RC Dance Discovery
Availability:
Year Round
Home base:
Maryland
Curricular Connections:
Artist's site:
RC Dance Discovery
Funding:
MSAC AiE Residency funds may be available
Dance Residency Programs and Workshops
All programs address the Maryland standards for dance, physical education, music, art, social studies, science, math and language arts. Each series of 45 minute workshops is customized for the grade level and can last from 3 days to several weeks with a culminating performance if desired. MSAC Artist in Residence Funding available.
Performance and Cultural Arts Assemblies
Folkdance Journey around the World
Take a journey to six different continents and explore what makes dances unique to different people. We begin in South America with Viva Jujuy! Then we travel to North America for a clogging lesson. After a journey to Europe to learn the Italian Tarantella and a French work dance, students join an Israeli children’s dance. Finally, an Australian jig and a Tahitian canoe dance conclude the journey. This performance involves student participation, geography connections and related dance traditions around the globe; a wonderful kick off assembly for a school’s International Fair or Cultural Diversity Day.
Professional Development for Educators
Teachers can learn dances to meet the curriculum objectives for music and physical education or for the integration with academic subjects. Save travel, time and money going to large conferences by holding teacher workshops in your own school. Understand how to use dance to enhance curriculum and learning in Math, Social Studies, Music and Physical Education classes.
*See Programs for Artist Fees
Rebecca Cornelius is a performing artist in residence for the Maryland State Arts Council and recently completed the Teaching Artist Institute Certification I & II, 2009-10. She holds a BFA in Design, Technical Theater and Dance, a MEd. in Early Childhood Education in addition to a teaching certificate in Children's Dance from the School of the Hartford Ballet. College teaching credits include Hartt School of Music, University of hartford and The Center for Creative Youth, Wesleyan University. She has been a presenter for NAEYC and Headstart. Rebecca has over 20 years experience in professional dance teaching, professional development for teachers, choreography, and dance performances for public and private schools.
*See Programs for Artist Fees
Journey to six different continents and explore what makes dances unique to different people.
Develop an understanding of how both stories and dance have been passed down.
Dances can be presented in a performance setting
Relive this timeless story by Ezra Jack Keats.
Students collectively dance the roles of cats, birds, ducks and hunters.
Create a multi-disciplinary performace with workshops encompassing the entire production process.
Students "become" the calculator, protractor and compass as the utilize math concepts.
