School Trips -> Music

Drama, Dance & Music


Capacity: JK – Grade 3 maximum 25 students per session; Grade 4 – 12 maximum 30 students per session | Morning and afternoon sessions available
Cost: $10.00 per student (minimum fee for each workshop is $200.00) | Length: 2 hours

LET'S PUT ON A SHOW! / MONTONS UN SPECTACLE! - NEW!
JK – Grade 3
(Available in French or English, please specify language preference at time of booking.)
This exciting workshop for younger students combines dance and drama for an action packed, curriculum connected experience! Students will learn basic dance and drama techniques and terminology developing focus, coordination, stage skills and self-confidence. Music and stories provide sources for creating characters and for preparing a short piece for performance. Stories to choose from include: Little Red Riding Hood, Henny Penny and Billy Goat’s Gruff.

" The instructor was very qualified and experienced with both drama and how to teach to young children so the program ran very smoothly.”" ~ JK teacher

DRAMA / L’ART DRAMATIQUE - NEW!
Grades 3 – 10
(Available in French or English, please specify language preference at time of booking.)
Students develop self-confidence, creativity and performance skills while participating in this energetic drama workshop. Theatre professionals introduce fundamental theatre terminology and techniques through exercises and theatre games that focus on movement, improvisation, voice and character development.

“Lots of fun. A great way for intermediate students to let their guards down a little in a trusting environment.” ~ Grade 8 teacher

CULTURAL FUSION- NEW!
Grades 6 -10
Celebrate diversity with your students through the art of dance. This workshop will
integrate dance combinations from a variety of cultural styles and fuse them together
in a choreographed sequence students will perform. The origin and cultural history of
each dance form will be explored, incorporating a variety of curriculum objectives
across subject areas.

HIP HOP - DON’T STOP!
Grades 3 - 8
This dynamic dance program introduces students to contemporary dance forms including hip hop, jazz and line dance. Set to popular R&B and Pop music, students learn basic dance skills and choreography. Students will also have an opportunity to develop their own choreographed dance.

"I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. The steps were simple and "cool" enough for Intermediate students. The finished performances were great!" ~ Grade 7 teacher

SHAKESPEAREAN STEPS - NEW!
Grades 7 - 12
Help your students bring Shakespeare to life with this high energy integrated drama and dance workshop. Students will explore themes from grade appropriate Shakespearean plays and through the ideas of characterization and movement, create and choreograph a scene to popular Hip-Hop and R&B music. Shakespearean conflict and how it can be interpreted through dance mediums will be explored. “All the world’s a stage”, your students will be freestylin’ all over it!

“Even the most reluctant drama student participated. It was fast paced and the music choices were excellent.” ~ Grade 8 teacher

WORLD RHYTHMS
Grades 1 - 10
Watch your students become budding musicians in just two hours! Encourage your students to make some noise as they bang on drums from all over the world: the congas, the bass drum and the djembe. Students will experiment and investigate how materials and sound are related to one another in a hands-on environment. This workshop encourages collaborative thinking as students will come together to create an orchestrated percussion performance. Workshop themes are curriculum connected according to grade and include but are not limited to Heritage and Citizenship, Canada and World Connections, Matter and Material, Energy and Control and Ancient Civilizations.

Make a Day of It! Also book a “Ceramics” workshop! Explore the world’s musical rhythms and then create a percussion instrument of your own in our Ceramic Studio.



MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ONTARIO CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Grades K – 8
Workshop
Visual Arts
Drama Dance
Music
Language Arts
Social Studies
Science
Français
Health & Physical Ed.
Let’s Put on a Show / Montons un spectacle
(Gr. JK – 3)


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Drama / L’Art dramatique
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Cultural Fusion
(Gr. 6 – 10)


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Hip Hop, Don’t Stop!
(Gr. 3 – 8)


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Shakesperean Steps
(Gr. 7 – 12)


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World Rhythms
(Gr. 1 – 10)


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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ONTARIO CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Grades 9-10 (workshops can be adapted for Gr. 11 – 12)
Workshop
Comprehensive Arts (ALC10)
Dance (ATC10) (ATC20)
Dramatic Arts (ADA10) (ADA20)
Media Arts (AMU20)
Music (AMU20) (AMU10)
Visual Arts (AVI10) (AVI20)
English
(Grades 9 - 12)
Drama / L’Art dramatique
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Culture Fusion
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Hip Hop, Don’t Stop


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Shakespearean Steps
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World Rhythms





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