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The Parent's Choice Award winning Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company brings you on to a fantastic journey to China, the land of the Dragon! The Art of Chinese Dance is a multi-cultural, interactive dance program that showcases the diversity of the Chinese dance styles, colors, costumes and people. Exploring one of the most ancient cultures in the world, this program includes highly skilled, acrobatic dances, narration by the artists and audience participation. It is a culturally rich, entertaining program that makes learning about Asia fun and exciting. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Grades K-12; $1050/$1400 (photo credit: Jeff Wang)
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Andrew Chiang 800.650.0246
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From the exotic lands of the Arabian Nights, Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s Caravan to Cairo brings you traditional original folkloric dances from the lands which stretch from North Africa to the Middle East. Choreographed by Samara, one of today’s finest international performers of Middle Eastern dance, this delightful dance journey through the Near East offers a diversity of engaging styles and rhythms, lavish, colorful costumes and features a charming story theater adaptation of a timeless Arabic folktale. A short, interactive dance lesson and a Q&A session add to the fun. This program can also provide classroom teaching artist workshops and residencies. Mosaic Dance Theater Company; Grades K-12; $1500/$2000 |
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Morgiana C. Varricchio 973.783.2395 |
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In this interactive, fun and informative lecture demonstration, Freespace Dance teaches how inspirations can come from anywhere at anytime and can be about anything. They show how to take ordinary ideas and make it extraordinary through creativity and structure. The dancers discuss everyday topics such as shapes, levels, pathways, numbers, and sentences to show how these ideas can become a dance. They even make a connection between dance and science with their crowd favorite chrysalis piece. Basic composition skills are introduced to the lower grades and explored deeper with the older grades. Through audience participation, the students are encouraged to find their own inspirations to make dances and learn basic tools in order to begin to form those inspirations. Dance Inspirations gives students an appreciation for dance as a creative, physical, and abstract art form and showcases how everyday topics can be inspirations for dance making. Freespace Dance; Grades K-6; $1000/$1500 |
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Dancing Through the Ages takes the audience on an exciting and energetic tour of history through dance, with performances highlighting the Charleston, Lindy, Swing, Broadway Jazz, Disco, Hip Hop, Ballet and Lyrical dance styles. Complete with costumes depicting each era, this assembly is designed to encourage the students to participate, dance, and have fun while learning about the unique dances throughout time. Audience participation is highly encouraged. Dance Innovations Performance Foundation; Grades K-12; $700/$1000 |
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Susan Coutts 973.635.1205 or 973.635.7000
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New Jersey Ballet - On-School-Time Program |
New Jersey Ballet’s On-School-Time Program is tailored for grades K-12. The program introduces the art of ballet to students by taking them on a journey through the various movements a dancer practices everyday as part of their training. Professional dancers from New Jersey Ballet Company perform movements to highlight the high level of flexibility, strength and coordination required to be a professional dancer. Students will gain insight on how female dancers stand on their toes in pointe shoes and how male dancers lift their partners over their head. In addition to showcasing the high level of technique required to perform ballet, the Company will present a pas de deux (dance for two) from a ballet in the Company’s repertory. Students will witness how the progression of movements presented at the beginning of the assembly lead to the grand finale where technique and artistry merge. NJ Ballet; Grades K-12; $1250/$2000 |
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David Tamaki 973.597.9600 |
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Soul Steps: Intro to Step with Maxine Lyle |
Soul Steps is a world-renowned African American step dance ensemble described by the NY Times as “electric and joyous.” Their introductory workshops invite students to transform their bodies into drums and engage with the lively physical language of step. As they learn to make music with their bodies and give powerful vocal chants, students journey through step’s origins among African American fraternities and sororities and throughout the African Diaspora. Central workshop themes are community, diversity and inclusion, self-expression, teamwork, leadership, and social and emotional development. Assemblies also available. Maxine Lyle, Grades 2-12; Price on request |
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Maxine Lyle 413.281.4291
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Storytelling Through Indian Dance with Deepa Mahadevan |
In this program students embark on an exciting journey with evocative storytelling through gestures, facial expressions, music, rhythm and poetry. Dressed in bright silk, gold jewelry, white jasmine and beautifully drawn-out eyes, the dancer will share stories of love and nature. In an interactive format, the students participate with gestures and movement by clapping their hands or stamping their feet to the music. Award-winning movement researcher, Dr. Deepa Mahadevan has been working with students from K-12 for over 20 years and will leave students with a deep appreciation for this East Asian dance form, Bharatanatyam. Deepa Mahadevan; Grades K-12; $900/$1200
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From Sevillanas, the famous lively dance from Seville to powerful Flamenco dance and music from the gypsy enclaves of Granada, join this prestigious New Jersey company in its celebration of dance and music from Spain with live guitar accompaniment and colorful traditional costumes. Students also have the opportunity to learn elements of these dance forms through spirited interaction with the artists on stage, including rhythmic hand clapping, arm movements, foot stomping, castanet playing and jaleo, shouting out "olé!" Upon request, performances can include dances from Mexico, Ecuador and Peru, demonstrating Spain's shared heritage with other Hispanic cultures.Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre; Grades K-12; $800/$1200; Workshops available: assembly costs plus $300 for a full day; $200 for a half day
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World Dance with Darcy Riley |
This assembly program brings history, geography, social studies, music, dance and traditional attire to your school for the day. Your students will experience traditional world dances in an up-close, personal setting. With the Performing Heritage Assembly, you and your students will learn some steps of traditional folk dances. Traditional costumes will be on display, and selected students can even try some on. Depending on the countries presented for your assembly, students might also have an opportunity to try traditional instruments. Additionally, at the assembly, students will also have the experience of learning vocabulary and counting in foreign languages. The assembly culminates with a celebration of America. We explore rock & roll music and the dances it inspired. Everyone learns and participates in this group dance influenced by sports movements and everyday activities.Darcy Riley; Grades K-8; $800/$1250/$1650 |
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