I look forward to your questions and comments and in hearing from you about your experiences with my educational material.
Here's what’s going on and coming up:
New Recording! Brain Bop:Warm Ups for Muscles and Minds featuring 11 instrumental tracks by the brilliant keyboardist Neal Robinson and my collaborator of 14 years. There will be vocally prompted tracks for Early Childhood BrainDancing, some tracks for calm and resting activities, a hip hop version and a haunted house version. Available Fall 2008! Let me know you're interested and I'll notify you when it's released.
On the Web.... Watch an interview with me and see excerpts from a residency at Mt. Zion Intermediate School, January 2007. Watch it now.
In Print....
"Music and Movement" Orff Music World. Taipei, Taiwan. Several of my activities translated into Mandarin, with photos and notated music. Order from Orff Music World
"A Teaching Artist in Rural Schools: Sowing Seeds for Creative Expression" (article)
Teaching Artist Journal
Vol. 4, No. 1, 2006
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Publishers
In Schools... skip down to see my calendar
If you are thinking about inviting me to come and conduct a short tem residency in your community please get in touch so we can plan ahead together. I can help you shape your thoughts and find funding.
School-based short term projects can be funded through Illinois Arts Council Quickstart grants which match dollar for dollar up to $2,000. Community-based projects can take advantage of the IAC STAR (Short Term Artist Residency) grant.
November is the time to start thinking about the following year for long term projects, to take advantage of the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education program. Grant deadline: Feb 15.
For a copy of the guidelines and grants visit the Illinois Arts Council.
For more good reasons for why the arts are important in education, check out a survey conducted with Ford Foundation support at the Keep Arts In Schools website.
For Teachers… CHECK OUT MY BRAINDANCE WORKSHOPS! This workshop has been VERY POPULAR this year. I have conducted sessions as short as 45 minutes and as long as 5 hours on this topic, for classroom teachers and providers who work with parents and children. The information is versatile, fun and important.
In other news....
As of 2006/7, I can be booked through the Kennedy Center's Partners in Education program, for early childhood - middle school teachers.
For Schools...
As a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Illinois, I directed a
class in 2007-8 called “Lecture/Demonstration” in which dance majors construct
a program to tour to the schools. This year's program, COMMON THREADS , toured to five local schools, worked with a girl scout troop and in two after school dance clubs. Contact me if you'd like to be notified about next year's activities
For Children...
Locally, classes in Creative Dance meet Saturday
on the campus of the University of Illinois. There is a 10-week fall and two 7-week spring sessions. Four and five-year-olds meet from 9–9:45 a.m. Six and seven-year-olds
and eight through ten year olds meet from 10–11 a.m. Enrollment is limited to 12 per class. Fall Fee: $100. Spring Fee: $70 per session.
Contact me if you’d like to receive registration material or to be contacted for the spring sessions or to be put on the waiting list for future sessions.
For Community...
I am currently booking local, regional and national workshops solo and with Rocky. Programs can be custom designed to meet the needs of health care facilities, park districts, libraries, museums, family and faith based organizations, and corporate clients, to name a few.
2008 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
October 11, 2007 - Urbana Park District's 100th Anniversary Chautauqua Celebration.
December 6, 2007 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Premiere of Lecture Demonstration Common Threads.
January 6, 2008 - Performance for Grand Opening of the Champaign Public Library. With Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn.
January 3 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Residency with 4th grade students.
January 14 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Simple Machines and M. E. with 3rd grade students.
February, 2008 - Performances of Common Threads at four elementary schools, Urbana, Il. King (Feb. 6); Wiley (Feb. 13); Yankee Ridge (Feb. 19); Leal (Feb. 26)
February 12, 2008 - Workshops with students at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, Urbana, IL.
February 20 - 22, 2008 - Partners In Education Workshops, Lafayette, LA
March 26, 2008 - "Words Alive!" family program, O'Fallon, IL.
March 13, 2008 - Program for Girl Scouts at Prairie Elementary School, Urbana, working on their Dance Badge, lead by Common Threads performers.
April, 2008 - After-school program in Urbana elementary schools, lead by Common Threads performers.
April 5, 2008 - Teacher Workshop and Family Program for First Baptist Church PreSchool, Savoy, IL
April 15 & 18, 2008 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
April 22 - May 2, 2008 - Residency sponsored by the Bensenville Public Library, Bensenville, IL.
April 26, 2008 - Make-A-Dance Bachelorette Party, Paxton, IL
May 7, 2008- "Dance A Story" parent/child program, Champaign Public Library
May 8, 2008 - Israeli Folk Dance, Israel Independence Day, Champaign, IL
May 12 - May 22, 2008 - Multicultural Dance Residency with 2nd grade students, Stratton Elementary, Champaign.
June 10, 2008 - Library Program, Mattoon, IL
2007 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
Sept. 11-15, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign. Theme: Respect. Funded in part through an Illinois Arts Council "Quickstart" grant.
October, 2006 - In-Service for Unit #4 New Teachers on the BrainDance
January, April, 2007 - In-Service for Unit #4 Teachers on Integrated Learning through Movement Every Body Can Do Science
January, 2007 - Mt. Zion, IL
February, 2007 - Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
February, 2007 - Folk Dance Workshop, Davenport, IOWA
March, 2007 - Performance for Family Resiliency Center, UIUC, Champaign.
March, 2007 - Parent/Child and Teacher Workshops, Potomac, MD
April, 2007 - Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL
April, 2007 - BrainDance Workshop, Freeport, IL
May 7 - 25, 2007, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL. Kindergarten Dancers!
2006 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
October 17 - 21, 2005, Isaac Fox Elementary School, Lake Zurich, IL
October 24 - 28, 2005, South Side Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 14 - 18, 2005, Barkstall Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 28 - December 2, Dr. Howard Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 9 - 13, 2006, Booker T. Washington Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 20, 24, 26, 31, Feb. 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 2006 - "Making Connections Through Music" (Mental Health Center of Champaign)
Jan. 20, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
Feb. 4, 2006 - Kids at Krannert "Action Painting through Movement" (Krannert Art Museum; Champaign) - Interpreting the Exhibition "Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne"
350 musuem patrons participated in this event!
Feb. 7, 2006 - "Wiggles for the Wee Ones," Champaign Public Library, Program for 1-3 year olds & Parents, 9:30 - 10 & 10:30 - 11.
Feb. 10, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
February 20 - 24, 2006, Stratton Elementary, Champaign, IL
February 27 - March 3, 2006, Garden Hills Elementary, Champaign, IL
March 4, 2006 - Step On the Beat program for PPROUD, Champaign, IL
March 8 & 9, 2006 - Shelbyville Schools
2-day residency, Shelbyville, IL
March 10, 2006 - Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
MARCH 13 - 24, SPRING BREAK (NO BOOKINGS)
March 27 - March 31, 2006, Robeson Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 3 - 7, 2006, Carrie Busey Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 8, 2006 - Carle Clinic Healing Day (Music and Movement Event), Urbana, IL
April 17 - 21, 2006, Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 21, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
April 24 - 28, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
May 1 - 26, 2006, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL, funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council's Arts in Education program
May 5 & 19, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
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