Ballet Tales
For 1st and 2nd Graders
March – June 2021
Program Components
- Eight movement-based workshops
- Teacher professional development session
- Virtual NYCB student matinee performance
Cost
$400 per class
Encourage your students to explore dance as a form of communication through the integration of writing and movement activities. Participating classes write their own story and work with a NYCB Teaching Artist to transform their written words to movement over the course of eight movement-based workshops that have been adapted for virtual learning. With the option to choose from live video classes and personalized prerecorded video workshops, this program can be tailored to meet the needs of both your in-school and remote students.
Students focus on the importance of elements such as character, setting, and plot in both writing and dance. Ballet Tales contributes to a greater understanding of how storytelling through dance can transcend the components of text, movement, and music. Participating classes will experience a prerecorded virtual NYCB performance.
Bring NYCB to Your School
"My students learned to better work together, combine ideas, and the importance of compromising all through the residency, from brainstorming to finalizing the story to choosing the dance moves to deciding their costumes. I saw a big change in the ways in which they communicate with one another and showing better listening and teamwork skills."
2nd Grade Teacher, Brooklyn
A look at Ballet Tales
