"I was often moved to tears by the ability of our students to work together and encourage on another. In another setting, these are students who often struggle to get along with peers and/or participate in school assignments. We want to have you back as soon as possible and hope to make Footworks' dance residency a regular fixture in our school program."
Principal, The Pathways School
Young Audiences/Arts for Learning (YA), America’s largest arts in education nonprofit, transforms the lives and education of our youth through the arts. We provide artistically excellent programs, expertise, and resources to ensure every student is immersed in opportunities to imagine, to create, and to realize their full potential through the arts.
YA Residencies are a series of in-depth visits from a professional artist, who along with teachers or staff will directly engage students in creative experiences. All YA residencies are skills and State Curriculum standards-based.
To schedule a Residency and to learn about possible funding opportunities, please contact Nathan Cooper at 410.837.7577 ext. 104.
Residencies can contain:
A Kick-Off Assembly
Assemblies provide a great opportunity to involve your whole school in the art form. For the students who will be involved in the residency, kick-off assemblies function as an introduction to the artist and his/her craft.
Workshops
Artists will meet with core groups of students (25 students or less) for a minimum of three sequential workshops. The number of visits varies based on the school’s preference, the artist’s standards, and the residency chosen. Workshops are typically 45 minutes in length.
Culminating Event (Student Sharing)
In many residencies, the artist will work with students to develop a piece that expresses their comprehension. At culminating events, students will share what they’ve learned with other students, faculty, parents, and the community. Culminating events differ depending on the art form, and will be designed with the school’s preference in mind.
Pricing Since residencies are custom-designed to meet your needs in terms of size and scope, pricing varies. To get a rough estimate, residency prices include:
* Artist assembly fee
* A set of workshops ($90 each)
* A required orientation meeting and planning session ($90 each)
* An optional evaluation meeting ($90)
* Mileage and supply costs will depend on artist location and the residency chosen.
Typically, residencies range from $1,500 - $2,500, but we can maximize your available budget by ‘working backwards’ to create a cost-effective residency for your school. We may also be able to assist you in securing grant and funding opportunities.
All YA programs are performed by professional artists that have completed a rigorous interview and audition process. YA also evaluates our artists annually.
Note: Mileage, if applicable, will be calculated at the time of booking.
DANCE RESIDENCIES Artist with this symbol (k) are Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) approved. MSAC funding may be available.
kBallet Theatre
of Maryland
Exploring
American History Through Dance BTM dance residencies focus on creative movement and dance styles such as Celtic, Jazz, Classical, and Contemporary Ballet from a variety of cultures and time periods. Grade Level: 1-8
kDishibem Traditional Contemporary Dance Group
Origins – Traditional to Contemporary Residency From Djembe drumming to step dance, this versatile group can custom design a residency for your students. Step dance, a marriage of movement and rhythm created with only our bodies, began in Africa many years ago and has spread throughout the world. Syncopated rhythms and movement will be incorporated into choreography, as we discuss the history and cultural background of the art form. This program will emphasize discipline, dedication, and responsibility, and illustrate how the arts can have a positive enriching impact on all areas of life. Grade Level: PreK-12
kfootworks percussive dance
ensemble
Roots and Rhythm Residency workshops include learning percussive dance, singing, ‘hamboning,’ and improvisational exercises with 2-3 artists. Footworks makes participation accessible and fun with an approach that brings students together in a positive, constructive, and interactive way, building community and connecting the participants to each other and to their culture. Grade Level: K-12
kAnna Menendez
La Fiesta del Baile Students will study the role of the dancer and palmero (rhythmic hand clappers) as they explore basic flamenco dance techniques and rhythms. Students will also be exposed to Spanish cultural studies and vocabulary. Grade Level: 1-12
kNRITYA
NEW! Bharatanatyam Immersion Students are introduced to hand gestures, facial expressions, and feet positions to create decorative patterns in classical Indian dance. Students learn how to combine these dance patterns to perform a short story in the Bharatanatyam style. Grade Level: K-12
Ssuuna
African Dancing and/or Drumming Students learn some of the dances and rhythms of traditional and modern East Africa. Ssuuna can tailor the program to the needs of the classroom, focusing on only dancing, singing, storytelling, or drumming, or including some of each discipline. Grade Level: K-12
Artist with this symbol (k) are Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) approved. MSAC funding may be available.
kbay street brassworks
School of Brass Students will develop skills, learn the history, and acquire techniques for enhancing performance when playing brass instruments. Students may divide into groups that will focus on one of five instruments: French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and piccolo trumpet (if available). Grade Level: 5-12
kDishibem Traditional Contemporary Dance Group
Origins – Traditional to Contemporary Residency From Djembe drumming to step dance, this versatile group can custom design a residency for your students. Step dance, a marriage of movement and rhythm created with only our bodies, began in Africa many years ago and has spread throughout the world. Syncopated rhythms and movement will be incorporated into choreography, as we discuss the history and cultural background of the art form. This program will emphasize discipline, dedication, and responsibility, and illustrate how the arts can have a positive enriching impact on all areas of life. Grade Level: PreK-12
Jali-D
Learn Fun Rhythms and Smart Rhymes with Jali-D Students are introduced to the idea of ‘Rappercussions,’ an art form that combines intelligent rhymes with African style drumming. Students work with Jali-D to learn his ‘Math,’ ‘Reading,’ or ‘Science’ rap. They also learn to compose an original song that corresponds and compliments the particular subject matter on which they are currently working. Grade Level: 4-8
kNRITYA
NEW! Bharatanatyam Immersion Students are introduced to hand gestures, facial expressions, and feet positions to create decorative patterns in classical Indian dance. Students learn how to combine these dance patterns to perform a short story in the Bharatanatyam style. Grade Level: K-12
kOdyssey Opera Theatre
NEW!‘O’ is for Opera! ‘O’ is for OPERA! is designed to introduce and creatively explore the art form of opera as: 1. Performing art, which uniquely combines music, drama, dance, and the visual arts; 2. Another way to tell a story; 3. A way to express oneself, and to learn about oneself as well as different places and people from around the world. Grade Level: PreK-2
Ssuuna
African Dancing and/or Drumming Students learn some of the dances and rhythms of traditional and modern East Africa. Ssuuna can tailor the program to the needs of the classroom, focusing on only dancing, singing, storytelling, or drumming, or including some of each discipline. Grade Level: K-12
Artist with this symbol (k) are Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) approved. MSAC funding may be available.
kOdyssey Opera Theatre
NEW!Elizabethan Theatre and Culture This highly interactive and engrossing self-contained one week residency explores fascinating details about the culture of Shakespeare’s time. Students develop research skills learning about London and The Globe Theatre as they bring history to life through performance. The experience concludes with students portraying characters of their own creation in attendance at an Elizabethan theatre event. Grade Level: 6-8
kGayle Danley
Get Slammin’ Students and teachers gain insight into the process by which Gayle writes her slam poetry, with workshops that introduce her step-by-step method. Let Gayle inspire your students up close and personal, and end the residency with your own school’s Poetry Slam Competition! Grade Level: 4-12 Residencies are limited to one week
kLINDA FANG
Everyone is a Storyteller Students will learn how to make a story come alive by
using different voices, facial expressions, and movements.
They will learn to tell one or more stories. Grade Level: K-5
Jali-D
Learn Fun Rhythms and Smart Rhymes with Jali-D Students are introduced to the idea of ‘Rappercussions,’ an art form that combines intelligent rhymes with African style drumming. Students work with Jali-D to learn his ‘Math,’ ‘Reading,’ or ‘Science’ rap. They also learn to compose an original song that corresponds and compliments the particular subject matter on which they are currently working. Grade Level: 4-8
kCarolyn Koerber
Puppets Tell a Tale Students will learn how to use a folktale, poem, or original story and bring it to life as a puppet play. Carolyn will guide them as they create interesting puppet characters from simple materials, and then add props, scenery, and story outline to help tell their story. The workshops emphasize taking creative risks, solving problems, and sharing ideas. Grade Level: 1-5
Create a Puppet World Students will explore the unique qualities of puppets by bringing an environment to life. They may choose the ocean, a rainforest, an African savannah, the Chesapeake Bay, or even another planet. Students will learn to use creative problem-solving skills as they work together to make puppets, props, and scenery, and combine all these elements to create their puppet world. Grade Level: 3-12
kOdyssey Opera Theatre
NEW!‘O’ is for Opera! ‘O’ is for OPERA! is designed to introduce and creatively explore the art form of opera as: 1. Performing art, which uniquely combines music, drama, dance, and the visual arts; 2. Another way to tell a story; 3. A way to express oneself, and to learn about oneself as well as different places and people from around the world. Grade Level: PreK-2
kArianna Ross
Documentary Storytelling By the end of the residency students will have the ability to identify, analyze, and communicate a story through visual, verbal, and written art forms. Grade Level: PreK-12
Taste of Storytelling Students will learn how to bring a story imaginary, true, or historical
to life through creative movement, voice, and instruments from around the world. Through the creative process, Arianna will deepen your students’ understanding of story sequencing, language development, other cultures, and teamwork. Grade Level: PreK-6
The World’s Dramatic History This residency will deepen the students’ comprehension of a particular time period by asking them to step into the lives of someone different than themselves. Grade Level: 2-12
kjON sPELMAN
NEW!Listen-See-Tell The Listen-See-Tell approach to storytelling explains and gives focus to basic concepts of active listening and natural oral and written expression. Storytelling is a natural activity, performed -- at least informally -- by almost everyone, nearly every day. This residency offers a way of looking at the storytelling process that makes it natural and easy. Storytelling is seen an extension of conversation, and is made up of the simple activities of listening, seeing (imagining), and talking (telling). Students will gain storytelling skills that will leave them motivated to read…and read with purpose! Grade Level: 4-12
kSynetic Theater
Fables in Movement Students explore the three elements Synetic Theater integrates into its performances: movement, acting, and pantomime. Following a workshop in each discipline, students will work in groups to choreograph selected fables. 2 artists. Grade Level: 3-12
Bringing Your Studies to Life Multicultural studies (e.g., how Native Americans, early settlers, or Industrial Era Americans lived) will come to life as Synetic actors help students tackle and explore a subject by creating a theatre scene about it. Students use the fundamentals of theatre, movement, simple classroom props, and their own imaginations to bring their studies to life! 2 artists. Grade Level: 3-12
Tony Tsendeas
NEW!The Actor’s Craft Tony Tsendeas’ residencies focus on developing and strengthening fundamental skills of the actor’s craft. Imagination and concentration are emphasized and explored as two of the most important of these fundamentals.
Residencies can include workshops on: Theater games: Using games as ‘experiential’ learning to
practice basic acting skills. An intro to the Stanislavski System: The Russian actor/director and teacher was essentially the first acting teacher in the Western tradition of Acting. Classes will explore “Sense Memory” and “Scene Analysis,” two of the primary components of The Stanislavski System. Beginning Scene Study: Using Stanislavskian Scene Analysis
to explore characters and their interaction in scenes through
improvisation and working with text. Grade Level: 4-12
Playwriting in the Classroom Students will receive a brief introduction of Stanislavski for actors and playwrights, and then follow the step-by-step process of scriptwriting through brief writing exercises and a combination of lecture/discussion. Students will develop skills in building dramatic characters and formatting a script, and then create a scene or brief one act play. Grade Level: 4-12
VISUAL ARTS RESIDENCIES
Caryl Henry-Alexander
Story Masks! Bring the exciting art of mask making to your school!
Caryl works with students to create unique masks that bring
to life story characters and historical figures from classroom
curriculum. Students learn the history of mask making in a
global context and experience hands on creative activities in
sculpture, drawing, painting, and mixed media. Grade Level: 3-8
School Community Mural/Banner Project This very popular project is versatile and can focus on
almost any subject or theme. The murals can be painted
directly on your walls and the banners hung in an interior
or exterior area of your school. Together we will explore
your selected educational materials and brainstorm to
create individual visual components for the artwork.
Students work collectively to create the mural or banners. Grade Level: 3-12
Amanda pellerin
Handmade Tile and Mosaic Murals All projects are custom designed for your students or school
group. Most projects require multiple planning and creation
sessions. Students have the opportunity to participate in
planning and designing the mural content, creating handmade
tile from raw clay, cutting and shaping fired tile, tile layout,
and the cementing and grouting process. Grade Level: K-12
Earth, Fire, Mortar, Grout - Clay Across the Curriculum
Arts-Integrated Residency
Curriculum concepts will transform into inspiration, as Amanda links your objectives and standards from any subject to clay. Amanda will custom-design the project based on the classroom teacher's curriculum and student needs.
Grade level: 3-12
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