Performing Arts
Visual Arts
Artist Residency - Kinobe and The African Sensation
Artist Residency - Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

Performing Arts

In addition to the exciting list of curriculum connected workshops offered on-site in our professional studios, we can bring a select number of dance workshops to you at your school! Choose from the following five one-hour dance workshops to create a workshop package that best suits your students' interests:

CREATIVE MOVEMENT (JK - 2) NEW!
Learning the five food groups? Students will connect to the healthy living curriculum in our new Creative Movement outreach workshop that will have your students creating a "movement meal" using the elements of dance!

LINE DANCE (Gr. K – 4)
Younger students will get a great introduction to dance by learning age appropriate line dancing techniques in this one hour workshop. Be amazed at the skill level of each of your students by the end of this workshop!

HIP HOP (Gr. 4 – 10)
Hip Hop, a cultural movement that began in New York, has become very popular around the world. This workshop, set to current R&B and Pop music, explores the choreography your students can’t get enough of.

BOLLYWOOD (Gr. 6- 10)
Celebrate the uplifting music and dance of Bollywood, the popular term for India’s film industry. Students will learn exciting Bollywood dance which fuses Indian and Western dance forms.

LATIN (Gr. 6 - 10)
Explore the unique rhythms and style of Salsa dancing while learning about an element of Latin American culture. Your students have seen it on popular television shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance?”; challenge them to discover Latin dancing at your school!

AFRICAN (Gr. 6 - 10)
Learn to release and control athletic movements as we cross the floor to traditional West African drumming. The workshop will end with a collective performance where grouped students showcase the West African movements they have learned during the workshop collaborated with movements from other genres they are familiar with.

Visual Arts

New this year, we will be bringing the visual arts to your classroom – and taking the mess with us!

Creative Colour (Gr. 2 – 4)

Introduce your students to the wonders of colour in painting. Students will explore fundamental colour theory with a focus on colour wheels, colour mixing and the role of colour in famous works of art. After an introduction to abstract artists that focus on colour to portray meaning, students will use shapes, stencils and masking tape to create their own work of art using what they’ve learned about how colours can portray messages to their audiences.

Mixed Masters (Gr. 4 – 8)

In this workshop, students will learn about appropriation, or “borrowing” from art history. Students will have the opportunity to explore the idea of context in artworks as well as practicing the painting style of a particular “master” artist. Students’ finished artworks will mix and mash different painting styles from art history to create a unique contemporary work of art.

Drawing in Ink (Gr. 6 – 8)

Excite your students about drawing using materials other than a pencil. In this workshop, students will learn the basics of figure drawing using the traditional media of India ink. Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of different styles of drawing using this medium such as quick gesture drawings to warm-up to longer poses where students can learn the importance of “looking and seeing” in drawing. Once students have practiced gesture drawing, they will draw portraits using India ink and warm and cool watercolours to fi ll in the highlights and shadows.

Artist Residency

Kinobe and The African Sensation

January 30th - February 2nd, 2012
Grades K - 12

The Living Arts Centre is partnering with Kinobe and The African Sensation to bring specialized workshops celebrating African music and culture to your school. Drawing from his Ugandan roots, Kinobe has worked with students across Africa, Europe, and Canada, giving workshops on the various instruments and traditions of African music.

Drumming & Storytelling (1hr)

In this workshop, Kinobe will teach your students about various Ugandan drumming techniques, traditional African instruments as well as the stories and traditions behind them. Available in French or English.

Learn the rhythm and beats that inform traditional African drumming and dance with your students in a hands-on dance and drumming workshop with one of the members of Kinobe and The African Sensation.

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

February 27 – March 1, 2012
Grades 1 - 8
Aboriginal Dance Workshop (1 hour)

In this one hour workshop, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre will introduce students to contemporary Aboriginal dance styles that incorporate cultural sources of inspiration for movement. Students will learn easy Iroquoian social dance steps such as the Ehsga:nye: gae:nase: (Shuffle Dance), Gada:tro:t (Stomp Dance) and Gayowaga:yoh (Old Moccasin Dance).

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