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Using storytelling and the arts in the classroom has
proven to be an empowering and educational tool for
both the teller/ teacher and the listener/ student.
Storytelling and the arts have shown to improve self-confidence,
listening skills, cooperation, critical/creative thinking
skills and literacy.
All
workshops can be adapted to different themes and/or
curricular needs as necessary. In addition, Arianna
is accustomed to working with a wide range of physical
and mental abilities; therefore she is able to adjust
her teaching to suit different learning styles and abilities.
A single session for children is a recommended minimum
of 45 minutes. There is no maximum, as each of these
single workshops can be turned into long-term residencies.
The Artist will supply a majority of the instruments
and/or props needed for the sessions.
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Play
and Tell
A
Taste of Storytelling [2nd-6th grade]
Story
Play
Discovering
the Power of the Written Word [2nd-6th grade]
The
World's Dramatic History [3rd-6th grade]
Explaining
Science Through Story
Nature's
Rhythm [Pre K-3rd grade]
Documentary
Storytelling: Using words and photographs to tell Our Story
[4th-6th grade]
Musical
Stories
Indian
Folk
Forms, a lecture demonstration
Collaged
Stories
Laughter
as
a Healer [3rd-6th grade]
Play and Tell
Re-tell
your favorite stories while dancing, singing, and playing
instruments from around the world. Through the art of play,
deepen your students understanding of story sequencing; increase
their language development; knowledge of other cultures; their
ability to work as a team.
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A Taste of Storytelling [2nd-6th grade]
Discover
what it takes to perform a story from memory. Learn specific
storytelling techniques that you can use in the future to
give a speech, tell a story or even perform in a play. Create
the beginning of and structure for an entire story that you
can share with a friend, a child, or at a performance venue.
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Story Play
A special
extended version of Play and Tell with a minimum of 10 sessions.
Explore the art of storytelling with the intention of creating
a play. This program culminates in a performance written,
designed and performed by the students under the artist's
guidance. The show can be a series of single story scenes
tied together by a theme or a full-length play.
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Discovering the Power of the Written Word [2nd-6th grade]
From the
beginning of time written words have had the ability to change
the way a person thinks or feels. Through a series of creative
writing exercises, students discover the power of their own
words to create an imaginary place, to tell a story, to persuade
someone, to teach, etc. The end result of the residency can
be a newspaper article, a short story or a novel.
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The World's Dramatic History [3rd-6th grade]
Explore
a historical topic through a series of creative drama and
storytelling exercises. Deepen the participants' comprehension
of a particular time period. Ask them to step into the lives
of someone different such as Abigail Adams or a shopkeeper
during the Depression.
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Explaining Science Through Story
In ancient
times, people explained a scientific phenomenon with a story.
Through process drama exercises and storytelling, the students
will discover the how's and why's of science. They could explore
either a specific scientific process or answer an overarching
question such as "Why the Desert is expanding?"
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Nature's Rhythm [Pre K-3rd grade]
When you
listen to a storm or walk through the forest, you can hear
nature's special symphony. How can you re-create the musical
story of nature? Discover how many different rhythms you can
create using instruments from Brazil, Africa, India and Ireland.
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Documentary Storytelling: Using words and photographs to tell
Our Story [4th-6th grade]
Stories
and photographs have served as a vehicle for personal and
historical reflection in the past and present. Look at how
in the course of history people have documented their lives
through photographs and written word. Create your own short
photo-documentary that either reflects a subject you have
studied or a piece of your own family history.
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Musical Stories
Discover
new ways to tell stories. Turn off the words and discover
how sounds can carry the images. How can you create the picture
of a young girl lost in the desert without showing it with
your body or specific vocabulary? Turn the words back on and
reveal how much more powerful your story can become with the
combination of music, dance and spoken word.
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Indian Folk Forms, a lecture demonstration
Play with
instruments and touch artifacts from small villages all over
India. Listen to a short story, watch a documentary film and
participate in a dance demonstration on different types of
Traditional Indian Art Forms. Walk away with a new familiarity
with a culture perhaps different than your own.
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Collaged Stories
Have you
ever torn out pages from a magazine and made a collage? Learn
new techniques for creating a collage out of a wide- variety
of mediums: paint, photographs, magazines, tissue paper, ink….
Depending on the age group we would use different advanced
techniques for creating a large-scale mural. Remember: our
mural will tell a story!
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Laughter as a Healer [3rd-6th grade]
Art often
helps people to overcome personal difficulties. We will discover
the art of the "Smart Clown" and create our own personal physical
comedies. This work is based on my years with Bansi Kaul's
renowned theatre troupe, Rang Vidushak, in Bhopal, India.
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