Free Virtual Professional Learning Opportunities for Educators!
The Kravis Center and the School District of Palm Beach county are part of the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The primary purpose of this partnership is to provide professional learning in the arts for teachers.
Shadow Puppetry Across the Curricula: A Foundations Workshop
March 11, 2023 from 9am to noon
Workshop Leaders: Daniel Barash and Sean Layne
Recommended for Teachers of Grades K-2
Participants receive two complimentary tickets to: Bernadette Peters or Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond
Shadow puppetry, with its bold shapes and dramatic movement, is a highly engaging art form that naturally lends itself to the Arts Integration approach to teaching and learning. In this foundational workshop with Daniel Barash, Consultant with Focus 5, Inc. and Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, participants learn shadow puppetry performance techniques, make-and-take their own shadow puppets for best-loved scripted stories, and explore standards-based curricular connections across subject areas and grade levels. By the end of the workshop, participants obtain both the skills and confidence necessary to successfully introduce this unique teaching strategy to their classroom communities. See you in the land of shadows, where you and your students will experience the magic and wonder of the world’s “original screen time.” Founder of Focus 5, Inc., SEAN LAYNE, will join Daniel to deepen your understanding of the foundations of the arts integration approach.
Workshops/courses were developed in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Committee for the Performing Arts.
Professional Development Registration
Disney Musicals in Schools is an educational initiative of the Kravis Center that develops sustainable musical theatre programs in Palm Beach County public elementary schools.
Purpose
Using the unique world of musical theater, Disney Musicals in Schools helps to foster positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, parents, and the community. Students and teachers work in teams, developing the wide spectrum of skills needed when producing a piece of musical theater, including: critical thinking, problem solving, ensemble building, communication, self-confidence, and interpersonal skills. Our goal is to provide the training necessary for teachers to continue a tradition of theater education for years to come.
History
The Disney Musicals in Schools program is an outreach initiative developed by Disney Theatrical Group to create sustainable theater programs in elementary schools. The program was launched in 2010 in response to Disney Theatrical Group’s concern that under-resourced public elementary schools were not afforded equitable access to the arts. After successfully offering the program in New York City schools, Disney Theatrical Group began collaborating with organizations in other communities across the United States.
Our Collaboration
In the 2017-2018 school year, the Kravis Center launched its first year of this collaboration with four Title I elementary schools in Palm Beach County. At no cost to them, the selected schools participated in a 17-week musical theater residency, led by a team of teaching artists trained by the Kravis Center and Disney Theatrical Group. Each school received guidance from the teaching artists, performance rights, and education support materials.
With a professional development focus, participating educators collaborate with Kravis Center teaching artists to learn how to produce, direct, choreograph and music direct their first school show. The program culminates in a 30-minute Disney KIDS musical at each school. As a capstone to the experience, in April the Kravis Center hosts a Student Share Celebration. First year schools perform one number from their show on our Dreyfoos Hall stage for an audience of students, teachers, family, and community members.
In year two, the Kravis Center selected four more Title I elementary schools to participate in this program while continuing the work of creating sustainable musical theater programs with the original four schools using Disney KIDS musicals.
