World Dance Academy

Exploring the World: A Cultural Creative Experience with Masks, Movement and Music

• Learn about celebrations from different countries that are fun for teens in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Europe and areas of the United States
• Creating costumes for celebrations and choreography for stage presence
• Group Projects with Visual presentations showcasing the cultures and communities? teens will discover
• Learn about creative artists from different countries and how they use their art in celebrations
• Weekly projects and collaborations that aid in discovering the history of each celebration.

No Class April 18 - Due to Spring Break

No Class May 9^th

World Dance Workshops explores celebrations from different countries that have group line dancing, circle dancing and formation dances from countries in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. The program can be 60 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. No experience is necessary. The workshops begin with educational tools (maps, video, or written presentations); the 2nd part of the program showcases the movements and history of the movements with warmup and teaching movements from the specific dance culture; the 3rd part of the program enables the group to engage in choreography assignments and short group projects. The workshops end with cool down and vocabulary review. Materials include: fabric purchase for basic danceable costumes.