
Mundo Beat
A variety of musical styles teach
students the differences between
salsa, merengue, cumbia, and cha
cha cha and the locations they come
from. Students will sing, dance,
and play instruments with the band.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Harp Sounds - Music & Stories
Melissa Gallant
Language arts concepts will come
alive as students learn that music
is like a story we read. Students
will see how sound patterns can
be transformed into music, as the
artist directs students to listen for
specifc sounds. Performance meets
standards in Music and Language
Arts.
Grades: 1-5
Audience limit of 150
Theme and Variations on the
Violin
Cathy Morris
A demonstration of musical styles
including classical, Celtic, country,
bluegrass, and jazz using acoustic
and unique electric violins. Students
will learn about the cultural and
geographic regions represented by
the music, and will have a chance to
try playing a violin. Workshop meets
standards in Music.
Grades: 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
Drum Dialogues
Lawrence Clark, III
Students will learn the rudiments
of jazz drumming technique,
progressing from a verbal rhythm to
body rhythm to instrumental music.
Workshop compliments the Jazz:
The Art of Relationship performance,
and if scheduled together, students
can participate in the performance.
Workshop meets standards in Music.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Songwriting for Your Classroom
Bobbie Lancaster
This 45-60 minute workshop is highly
interactive and uses the critical
thinking and creative writing skills of
your students to compose an original
song. Workshop meets standards in
Music and Language Arts.
Grades: 3-5, 6-12
Day: $375 up to 5 workshops
Workshops
Harp Sounds - Music and Stories
Melissa Gallant
Students will enjoy discovering
the many sounds the concert harp
makes while learning how the music
we hear is like the stories we read.
Workshop meets standards in Music.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mama, Im Bored - Pioneer Games
Mac Bellner
Students will learn some of the popular
games of yesteryear, make a replica of
a pioneer toy or create movement for
a play party song. Workshop meets
standards in U.S. History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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When Worlds Collide: William
Henry Harrison & Tecumseh
Bob Sander
Students will discover the radically
different perspectives of Native
Peoples and pioneer settlers
who collided in the early years of
American history. The cultures
of William Henry Harrison and
Tecumseh are displayed through
folklore, games, and music. A study
guide is available. Performance
meets standards in Theater and U.S.
History. *90 minute performance
Grades: 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
World Folktales
Bob Sander
Students will be engaged in an
interactive program of folktales from
around the world. Guitar music is
woven into these attention-capturing
tales. Bob can tailor the stories to the
countries your students are studying.
World History and Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Stories from the Underground
Railroad
Bob Sander & Deborah Asante
In this dramatic storytelling event,
the perils of the enslaved peoples
escape to freedom are shared as the
characters travel along the informal
route known as the Underground
Railroad. Songs, rhythms and the
story of the lives of two children
bring these tales to life. Performance
meets standards in U.S. History and
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Tapestry
Bob Sander & Deborah Asante
Students will experience two stories
told in tandem, with tales full of
confict and differences, healing,
and growth. These issues become
different colored threads in the
tapestry of this interwoven story.
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Tell Your Own Story
Bob Sander
Students will hear engaging family
and personal stories meant to inspire
students to research and collect their
own stories. This performance is a
companion to the workshop Tell Your
Story. Performance meets standards
in Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Asante Tales
Deborah Asante
Beginning with original stories,
and ending with improvised stories
and games, students will leave this
performance knowing the importance
of telling their own stories.
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Once Upon a Time in Africa
Deborah Asante
Choose from fve versions of African
folktales: West African, East African,
North African, South African, and
the Continent. Performance meets
standards in World History and
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Rolling Down the Avenue
Deborah Asante
Using the recorded music of Indiana
jazz musician Alonzo Pookie
Johnson as a backdrop, students
will hear the story of a child coming
of age in Indianapolis in the 1940s.
The tale examines what it must have
been like to grow up on Indiana
Avenue in Lockfeld Gardens during
the frst jazz heyday in Indianapolis.
History and Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Performances
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Grades: 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
This Little Light of Mine: Civil
Rights Through the Eyes of a Child
Deborah Asante
Listeners will experience the story
of the Childrens Crusade of 1963
through the eyes of one of the children
who marched. Students will learn
more about this dramatic event from
the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
History and Theater.
Grades: 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Planting Hope
Bob Sander
What happens when you take a
moment and think about the world
around you? In this performance a
storyteller remembers a trip he took,
an unforgettable character he met,
and a story he heard -- all of whom
open his eyes to the intricate web of
the natural world. Performance meets
standards in Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Asia Fantasia: Storytelling,
Music, and a Whole Lot of Fun
Eth-Noh-Tec
Stories from many Asian cultures
such as Vietnam, India, Japan, and
the Philippines are told through
a host of memorable characters.
Plenty of audience participation
keeps the audiences fully engaged.
Theater and World History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Availability: April 27 - May 1, 2015
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Choose Your Own Poetry Workshop
Bonnie Maurer
Students will create original poems
on their own or as a class.
You can choose one of these popular
topics -
Friendship
Odes and Observation
Feelings about yourself
Friendly Letter Format
Nature
Written Portraits
Unlocking Imagination
Poetry Cards & Games
Or meet with Bonnie to create a
workshop based on your curriculum.
Workshop meets standards in
Language Arts.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Tell Your Own Story
Bob Sander
After learning about the elements of
story, students will practice telling
their personal and family stories with
a partner. A companion workshop
to the performance Life is a Story.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Slam Poetry Workshop
Tasha Jones
Beginning with hip-hop lyrics,
students will understand the
distinctions between literary poetry
and spoken word poetry, and will
participate in a mock slam. Workshop
meets standards in Language Arts.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Jazz on the Fly
Bonnie Maurer
Grades K-3 will listen to the book
The Jazz Fly then will create their
own class poem using scat and jazz
poetry techniques. Grades 4-12 will
read jazz poetry by writers such as
Langston Hughes, will listen to jazz
music, and will compose their own
poems. Workshop meets standards
in Language Arts.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Circle of Life: Native
American Poems
Bonnie Maurer
Students will draw a circle of life
full of content from their own lives.
They will listen to Native American
music and poems, then will compose
a poem using their own circles.
Language Arts.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Gene Stratton Porter...Writer,
Naturalist, Photographer
Lou Ann Homan
Indiana Author Gene Stratton
Porter was an environmentalist,
photographer, watercolorist, and
author of The Girl of Limberlost.
Students have a lot to learn from
these stories about her life and
creativity. Performance meets
standards in Theater and U.S. History.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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SLAM! Slam Poetry Performance
Tasha Jones
Students are introduced to slam
poetry as an art form and will learn
that spoken word poetry is relevant
to todays culture. Original poetry
is performed as well as the work
of noted artists such as Langston
Hughes, Mari Evans, Countee
Cullins, and others. Performance
meets standards in Language Arts.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Fairy Tale Stories
Lou Ann Homan
These fairy tales will take students
from the green hills of Ireland to the
dark German forests. The program
ends with a mini fairy tale theater
as students and teachers take the
stage. Performance meets standards
in Theater.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Gypsy Stories
Lou Ann Homan
These stories take students along on
a gypsy caravan including stories from
Europe and the Middle East. This
exciting performance weaves myths,
stories, and folklore as colorfully and
skillfully as the fbers in a carpet.
Theater.
Grades: K-5. 6
The Four Directions: Native
American Stories
Robin Pease
In this performance, students will meet
Hegeota a real Indian . They will learn
some Mohawk language, sing a chant,
and participate in a story as they explore
the four directions of the compass rose
and discover character education and
some of the practices of the Native
American People. Performance meets
Grades: K-5, 6
Single: $488, Double $732
Availability: Oct. 27 - 31, 2014
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Workshops
Punch & Judy Present Puppet
Theater
Adzooks Puppets
The classic characters of puppet
theater, Punch and Judy, have their
roots in the comical characters
of the Roman Theater, and have
been around for 300 years. In this
version of their story, the traditional
characters are placed in a modern
plot full of intrigue, mischief, and
positive, child-friendly problem
solving. Performance meets
standards for Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
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The Circus of Imagination
The puppeteers will bring ordinary
objects to life to perform in a
puppet circus. Twenty students will
be involved as volunteers, taking
center stage alongside the puppets.
Performance meets standards for
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Adzooks Puppets
Almost, Mr. Edison, Almost
Hank Fincken
Students will be transported to the
50th anniversary of the incandescent
light bulb, meeting Thomas Edison
in an interactive performance.
Students will fnd out why Edison
celebrates his failures as much as his
1,093 patents. Performance meets
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
Johnny Appleseed
Hank Fincken
You know the myth, but you may
not know how important he was
to the pioneers moving west. This
is storytelling in theater form,
blending man and legend into one.
Presentation varies depending on the
age of students. Performance meets
Grades: K-5, 6
Performances
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Christopher Columbus
Hank Fincken
Columbus sailed west in 1492 with
faulty information. Today his journey
is both celebrated and condemned.
What makes him so controversial?
This is a performance that will
encourage your students to ask
thoughtful questions. Performance
meets standards in U.S. History.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mime's the Word!
Beverly Roche
Tumbling, movement, and theater
come together to give students
an introduction to mime theater.
Students will learn basic pantomime
techniques of non-verbal storytelling
such as building walls and
climbing ladders. The performer
will incorporate ideas from the
audience as she improvises a story.
Performance is a companion to
the workshop Mime is the Word.
Theater.
Grades: K-3, 4-5, 6-8
Major Martin Delany:
African American Civil War
Ofcer
Khabir Shareef
Delany was a freeborn in S. Carolina.
Because the law prohibited formal
education, Delany was self-taught
and went on to be a teacher,
newspaper publisher, medical doctor,
and U.S. military commander. Delany
will retell his story during this live
fact-based presentation reinforced
with audience participation.
Performance meets standards for
Theater and U.S. History.
Grades: 4-8, 9-12
Prince Among Slaves
Khabir Shareef
Students will meet Abdul Rahman
Ibrahima, a West African Muslim
prince and military commander.
Rahman was captured by his
enemies, sold to slave traders,
endured the Middle Passage, and
eventually taken to a plantation
near Natchez, Mississippi. After
40 years of enslavement, he was
freed by order of President John
Quincy Adams and continued on to
strengthen the abolitionist movement.
Theater and U.S. History.
Grades: 4-8, 9-12
Indiana Mime: Raiders of the Lost Art
Reed Steele
Through mime, sign language, music,
and audience participation, students
will learn how Indiana has played a
big role in shaping American history,
culture and events through famous
astronauts, comedians, jazz, sports,
and more. Performance meets
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Masks, Mime, and Imagination
Reed Steele
Students will be introduced to the
art of mime and the potential of
expression and imagination. Mime,
sign language, and audience
participation combined with humor
make this a memorable event.
Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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I, Nat Love: The Story of
Deadwood Dick
A one-man show about the journeys
of black cowboy Nat Love, a.k.a.
Deadwood Dick, based on his
autobiography. Students will learn
about Deadwood Dicks personal
pursuit for freedom, and will have
many opportunities to ask him
questions. Performance meets
standards in Theater and U.S.
History.
Rochel Garner Coleman III
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Tuskegee Airmen of WWII
Rochel Garner Coleman III
Students will learn the history of the
Tuskegee Airmen during World War
II through the character, Captain
Charles H. Debrow. Students will
hear stories based on research
and oral histories gathered from
living airmen. Performance meets
standards in U.S. History and
Theater.
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Tragedy, Trains, Truth, and Tales
Virginia Wesley and Annamaria
Crider
Harriet Tubman recounts her
experience with the Underground
Railroad to Sophia. Sophia sings
spiritual code songs used by
the slaves. Together, these two
characters illustrate the customs and
music of slavery. At the end, they
invite the students to ask questions
of their characters. Performance
meets standards for Theater, Music,
and U.S. History. Solo characters
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth
available upon request.
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The Spirit of James Whitcomb
Riley
Will Gould
Indianas own poet is celebrated in
this character performance. Through
Rileys verses, students will meet
some of the major infuences on his
imagination such as The Raggedy
Man, Lisabeth Ann, Lil Orphan
Annie, and the Goblins. Performance
meets standards in Theater and
Language Arts.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Seuss and Other Nonsense
Stories
Will Gould
The works of three childrens
authors are brought to life in this
presentation of theatrical readings.
idea of nonsense poetry, and will
enjoy the simple pleasure of silliness.
Grades: K-3
These Stories Go Beyond Any Test
Will Gould
Through theatrical readings, students
explore life-long learning themes
such as accepting each others
differences, working as a team,
and facing our fears. Choose from
childrens literature selections that
will compliment your students needs.
Grades: K-3
Theater Secrets for Reading
Success
Students will learn skills to aid in
reading comprehension using the
theater technique of tableaux or
frozen pictures. Workshop meets
standards in Theater and Language
Arts.
Len Mozzi
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Bullying: Behind the Scenes
Sapphire Theatre Company
This highly interactive workshop
gives students a real-life look at
what to do with bullies in school. Two
actors will teach theater techniques
as students learn what to do and
say when tension and confict arise
during bullying behaviors. Workshop
Grades: 5-8
Mime's the Word!
Beverly Roche
Beginning with isolation exercises,
students will learn basic pantomime
techniques of non-verbal storytelling
such as building walls and climbing
ladders. Workshop meets standards
in Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Anything Can Be a Puppet
Adzooks Puppets
Students will tap into their
imagination and creativity and
begin an exploration of the world of
puppetry as they create and animate
a found object puppet. Also available
as an extended one-hour workshop
for the same fee. Workshop meets
standards in Theater, Visual Arts and
Language Arts.
Grades: K-5
Literature Takes the Stage
Beverly Roche
Students can bring literature to life
through this fexible theater workshop.
Turning literature into a script for
performance challenges students to
analyze the characters and plot of a
text in a new and engaging way. An
option for creating an original script
is available. Workshop is available in
1, 3, or 5 day increments. Workshop
meets standards in Language Arts
and Theater.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Bullying: A Play on Conict
Resolution
Students will explore their own
experiences, attitudes, and
prejudices about school bullying in a
way that is comfortable yet insightful.
This program raises awareness about
the roles that the bully, victim, and
the witness play in these situations.
Both students and teachers will
come away with new tools for dealing
with bullying. Performance meets
standards in Theater.
Grades: K-3, 4-5, 6-8
Workshops
Imaginative Mexican Clay Masks
Students will learn about the
traditions and culture of the
Mexican clay village Ocumicho as
experienced by teaching artist Jude
Odell. Students will learn basic clay
techniques and create individual
imaginative mask forms. Teachers
are responsible for fring or can
discuss options with the artist. Paint
on your own, or follow up with the
bright colors and patterns of the
glaze workshop Color at 2000
Degrees. Workshop meets standards
in Visual Art and World History. *60
minute extended session recommended
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Single: $85, Day: $375 up to 5
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Picture Relief Clay Tiles
Students use hand-building
techniques to apply raised images
to their own handmade tiles. Choose
nature or cultural themes or discuss
your ideas with the artist. The fred
tiles can be mounted together on a
school wall to make a colorful mural.
Teacher is responsible for fring or
discuss options with artist. Workshop
meets standards in Visual Art.
Jude Odell
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
*Seventy minute workshops
Installation requires addl fees
Materials: $28 per classroom Street Art: Respect through Art
Holly Combs
Students will gain understanding
about the history, techniques, and
styles of art displayed in public
spaces. After a discussion about
respect and the three principals
separating street art from vandalism,
students will create their own tag.
Workshop meets standards in Visual
Art.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Shodo Japanese Calligraphy
Garret Uyeno
After a brief demonstration about
Shodo calligraphy, students will have
the opportunity to use a brush and
practice writing traditional Japanese
characters. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Art and World
History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Sumi-e Japanese Brush Painting
Garret Uyeno
Students will learn the art of Sumi-e
brush painting by practicing one of
the four gentlemen, the Bamboo.
Students will produce a frame-able
painting on rice paper. Available as a
four-day residency in which students
will complete all four gentlemen.
Art and World History.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
sixty minute workshop
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Learning Lincoln through
Bookmaking
Bonnie Stahlecker
Students will make a unique book
with an interior space to illustrate
Abraham Lincolns boyhood house in
southern Indiana. After a discussion
on Lincoln history and family
members, students draw the inside of
the log cabin. Additional pages in the
book are available for future student
writing. Workshop meets standards
in Visual Arts and U.S. History.
Grades: 2-4
Color at 2000 Degrees
Students will add colorful glaze
designs to their clay pieces as they
learn the basics of what occurs
when clay is fred in the kiln. Note:
Clay pieces must dry at least four
days before glazing. Teachers are
responsible for fring. Workshop
meets standards in Visual Art and
Science. *60 minute extended session
recommended
Jude Odell
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Clay Adventure
Students will be introduced to clay
handbuilding techniques. Several
projects can be adapted to suit your
classrooms needs. Teachers are
responsible for fring or inquire about
other options. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Art. *60 minute
extended session recommended
Jude Odell
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Making Creative Books
Bonnie Stahlecker
Students will learn the techniques
of bookbinding in a fun and easy-to-
do way. Each workshop is custom
designed around any subject matter
you wish. Younger students books
include clever folds and secret
hiding places. Older students can
make artists books, exploring
unique structures. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Art.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
Worming into Books
Bonnie Stahlecker
This lesson is designed to introduce
young students to earthworms,
bookmaking and writing. Each
student will make a cleverly folded
accordion book with room for writing
and a four-page long earthworm.
Teachers are encouraged to read
the book Diary of a Worm prior
to Bonnies visit. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Arts, Science and
Language Arts.
Grades: 1-2
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American River Cane Basketry
Tradition
Robin McBride Scott
Students will learn about the Native
American traditions of harvesting and
dying river cane (once plentiful in
Indiana.) Each student will create a
woven mat using traditional patterns.
Most effective as a 60 or 90 minute
workshop. Meets standards in Visual
Arts and U.S. History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Single: $85, Multiple: $75 (minimum
of 2 workshops per day)
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Explorations in Photography
William Rasdell
Students will learn the elements and
principals of design as they study
the photographers work and other
gathered photos. Choose from two
themes in the artists work: South
Africa and Migration or Daily Life
in Cuba. Other topics are available
upon request. Cameras can be
provided for student use during
the workshop. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Arts and World
History.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Materials: $25 per classroom (if artist
supplies students with cameras)
Gifts from the Earth: Native
American Efgy Pottery
Robin McBride Scott
Each student will create a piece of
North American Mississippi-style
pottery called an effigy vessel (the
form of a human or animal). Students
will learn about the history and
culture of the Mississippi Native
Peoples and the clay techniques they
used. Most effective as a 60 or 90
minute workshop. Meets standards in
Visual Arts and U.S. History.
Grades: K-5, 6-8
Single: $85, Multiple: $75 (minimum
of 2 workshops per day)
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Animal Herd: Create a
Menagerie with Clay Sculpture
Tim Ryan
Students will learn the basic
elements of clay work: pinch pot,
slab, coil, slip and score. Students
will design their own creatures,
real or imagined. Themes include
elephants, dinosaurs, or anything
that connects with your curriculum.
Arts. Teachers are responsible for
fring sculptures.
Grades: 1-5, 6-8, 9-12
Half-day: $375 up to 3 workshops
Workshops
Printed and Dyed Fabrics
Stephanie Robertson
Stamping, tying, folding, and
printing are just some of the ways
your students will work with color
and fabric in this workshop. In the
process of learning fabric techniques,
students will discuss ways different
cultures have created or refned
fabric dying methods. Meet with the
artist to connect her workshop with
your curriculum. Choose from: wax
batik, shibori (tie-dye), crayon, direct
painting, and stamping. Workshop
meets standards in Visual Arts.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Tree of Dreams: Designing
Fabric Leaves
Soya Inger
Students explore the visual language
of color and symbols. They will
communicate who they are by
designing an image on a fabric leaf.
In the 3-5 day residency, the leaves
can be made into a collaborative wall
hanging. Workshop meets standards
in Visual Arts.
Grades: 2-5, 6-8
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Lifting Together: Building
Strong Writers Through
Storytelling Collaborations
Bob Sander
Good writing is built on strong
storytelling skills. Teachers of grades
3-7 learn a collaborative approach
that enables their students to be
confdent writers. By experiencing
both the roles of student/storyteller
and teacher/facilitator, they gain a
new insight on how their students
can lift together to turn basic story
elements into new creations.
*Developed in collaboration with the
Kennedy Centers Partners in Education
Program at Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler
University.
Three-hour workshop: $576
Dancing Together: Building Life
Skills Through
Tamara Loewenthal & Jamie Gans
Math in Your Feet I & II: Teaching
Problem Solving & Geometry
Through Rhythm and Movement
Malke Rosenfeld
Math in Your Feet I:
Combining math, dance and
rhythm is a powerful way to make
math concepts concrete for young
kinesthetic learners. Using an
educational tool specifcally designed
for non-mathematical topics, learn
how to apply problem solving
strategies to the choreographical
process, and learn to guide students
as they physically experience the
concept of variables/symbols while
working collaboratively. This process
empowers students to use graphs,
symbols and maps.
Traditional American dances provide
an avenue to build a classroom
community. These fun and easy
to accomplish dance fgures 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.
University.
Bringing Math Story Problems to
Life Through Puppetry
This three-hour teacher workshop
offers a step-by-step strategy for
using hand puppetry to teach
students to understand and visualize
math story problems. Participants
will learn to use simple ball and glove
puppet pantomime skits to increase
their ability to turn equations into
story problems, transform story
problems into equations, and be
more likely to achieve accurate
solutions. Puppetry makes math fun!
University.
Learning Earths Processes
Through Movement
Melli Hoppe
Teachers of grades 3-6 will
learn how to deepen their
students understanding of the
Earths processes using simple
choreographic principles such as
space, time, force, and motion.
University.
Adzooks Puppets
The Power of Listening: Practical
Skills to Resolve Conict and
Facilitate Classroom Discussion
Len Mozzi
Listening is one of a teachers most
powerful tools. The art of listening
encourages students to speak
more clearly and authentically and
empowers teachers to connect to
their students with understanding
and empathy. In this workshop,
teachers will explore and practice
both active listening and empathetic
listening through theater exercises,
simulations, and large and small
group discussions. Teachers then
apply those skills to resolve confict
between students and encourage
productive classroom discussions.
University.
Making Creative Books
Bonnie Stahlecker
Bonnie will provide a hands-on
workshop on bookmaking in this
one or two hour session. This
includes information, instructions,
and resources for teachers to help
students successfully complete book
projects. Completion of this workshop
is recommended before a residency.
Adults only. Limit 35 teachers per
session.
One-hour workshop: $200
Materials fee: $20 per workshop
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Teacher Professional Development
Available as the full experience in two
Three-hour sessions: $1,126
Or a single Three-hour session: $563
Need a creative
activity for
your next staf
meeting? Ask
us about other
programs that can
be adapted for
adults.
Poetry in the Classroom
Bonnie Maurer
Bonnie Maurer will provide a hands-
on workshop involving her strategies
for creating poetry in the classroom.
Teachers will participate by exploring
their own responses to the exercise
examples. Completion of this
workshop is recommended before a
residency.
Two-hour workshop: $175
Arts for Learning
Lessons
This ground-breaking literacy
curriculum blends the creativity
and discipline of the arts with
cutting-edge learning science
to raise student achievement in
reading and writing.
These Units are designed
for teachers with little
or no arts experience or
background. Anyone can
learn these dynamic arts-
integration techniques!
Unit 1: Character Clues in
Action!
tableau & point of view
Unit 2: Graphic Story
Adventures
graphic novel &
visualization
Unit 3: Everyday Heroes
collage & synthesizing
Unit 4: Planting a
Community
music & inference
Unit 5: Words in Motion
poetry, dance, & vocabulary
Three-hour workshop, 25
teacher limit, starting at:
$563
*National program developed in
collaboration by the University of
Washington and Young Audiences, Inc.
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Early Childhood 3-6 years
Tapping with Goldilocks
Tap Team Two
Students are introduced to patterns
and rhythms as one dancer narrates
the story and the other represents
each character with different steps
and sounds.
30 minute Performance: $313
Wee Do Wap: Jazz Music
The Naptown Jazz 5
An introductory jazz performance
for young children. Students will
learn the fundamentals of jazz, with
tunes ranging from Duke Ellington
to nursery rhymes. Students will
sing along with Old McDonald Had
a Band, which introduces the live
sounds of a trumpet, tenor sax,
piano, and drum set.
Mileage fee additional
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Performances:
Early Childhood Performances
are 30 minutes long unless
otherwise noted. The short
format meets developmentally
appropriate guidelines
for early learners. Adults
are encouraged to attend
alongside students.
Maximum audience size is 120.
Our Early Childhood
programs are
delivered by
professional Teaching
Artists who are
trained in early
childhood development
principles and age-
appropriate practices.
Workshops serve as
professional development
opportunities for teachers
as they observe and learn
from our teaching artists.
Tortoise and the Hare
Adzooks Puppets
The classic Aesop fable comes to
life for students in this tale about the
infamous race. The audience helps
the race end well and discovers that
there are no losers when it comes to
friendship.
Programs meet the Foundations
to the IN Academic Standards in
Music and Language Arts.
Performances
Storytelling and Music
Will Gould & Dave Hepler
Storytelling and music open the
gate to imagination, intuition, and
self-expression and the students will
never look at reading and music in
the same way again. Students will
learn lessons about rhythm, jazz, and
improvisation.
Creative Dance
Melli Hoppe
90 minute Workshop: $150
Seasons, life cycles of plants and
animals, feelings, and colors can
all be used as inspiration for dance.
Beginning with a warm-up that
fosters creativity, Melli leads students
in free movement exercises and then
concludes with a movement activity
that addresses classroom themes.
Stories and Shadow Puppets
Adzooks Puppets
Students will explore shadow
puppetry as they create their own
stories then perform them. Puppet
characters will be created by each
child from random shapes, art foam,
and other creative materials.
Learning Syllables through
Drumming
Lawrence Clark III
Students will experiment with words,
syllables, and articulation, and
create their own patterns of sounds.
Students will learn about rhythm,
patterns, singing, and rhymes.
Clogging and Fiddling
Accompanied by live fddle music,
students will explore patterns in
dance and music via counting,
moving, and singing. Students
will learn clogging as they dance
individually and with the group.
Harp Music & Stories
Melissa Gallant
Students are introduced to the
concert harp and will explore the
connections between language
and music. Students will learn to
identify and respond to contrasting
sounds, and will understand that
musical concepts bring stories to
life by communicating feelings and
emotions.
*Version available for infants and
toddlers
Storytelling and Music
Will Gould & Dave Hepler
Storytelling and music open the
gate to imagination, intuition, and
self-expression. Students will never
look at reading and music in the
same way again. Students will learn
lessons about rhythm, jazz, and
improvisation.
Music, Movement, & Storytelling
Storytelling comes to life with creative
body poses relating to nature and
animals accented by live music.
Students will form whole-body
movements based on characters
of a story and explore various
musical instruments to go with their
movements.
90 minute Workshop: $250 Songwriting for Early Learners
Bobbie Lancaster
Students will use rhyme, rhythm,
and their imaginations to create
an original song. Song themes
are based on current classroom
curriculum chosen by the teacher.
Students collaborate on lyrics and
live music makes them come alive.
O Pato - A Sing Along Storytime
Cathy Morris
Students will act out the story of a
duck and friends in this Portuguese
folk song with live violin performance.
Coming together in a circle, students
will take turns participating in singing,
dancing, and acting while learning
cooperation.
Workshops
Workshops:
Early Childhood Workshops
are 90 minutes long unless
otherwise noted. The long
format allows time for
introduction and reection.
Maximum group size is 20.
Early childhood program funding by
African Dance
Ronne Stone
Students will join the artist on a
journey through the regions of
Mali, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea
learning cultural traditions of song
and dance along the way. With the
use of body movement, children
explore the elements of rhythm,
shape, space, force/energy, patterns,
and stories.
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Five visits with a dancer focused on
interpreting the water cycle through
dance. Using a book of illustrated
poems as inspiration, students
choreograph their own dances that
demonstrate states of matter and
portions of the water cycle.
Two to fve visits with a percussive
dancer. Combines math, rhythm and
dance in a process where students
create their own dance patterns using
math concepts.
Five visits with a storyteller. Students
create stories from their own life
experiences to complete both a
written and spoken presentation.
Multiple visits with both a storyteller
and a photographer. Students will
take a family photo and learn how
to read it, turning that photograph
into a story. Includes a student
performance.
Water Dance
Melli Hoppe
Malke Rosenfeld
Math in Your Feet
Bob Sander
Tell it Write
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
5-day: $688
Grades: 3-5
1-Day: $300 up to 4 classrooms
Grades: 3-5
5-day: $438
Bob Sander and Bill Rasdell
Every Picture Tells a Story
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
8-day: $1,031
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Residencies
Residencies are
workshops with
multiple visits
to the same
classroom over
several days.
Generally, our residencies
start at 3-5 days and can be
extended for much longer as
needed. Residencies begin
with a planning meeting
between classroom teacher /
site coordinator and teaching
artist to set the goals
and expectations of the
residency and often close
with a reection meeting to
discuss the outcomes of the
residency.
Prices listed are for one
classroom unless otherwise
noted.
Students will gain an awareness of
our ecological self. Through a variety
of writing and poetry workshops,
students will explore their kinship
with nature, seek to know the other,
join with it, understand caring for it as
for themselves, and begin to connect
to the planet as a whole. These
lessons will seek to heal the division
that has grown between us and the
rest of nature.
Connecting to the Circle
Bonnie Maurer
Grades: 3-5
5-day: $438
Students will create puppet muses
and explore confict resolution to
empower the design of characters
and plots as they imagine producing
their own books and movies in the
future.
21st Century Story Creation with
Puppetry
Adzooks Puppets
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
5-day: $688
Materials: $25 per class
Four visits with a Japanese artist.
Students will learn traditional sumi-e
painting by practicing the Four
Gentlemen brushstroke techniques.
Multiple visits with a clay artist.
Students can either create individual
clay pieces or a collaborative
installation. Further options can be
discussed with the artist.
Jude Odell
Choose Your Own - Clay
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
*Call for individualized pricing
Installations require addl fees
Four Gentleman Sumi-e Painting
Garrett Uyeno
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
4-day: $363
Students will learn basic dance terms
and use their imaginations to create
two community dances. Focusing
on their daily ritual of getting ready
for school and then on the Native
American story BearDream the
students are able to recall knowledge
they already have as well as to think
creatively and critically.
WAKE UP! Dance a Book with DK
Dance Kaleidoscope
Grades: K-3
2-day: $313
Students will be introduced to public
art and the ways to be respectful
when creating art in public spaces.
This program includes a strong
emphasis on the power of words as
a tool for anti-bullying. A public mural
will be constructed for each site, and
students will be able to participate
by adding their artwork to the
mural. Materials and mural specifcs
customized at each site.
Department of Public Words
Reframing Respect Mural Project
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
3-day: $1,188
Materials: $2 per student (varies)
Multiple visits with a bookmaker will
provide opportunities for students
to build books complete with
illustrations, creative cover designs
and text. Subjects will be geared
towards science and literature.
Creative Books and Beyond
Bonnie Stahlecker
Grades: 3-5
3-day: $588
elements of dance through warm-up
exercises. They will participate in
a group cooperation exercise that
involves shape and levels. Students
will learn actions they can take to
help care for the environment.
Dance and the Environment
Melli Hoppe
Grades: 3-5
5-day: $438
Students will be guided through
the process of video game creation
through the use of puppetry as a
brainstorming tool for video game
character and storyline creation
and the exploration of puppetry as
an analogy for object programming
using the drag and drop game design
software GameMaker. *Mobile laptop
lab can be provided.
Puppets, Programming, and
Problem Solving
Adzooks Puppets
Grades: 3-5, 6-8
5-day: $688
Welcome to Learning
This kindergarten and frst grade
residency is meant to encourage
learning in literacy as well as in an
art form. Through works of childrens
literature, vocabulary lessons and
word walls, as well as hands-on
experience with an art form, students
use fne and gross motor skills as
they discover that learning is fun. Five
visits with the artist are 90 minutes
long, giving time for large and small
group activities. In a suggested
culminating event, students present
what they have learned to another
class, or a gathering of their parents.
A planning meeting with the artist is
recommended.
Collaboration of the Generations
This program brings together children
and elders through the natural
medium of storytelling. Both groups
work with a storyteller, then gather
to have the elders tell their stories to
the children. Children then work with
the storyteller to practice retelling
the elders stories. In a suggested
culminating event, students tell the
elders stories back to the audience.
A planning meeting with a program
director is recommended to begin the
program.
Notes to Notes
In this residency students explore the
driving question, what do poets and
jazz musicians have in common?
Through a live jazz performance,
fve classroom visits with a writer,
and a visit with the musician,
students will learn that improvisation,
phrasing, and tone are just a few
of the similarities. This experience
encourages a familiarity with jazz
music as well as encourages
students with writing prompts for
poetry. In a suggested culminating
event, students read their poetry
aloud to another class, or a gathering
of their parents. A planning meeting
with the artists is recommended.
Residency Initiatives
The residencies listed below were developed in collaboration with AFL program staff and
have multiple choices for customizing. Prices vary, call for details.
Residencies
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Multiple visits with an actor. Students
explore a classic work of literature
(such as Roald Dahls James and
the Giant Peach). Students will
contemplate possible sequels or
prequels, and learn literary elements.
Will Gould
Grades: 3-5, 6-7
5-day: $438
Specialized Literature
International Geographic Tour
Students will experience an
interdisciplinary, multi-media residency
about the various cultures, customs,
people, and geography of the world.
Collaboratively, students will create
painted banners of the continents.
Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
*Call for individualized pricing options
Capturing Human Presence
through Photography
William Rasdell
Students will study and describe
the impact of the human presence
on the earths natural environment
considering both the positive and
negative aspects. They will be
divided into two groups representing
each side of the issue, and both
groups will produce a photo
slideshow presentation defending
their perspective. Workshop meets
standards in Visual Arts and Science.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
5-day: $438
Materials: $25 per classroom (if artist
supplies students with cameras)
In this residency, students will explore
Fairy Tale characters of yesterday
as they encounter the environmental
issues of today. But can they ensure
a happily ever after? Students
will have a multi-faceted, page-to-
stage experience ending with a live
performance.
Grades: 3-5
5-day: $438
Once Upon Our Time: Staging
Fairy Tales in a New Environment
Students will get hands-on with the
computer software GameMaker with
step-by-step instructions on how to
begin creating their own video game.
Interwoven throughout the residency
are lessons in creative movement and
the relation between action/reaction in
real life and in a video game. *Mobile
laptop lab can be provided.
Shawn Whistler
Grades: 3-5
5-day: $438
Creative Movement & Digital
Game Design
Multiple visits with a dancer and
fddler. Provides opportunities for
confdence building and student
collaboration. Choose from a variety
of folk dance forms such as clogging,
square dance, tap dance, long sword,
French Canadian, Irish Set & ceili,
and maypole. Includes Community
Social family night program (pg 4).
Choose Your Own - Dance Traditions
Grades: K-5, 6-8
3-day: $2,381 up to 4 classrooms
5-day: $2,981 up to 4 classrooms
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Alphabetical
Adzooks Puppets - 11,12,15,17,19,20
Ali Munger, Faten - 3, 4
Artis, Tony - 5, 6
Asante, Deborah - 9, 17
Bellner, Mac - 7, 8
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra - 7
Chandler, Marvin - 7
Circle City Bluegrass Band - 7
Clark III, Lawrence - 7, 8, 17
Coleman, Rochel Garner - 11
Combs, Holly - 13, 19
Crider, Annamaria - 12
Dance Kaleidoscope - 3, 4, 19
Eth-Noh-Tec - 9
Fiddle n Feet - 3, 4, 15, 17, 20
Fincken, Hank - 11
Fort Wayne Dance Collective - 3
Fort Wayne Taiko - 7
Gallant, Melissa - 8, 17
Gans, Jamie - 3, 4, 15, 17, 20
Gindhart, Larry - 5, 6, 17, 20
Gould, Will - 5, 12, 17, 20
Greene, Everett - 7
Griot Drum Ensemble - 7
Hepler, Dave - 5, 17
Homan, Lou Ann - 10
Hoppe, Melli - 4, 15, 17, 19
Inger, Sofya - 14
Jones, Tasha - 10
Lancaster, Bobbie - 8, 17
Loewenthal, Tamara - 3, 4, 15, 17, 20
Maurer, Bonnie - 6, 10, 15, 19
May Apple - 7, 8
Morris, Cathy - 7, 8, 17
Mozzi, Len - 15, 12
Mundo Beat - 8
Naptown Jazz 5 - 8, 17
Odell, Jude - 13, 19
Pease, Robin - 10
Rasdell, William - 14, 20
Robertson, Stephanie - 14
Roche, Beverly - 11, 12
Rosa, Iris - 5, 6
Rosenfeld, Malke - 3, 4, 15, 19
Ryan, Tim- 14
Sancocho - 5, 6
Sander, Bob - 9, 10, 15, 19
Sandoval, Stacie - 8
Sapphire Theatre Co. - 12, 20
Scott, Robin McBride - 14
Selden, Leslie - 7, 8
Shareef, Khabir - 7, 11
Stahlecker, Bonnie - 6, 13, 15, 19
Steele, Reed - 11
Stone, Ronne - 4, 17
Tap Team Two - 3, 17
Tharp-Perrin, Carol - 5, 6, 17, 20
The Fourth Wall - 5, 6
Uyeno, Garret - 7, 13, 19
Wesley, Virginia - 12
Whistler, Shawn - 4, 20
Young-Cutsinger, Laurie - 4
Index of Artists
Staf Contact Information
Arts for Learning, The Indiana Afliate of Young
Audiences
3921 North Meridian Street, Suite 210
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4011
Voice: 317/925-4043 | Fax: 317/925-0654
Web: www.artsforlearningindiana.org
E-mail: ofce@artsforlearningindiana.org
To Schedule an event: scheduling@artsforlearningindiana.org
Angela Yetter, Scheduling & Program Director
ayetter@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 114
Cassandra Thomas, Program Director
cthomas@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 123
Karla Surmacz, Accountant
ksurmacz@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 110
Stephanie Haines, Director of Artist Programs
shaines@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 113
Julie Harris, Grants and Stewardship Manager
jharris@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 122
Ploi Pagdalian, Senior Director of Programs
ppagdalian@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 116
Joli Heavin, Director of Development
jheavin@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 112
Megan Watson, Communications Coordinator
mwatson@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 120

JoEllen Florio Rossebo, President & CEO
jrossebo@artsforlearningindiana.org | 317/925-4043, ext. 115
Board Chair
Jef Webster
Vice Chair
Larry Tomlin
Secretary
Sara Clark Lootens
Treasurer
Jim Chestereld
Members
Jessica Barth
Desma Belsaas
Joe Chapelle
H. Daphne Chiu
Denise Halford Holder
Andrea Lee Hoogwerf
Anson Keller
Rose Kelly-Falls
Doran Moreland
Michael Porter
Charlie Schlegel
Joan Schneider
Kathy Sharpe
Cheryl Strain
Geneva Taylor
Julie Tornquist
2014-2015 Board of Directors
Arts for Learning
3921 N. Meridian Street, Ste 210
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4011
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