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PROGRAM CATALOG
2017-2018
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Fees paid to AFLCT for our programs cover less than 1/2 of our operating costs. We would like to thank the donors, sponsors and grantors who help us fill the gap and make these programs possible!
Bob's Discount Furniture Graustein Memorial Fund Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation Hamden Community Development Block Grant Bruce N. Griffing Trust Hamden Education Fund Carolyn Foundation Hamden Rotary Chester Kitchings Foundation Ion Bank Foundation City Missionary of New Haven John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Community Chest of New Britain & Berlin Katharine Matthies Foundation Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Many Generous Individuals Connecticut Office of the Arts Marjorie Moore Foundation DeLuca Foundation Near & Far Aid Through Arts For Learning Connecticut’s diverse roster of Evelyn Preston Charitable Foundation R.S. Gernon Trust Farmington Bank Community Foundation Savings Bank of Manchester artists, our mission is to engage participants of all ages and Ensworth Charitable Foundation Trumbull Rotary abilities in learning creatively through the arts. Evelyn Preston Memorial Fund White, Linford & Mildred Foundation
Our programming is appropriate for schools, after-school programs, AFLCT STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS as of 9/5/2017 community centers, libraries, youth organizations, teacher and Staff and Consultants Board of Directors corporate professional development and elder learning. Eileen Carpinella, Executive Director Amanda Aromatici
Mike Kachuba, Associate Director Lorraine Consiglio
Julie Lister, Development Director Matthew James
Loraine Brown, Program Manager Brian Penry
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Anne Witkavitch
aflct.org 203-230-8101 BRINGING AFLCT PROGRAMS TO YOUR STUDENTS Dance … pages 4 - 5
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1 For detailed information about each program we offer, Music … pages 5 - 9 including pricing and performance requirements, please visit MAKE A REQUEST our website: aflct.org. 2 From our homepage, aflct.org, Storytelling … pages 10 - 11 We can help you select the best programs to meet your specific click the “Request A Program” needs. Please contact us at [email protected] or by calling 203- button. It looks like this: INDEX Theatre … pages 12 - 17 230-8101. Start your planning process early! Programs are subject to each Visual Arts … pages 18 - 20 artist’s availability.
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LOVE to see your photos or videos and hear your stories and hope Hamden, CT 06518 Family/Evening Programs that you will also share them (tag us #AFLCT) on your social media 2017 Artist of the Year aflct.org 203-230-8101 PERFORMANCES by Artist Arabiqa ● Karim Nagi INDEX A dynamic and entertaining demonstration of the various instruments, dances, language and culture of the Arab world. K - 12; Adults Agrawal, Rachna ….. 4, 5 Moore, Gerald ….. 9, 18 China Patterns ● Dance China NY Allen, Marcus ….. 9 Motoko ….. 10, 11 A fascinating introduction to Chinese history, culture and customs through traditional costumes, dances, The Amazing Math Wizards ….. 5 Nagi, Karim ….. 4 narration, and audience interaction. K - 12 Anderson, Virginia Lynn ….. 20 Nelson, Raheem ….. 18 The Art Spot ….. 18, 19 Norton, Craig ….. 8, 18, 19, 20 Dance & Music from Southern Spain ● Flamenco!
Barnes, Nate ….. 9 Oleporuo, Isaya ….. 10
Explore exotic Spain through this interactive performance of music and dance and learn the connection to Blue Jupiter ….. 7, 8 Pasquale, Anne ….. 12, 13, 14, 15 Spanish culture. Available in duo or trio formats. K - 6 Boogie Chillun’ ….. 5, 6 Pease, Robin ….. 10, 11 Hip Hop Dimensions ● Hip Hop Dimensions Brady, Carrie ….. 19 Peck, Linda ….. 12, 14, 16 Learn about the history of Hip Hop and learn to think of dance and movement in new ways in this exciting Bumpus, Eshu ….. 10, 11 Peter Menta and The Read & Roll Band ….. 5 performance of Hip Hop and Break Dancing. K - 12 Carnival Trio ….. 6 Quezaire-Presutti, Gwendolyn ….. 10, 14, 19 Cartafalsa, W. Che’ ….. 8 Rae Cherrington, Jennifer ….. 9, 19 Heartbeat of Hawaii ● Kahana Hula Casey, Mike ….. 6, 8 RapOet ….. See Kelly, Khaiim An interactive program of music, storytelling, song and dance, highlighting the history, language and culture of Chariot of the Sun ….. 12 Robinson, Karima ….. 16, 17 Polynesia during an exciting, tour to the Pacific islands. K - 8 Chinese Acrobat ….. See Liu, Li Rocha, Antonio ….. 10 Kathak Dance ● Rachna Agrawal The Coastal Reeds ….. 6 Rogers, Sally ….. 8, 9, 19 Cool Cats ….. 5, 7 A compelling introduction to Indian culture through the dramatic Kathak Dance and the stories it tells. PK - 12 Rossi, Karen ….. 20 Dance China NY ….. 4, 18 Shakespeare Guyz ….. 12 Lion Dance Plus ● Dance China NY David Zucker Presents ….. 14 Sirius Coyote ….. 5, 6, 8 In full traditional Chinese costumes, dancers perform the Lion, Mongolian, Monkey King, Fan and Ribbon DePoto, Anthony ….. 16, 17 Sites, Ernie ….. 7 Dances and invite your students to join them on stage. K - 12 Del Bianco, Lou ….. 12, 13, 14, 15 Slotoroff, Cyd ….. 7, 8, 9 Music and Dances of Ghana ● Soro-Bindi Dixson, Arti….. 5 Soro-Bindi ….. 4 Elias, Leslie ….. 16, 17 Sova Dance & Puppet Theatre ….. 12, 13 An exciting program of traditional dances such as the Kpanlogo and Bawa harvest dances, songs, and vivid Enyong, Masem ….. 4 Stanley, Sanna ….. 9, 10 stories of Ghanaian culture. K - 8 Farrell, Sharyn ….. 4, 18 Surcari ….. 6 Rama Project ● Rachna Agrawal and Tom Lee Faulkner, Leland ….. 17 Taikoza ….. 6, 7 Enchanting Indian folktale of Rama as told by storyteller Tom Lee and interpreted through Indian dance by Flamenco! ….. 4 Tanglewood Marionettes ….. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Rachna Agrawal. 5 - 12 Freestyle Repertory Theatre ….. 15, 16, 17 Themselves ….. 14, 15 Freudmann, Gideon ….. 6, 7 Viva Brazil ● Ginga Brasileira Tiger ….. 5 Genius In Me ….. 6 Turtle Dance Music ….. 7, 9 A colorful, crowd-pleasing selection of Afro-Brazilian dances that fuse rhythmic music with high-energy Ginga Brasileira ….. 4 Vacca, Tony ….. 7, 8 gymnastics and martial arts. K - 12 The Gizmo Guys ….. 14 Versatile Poetiq….. 17 Glynn, Carol ….. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 Waring, Dennis ….. 7, 8 Goff, Natalie ….. 18, 19 Wolf, Candace ….. 10, 11 WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES Grumbling Gryphons ….. 12, 13, 14, 15 Afro Beat Fun ● Masem Enyong Hamm, Doran ….. 15 Hill, Richard ….. 5, 8 A fun and energetic class where students explore a fusion of traditional West African moves and sounds and contemporary Afro beats. K - 12 Hip Hip Dimensions ….. 4 History Alive! ….. 12, 14, 15 Body, Mind and Spirit of Aloha ● Kahana Hula Jameson, Scott….. 13 Tiare will teach students how hula embodies the Spirit of Aloha with mindful movements of their bodies Kahana Hula ….. 4 DANCEthrough proper posture and being grounded into the earth, embodying the elements of nature. All Ages Kelet Ensemble ….. 6 Brazilian Dance Workshops and Residencies ● Ginga Brasileira Kelly, Khaiim ….. 17 Laughing Matters….. 15 Learn the exciting moves of the the Maculele and Capoeira dance with a teaching artists from Ginga Le Loka, Tsidii ….. 5, 7, 8, 9 Brasileira. 3 - 12 Lee, Tom ….. 4, 10, 11 Chinese Fan or Ribbon Dance Workshop ● Dance China NY Levitt, Marc….. 10, 11 Professional dancers will work with your students to teach them the techniques for the ribbon dance or fan Lin, Caryn ….. 5, 8 dance along with the symbolic meanings and stories behind the hand gestures. All Ages Liu, Li ….. 15 Dancealife ● Sharyn Farrell Liu, Shaw Pong ….. 6, 7 Lollipop Opera ….. 12, 13, 14, 15 Learn a variety of dances, including ballroom and line dancing or coordinate Dance Flash Mobs in school or a Mathison, Claudia ….. 18, 19, 20 public arena, personalized to fit your goals and objectives. 3 - Adult Mikata ….. 6 4 aflct.org 203-230-8101 20
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WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES PERFORMANCES ACE/Awaken Creative Eyeballs ● Natalie Goff Roots of Jazz: Spirituals to Swing ● Cool Cats Crawl, Walk, Shake, Dance, Sing, Paint and think Your way into the creative. All Ages A sweeping journey through America’s musical history from Civil War through the swingin’ 20s, with traditional Adinkra Cloth ● Claudia Mathison jazz as a “time machine.” Students join the Cats in a “second line” umbrella parade! K - 6 Your students will work together to design their own symbolic Adinkra cloth, inspired by those made by the Roots of Rock and Roll: All Together Now ● Cool Cats
Asante Tribe of Ghana and the Gyaman people of the Coté d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). 3 - 6 Experience the excitement of an American musical form that changed the world. The Cats play songs from the 1940s through the 1970s, leading to an understanding of our shared history, geography and values. K - 6
Art and Science of Photography - A Study of Light ● Craig Norton C I S U M Hands-on learning and creative experiences with cameras, explore various scientific aspects of light to better Scattered Flurries● Blue Jupiter understand the physics of light and its effects on photography. 5 - 8 This holiday-themed performance combines Blue Jupiter’s unmatched a cappella arts-in-education Art of Water ● Craig Norton programming with contemporary, all-vocal arrangements of Christmas carols and Hanukkah songs. All Ages Exploring various scientific aspects of water to better understand the water cycle and conservation. All projects Science: The Musical! ● Turtle Dance Music are based on researching, observing, photographing and creating artistic projects that involve the water cycle. 4 Engage students in science topics such as revolution and rotation; the phases of the moon; the water cycle; Chinese New Year Dragons ● Claudia Mathison ecosystems/food webs and other science-related topics by integrating music and education. 3 - 5 Your students will create their own moveable dragon using cardboard tubes, colorful papers and bamboo Singin’ Stories of the West ● Ernie Sites sticks. Traditional Chinese music, stories and authentic cultural artifacts will be introduced to the class. K - 5 Ernie combines traditional and original western singing, songwriting, yodeling, cowboy poetry, storytelling and Colonial School House ● Claudia Mathison trick-roping demonstrations with his own personal brand of western humor. K - 12 Take a trip to a 1700s one-room school house. Dressed in Colonial attire and bringing authentic toys and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement ● Cyd Slotoroff artifacts, Claudia will show your students how to make their own copy book and use a goose quill pen. K - 4 Weaving in stories and historical facts, Cyd engages students to help them understand the social, emotional and Community Aluminum Tree ● The Art Spot political context, and the critical role of music in sustaining the Civil Rights movement. 5 – 12 A beautiful, collaborative, all-school project to bring positive messages to your school! Every veined aluminum Songs That Count ● Turtle Dance Music leaf is carved by your students with positive words and then assembled into a permanent art installation. K - 5 Count, Read, Music! Engage with this fun program that immerses students in exciting hands-on music, Create Your Own I-Spy ● Craig Norton movement and counting activities. Connect and help students learn with exciting books and visuals about counting and addition. PK-K Your students get a behind-the-scenes peek at the studios where Walter Wick’s beloved I Spy. This is a great introduction to digital photography. 2 - 6 Sound Science ● Gideon Freudmann Digital Fashion Design ● Raheem Nelson The masterful match of music and science. Explore concepts in Math (beats per measure, measures per phrase); Science (sound waves, tones, overtones, harmonics); and Technology (electronic sound enhancement). 3 - 12 Using iPad digital drawing programs, your students will design their own fashion line. Clothing, sneakers and phone covers are among the most popular items for students to design with Raheem. 2 - Adult Taiko Drumming ● Taikoza Digital Painting Meets Traditional Technique ● Raheem Nelson Feel the drums of the Taiko drummers, See their exquisite and colorful dances in full costume, and Hear the sounds of bamboo flutes, the koto and the thunderous sounds of the large, barrel-like taiko drums. 3 - 12 Students will learn to visualize and incorporate their ideas regarding shape, color, texture and even story-line concept in a contemporary format. 2 - Adult Trash to Tunes ● Dennis Waring Digital Storytelling ● Craig Norton Music-Science-Fun! A performance using handmade musical instruments based on ones from around the world. Dennis weaves tales of the origins of music and how all cultures built fascinating sound-making devices. K-12 A creative outlet that allows students to connect and explore school subjects in a positive, high tech, team- oriented project. Also appropriate for “at risk” and special education classes. 4 - 12 Tsidii Le Loka & Tony Vacca - Tradition and Innovation ● Tsidii Le Loka and Tony Vacca The GAME ● Gerald Moore This is musical global citizenship at its best. An effortless blend of Black and White, male and female, voice and drums, tradition and innovation… a love song connecting South Africa and America with threads uniting past, Using acrylic shapes, your students will build representative sculptures that require them to be creative and present and future. All Ages play while exploring issues such as diversity and other topics tailored to your curriculum. 4 - 8 Wally Water and the Water Cycles ● Turtle Dance Music Goldsworthy Sculptures and Photography ● Craig Norton The water cycle and how matter changes. Watch Wally the water molecule’s extraordinary journey through A hands-on experience for your students to create an ephemeral sculpture inspired by Scottish sculptor Andrew teaching artists who jump back and forth among the roles of storyteller, character, and musician. PK - 5 Goldsworthy and made entirely of items found in nature and then photograph it. 2 - 8 What Is A Cappella? ● Blue Jupiter Introduction to the World of Honeybees ● Sharyn Farrell VISUAL ARTS From NYC-Climb on the Funk Bus as it journeys through chant, barbershop, doo-wop and modern vocal music, This dynamic class includes a fascinating introduction to honeybees and the health benefits of beeswax. In and explore the past and future of vocal percussion and a cappella music. K - 12 addition, you will sample delicious raw honeycomb while hand-rolling your own pure beeswax candles! All Ages When Words Sing - Music and Mandarin ● Shaw Pong Liu Japanese Carp Kites ● Claudia Mathison With a European violin in one hand and a Chinese On May 5th of each year, brightly colored streamers and carp shaped kites fly all over Japan! Using fabric, violin (erhu) in the other, master teacher and markers and ribbon, your class will create their own carp kite while learning about life in present day Japan. K-5 violinist Shaw Pong Liu takes students on an Landscape Painting, Paper Cutting, or Name Seal Carving ● Dance China NY adventure of cross-cultural communication, Experienced, professional artists will work with your students in a variety of traditional Chinese art forms, connecting the language of music to the tonal providing background information and a unique hands-on experience. K - 12 language of Mandarin. 3 - 8 18 aflct.org 203-230-8101 7 WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Box Banjo Workshop ● Dennis Waring RapOetry Residency ● Khaiim Kelly, The RapOet Create a collaborative performance piece in the genre of Rap/Hip Hop/Spoken Word. Increase awareness of Following a Trash to Tunes performance, your students can build their own cardboard box banjo using how rhythm is used to enhance poetry, music and even communication between students and teachers. 4 - 12 measuring and construction tools. Students will learn to tune and play a simple song on their instruments. 3-12 Creating Community: Appreciating Differences ● Cyd Slotoroff Rhythm and Rhyme: It’s Poetry Time! A Celebration of Poetry for the Young! ● Leslie Elias A delightful mix of poetry, music, movement and puppetry. Act out poems and nursery rhymes with masks, Drawing on the power of contemporary folk music, Cyd sings true songs about young people’s experiences and musical instruments and costumes to add to the vibrant experience of words and imagery. Nursery - PK engages students to talk honestly about how they treat each other, friendship, popularity, status and the pressures to fit in. 3 - 10 Spoken Word and Rap Poetry Workshop or Residency ● Versatile Poetiq
Customized Workshops with Tsidii & Tony ● Tsidii Le Loka and Tony Vacca Students learn the core elements of Spoken Word, Poetry and Hip Hop through icebreakers, activities, and exercises. They create their own poems for performance, improving their figurative and literary skills. K -12 Workshops customized to your school’s unique needs and visions. Tsidii and Tony will work with your school’s
chorus and/or band and even integrate them into their concert presentation. K-12 Who’s Your Superhero? Theatre Games and Positive Self-Image ● Karima Robinson E R T A E H T Digital A Cappella Music Lab ● Blue Jupiter’s Marty Gaspar Who’s your favorite Superhero? This workshop uses theatre games, writing exercises, group discussions and role-playing exercises helping participants break down negative internalized narratives. 4 - 12 An interactive classroom workshop exploring the creation and production of music in a digital environment. Students will participate in arranging and recording of a song using only their voices as the instruments. 3 - 12 World of Wonder Workshop ● Leland Faulkner Electric Sound ● Caryn Lin Bring Leland into your classroom for an energetic, transformative and fun workshop. Your students will focus on creating physical theatre using movement techniques and improvisation to gain specific skills . 3 - 12 Caryn offers post performance workshops called Electric Sound. She works with smaller groups of students (about 20 per workshop) to demonstrate looping, sound effects and other techniques. 4 - 12 The Write Stuff Workshop ● Freestyle Repertory Theatre Every Rock Has a Story to Tell ● Sally Rogers Your students are encouraged to accept their instinctual choices for character, setting and action and to commit to those choices on the written page using the narrative technique. 4 - 12 Explore rocks and minerals through a narrative writing and songwriting residency. 3 - 6 Hands-on West African Drumming ● W. Che’ Cartafalsa Explore instrumental techniques, listening skills and the building of multilayered rhythms in percussion. A multitude of authentic instruments help students learn the traditional rhythms of Africa. 3 - 12 Instrument-Making Workshop ● Sirius Coyote A fascinating introduction to the tools, materials and construction techniques to build their own musical instruments built from readily available natural materials. 4 - 8 Jazz Residency, Workshops and Clinics ● Mike Casey Mike will work with your school’s jazz musicians to instruct on general practice skills and instrument-specific techniques, preparing for music school auditions, to philosophies on improvisation and, jazz pedagogy. 6 - 12 The Kindness Project and Quilt ● Cyd Slotoroff This multi-disciplinary residency will increase your students’ awareness and motivation to be kinder to their classmates using Nancy Wallace’s book The Kindness Quilt as the primary vehicle. 2 - 3 Middle School Radio Show ● Richard Hill Engage students in creating a 30-minute radio show - will write and read scripts, practice diction, articulation
and projection and expand their vocabularies as they brainstorm ideas and discuss issues. 6 - 8
Music & Math ● Craig Norton How are music and math connected? With a number of age appropriate rhythm games, multicultural songs and visual aids, your students will enjoy exploring common core math standards. K – 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MUSICMusic and Movement for Little Ears ● Sirius Coyote innerACT Theatre ● Anthony DePoto Kathleen Sartor will lead the pre-kindergarten classroom in a series of rhythms, chants and movements that Teachers learn new theatre exercises they can use in their classroom. In addition to addressing reading, writing, associate sound with the body’s reflexes and playful learning. PK language, speaking and listening, this can be designed to address math, science, music and special education. Oral History and Primary Historical Resources ● Sally Rogers Learning On Their Feet, Kinesthetic Learning ● Carol Glynn Using primary historical materials and/or oral histories, your students will write songs about the past, present This idea-packed workshop will provide teachers with practical curriculum-connected dramatic and kinesthetic and future of their communities. 3 - 8 exercises to help students excel in all subjects. Teachers will learn concrete techniques to reach all students. The Rainforest Classroom ● Sirius Coyote The Mindfulness Movement TM ● Linda Peck Your students are immersed in a Rainforest of The Americas experience through stories, music, song, artifacts, Learn to maximize brain function through movement and innovative mindfulness practices, relevant learning ecology & critical analysis of the environmental effects of human cultures. Available in solo or duo format. 3 - 5 opportunities that incorporate 21st century thinking skills through physical activities. Educating the Whole Child, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and DBL practices. 8 aflct.org 203-230-8101 17 WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES
Songs for Learning ● Cyd Slotoroff C I S U M Asian Studies, Literacy and Mindfulness ● Linda Peck A song about how two friends in a fight resolve their problems by talking it out is the basis for this program History, culture, and writings of China connected with their Mindfulness practices. focusing on reading, speaking and listening, and writing standards, as well as conflict resolution skills. 3 - 5 Drama and Playwriting Workshops ● Leslie Elias Songwriting Across Curriculum ● Sally Rogers Leslie enacts stories with students in a highly interactive theatrical experience combining music, movement, Teachers will learn techniques that songwriters use to tell their story and make their point succinctly and masks and myths. PK - 12 completely. This technique can be applied to any curricular unit as a way to engage even the most reticent writer Grandmother Turtle: An Iroquois Tale ● Leslie Elias in the class. P.D. for Teachers The Iroquois creation myth, a story of sky people and water animals and how the earth came to rest on Songwriting from Your Curriculum ● Cyd Slotoroff Grandmother Turtle's back. Act out the story using the costumes and masks of the Grumbling Gryphons. 2 - 9 Cyd uses songwriting to help your students to summarize and integrate what they have learned in class on any Hold Fast to Dreams: A Musical and Dramatic Celebration of Poetry! ● Leslie Elias subject. In the process, students also learn about elements of poetry and music. 3 - 8 Leslie brainstorms with students in her hands-on pietry and drama workshops to generate ideas, write South African Choral Traditions ● Tsidii Le Loka individual and group poems and incorporate these into a short performance piece. 3 – 5 A choral workshop featuring music from South African folklore, contemporary traditions and music influenced by innerACT Theatre ● Anthony DePoto South African traditions.
Address reading, writing, language, speaking and listening skills through a theatre residency or workshops. The Sun, The Earth, The Moon: Revolution and Rotation ● Turtle Dance Music Students will learn math, science, and music while exploring theatre techniques with Anthony. K - 12 An in-class theater and music workshop that explores the different physical characteristics of the sun, the earth, Learning On Their Feet, Kinesthetic Learning ● Carol Glynn and the moon. Participate in rap battles, improv comedy, timed-theater challenges and original songwriting. 5 Carol will tailor lessons using kinesthetic teaching methods applied to any subject. Your students will be The Tale of Tenopolis ● Sally Rogers transformed into real learners, thinkers and creators by Carol’s ability to reach all students. K - 12 Storytelling and math are united in this fun residency which helps your students understand place value. 3 - 5 Let’s Improvise ● Freestyle Repertory Theatre Universal Sound: Music Production● Nate Barnes and Marcus Allen Introduce your students to the art of theatrical collaboration, improvisational skills, creative risk-taking, and Your students will learn every facet of studio music production, from respect for various genres to sound quality, give them techniques for working together. 4 - 12 equipment and programs. 5 - 12 Mindfulness, Mime and Masque ● Linda Peck We Can Get Along ● Cyd Slotoroff
Explore how various artists use math and kinetic energy. Students investigate physical connections, mime Listen, move, sing along and co-create songs about friendship, fairness, respecting others and solving problems design, masque and mindful techniques. with peers. This fun and interactive workshop features songs that bring character education to life. K - 3 Performing Black History ● Karima Robinson What Can One Little Person Do: Unsung Heroes and Heroines ● Sally Rogers Give youth an understanding of the contributions African Americans have made to American history. Foster Your students will identify heroes within their own community and write their own verses to Sally’s original song, critical thinking, public speaking, role-playing, improvisation, acting and research skills. 5 - 12 What Can One Little Person Do? 3 - 6
The Physics of Circus ● Linda Peck S T R A Y R A R E T I L Physical properties like motion and force are demonstrated through circus techniques and audience PERFORMANCES participation. Students complete a physics project of their own mini-circus! 5 - 8 Storyboarding: Growing Up In the Congo ● Sanna Stanley Playwriting for Youth ● Karima Robinson Your students will be shocked with just how rough Sanna’s first thumbnail scribbles are (they can do that, too!) and This workshop guides the first time playwright through the process of writing a dramatic scene or a one-act fascinated as she discusses the questions writers ask themselves about their work. K - 5 play. Students learn the key elements of drama and apply them to improvisation and writing exercises. 4 - 12 Poetry to Performance ● Karima Robinson WORKSHOPS and RESIDENCIES Students use poetry by known authors to create dramatic scenes. Your students will collaborate in small groups to adapt poems into short performance pieces. 6 - 12 3D Writing Strategies ● Gerald Moore Using The GAME, a group sculptural experience, the teaching team of sculptor and classroom teacher lead THEATREPuppet Manipulation Workshop ● Tanglewood Marionettes students in the process of descriptive essay writing through three-dimensional design. 3 - 12 Experience first-hand what it is like to work a professional-quality marionette. Master Chinese Calligraphy ● Dance China NY puppeteers will discuss the stringing techniques Experienced, professional artists work with students in a variety of traditional Chinese art forms, providing used to build marionettes and demonstrate background information and unique hands-on experiences. K - 12 marionette manipulation. 3 - 12 Moving Words ● Sally Rogers
Using either existing poems or poems written as part of the workshop, your students will explore the many ways to use the movements of their bodies to interpret the poem. K - 8 Papermaking and Bookbinding ● Jennifer Rae Cherrington This talented visual artist is available for Papermaking and bookbinding using the topic of your choice. All ages Storyboarding ● Sanna Stanley
Students are mesmerized and engaged as Sanna guides them through the invention of a class story with insider 16 aflct.org 203-230-8101 tips and tools. K - 4; P.D. for Teachers 9 9 PERFORMANCES PERFORMANCES African and African-American Tales ● Eshu Bumpus Pilamaya Ye’ (Thank You) ● Lou Del Bianco Eshu offers a selection of African and African-American stories modeling the principles of originality and non- A program of music and legends celebrating Native American philosophy toward the earth and its community. violence and presented in an atmosphere that encourages laughter, creativity and participatory song. K - 12 Students will leave Pilamaya Ye’ inspired to follow the paths that the original people lived every day. K - 6 Another Kind of Warrior: Maasai Art and Lifestyle ● Isaya Oleporuo Poetry In Motion ● Doran Hamm With photography, traditional dress and artifacts, stories, songs and dance, Tanzanian Maasai Warrior Isaya With a steamer truck of props, costumes, masks and puppets, this exhilarating tour de force performance brings Oleporuo brings students into the world of his tribesmen. to life the best of poetic literature, reviving of the almost lost art of performing poetry. K - 8 Are You My Moon? How Artificial Light Fools our Eyes ● Sanna Stanley Purim-Shpil: The Whole Megile! ● Grumbling Gryphons This interactive STEAM presentation intrigues, enlightens and engages as you seek and create answers to the Music, masks, mischief and miracles spring to life in this merry celebration of the Purim holiday! All Ages problem of lighting for safety while protecting the environment, and the endangered dark sky. All Ages RapOetry ● Khaiim Kelly, The RapOet artsVoyage ● Tom Lee This program features The RapOet rapping, reciting poetry or a mixture of both. Program can be accompanied artsVoyage residencies offers programs on a variety of subjects and topics which work across the curriculum to by B-Boying, live painting, musicians, DJ, open mic, workshop, lecture and additional lyricists. 5 - E 12 R T A E H T enhance learning in literacy, language arts, social studies and visual arts. K - 8 The Revolutionary Deborah Sampson ● Anne Pasquale Crossroads ● Antonio Rocha The extraordinary life of Deborah Sampson, the ”Secret Soldier” and the only recognized female veteran of the Antonio performs tales from around the world with his signature moves and sound effects. This culturally Revolution is dramatized in this high-energy, two-person play. 3 - 12 diverse entertains while addressing matters of communication, self-esteem, conflict resolution and respect. K - 8 The Road to Revolution: One Family’s Struggle in Colonial Connecticut ● Themselves th Folktales From Around World ● Tom Lee An 18 century family confronts growing disagreement over the meaning of liberty, loyalty and good government in the years and events leading up to the Revolutionary War. 3 - 5; 6 - 9 Traditional stories from around the world reflect their cultures of origin and convey universal themes, whimsical tales, breathtaking adventures and thought-provoking dramas drawn from extensive travel and Sleeping Beauty ● Tanglewood Marionettes research. K - 8 Join the celebration of the birth of Princess Aurora, but the party goes awry when a wicked witch curses the Folktales from Asia ● Motoko baby. Follow the drama as you learn if the curse will come true or someone with a true heart will appear. PK - 4 Motoko’s stories, combined with participatory songs and mime movements, are humorous and wise, and impart cultural lessons and morals. K - 12 The Snow Queen ● Grumbling Gryphons Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines ● Tom Lee A dramatic adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic fairytale with live music, masks and audience participation. All Ages. History comes to life as Tom Lee tells stories of authentic epics and legends from the great civilizations of the past. 3 - 9 Star Tales ● Lou Del Bianco The Great Law of Peace ● Robin Pease In this fascinating presentation, Lou shares constellation myths from around the world. By sharing different legends, learn how different cultures interpreted constellations based on their own beliefs and Take a 700 year journey from the Native American Iroquois Nation to Ponce de Leon, Jacques traditions. 3 - 5 Cartier, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and John Rutledge to reveal the basis of our constitution. 3 - 12 Sum Of Our Favorite Numbers ● Laughing Matters Heroes and Scoundrels ● Candace Wolf Celebrate the fun side of math in this lively, content- rich program that uses juggling, stories and humorous dialogue to explore addition, multiplication, division, measurements and even square roots! K - 6 Meet larger-than-life heroes and villains as Candace spins riveting tales, adventure quests, tales of the supernatural and true-life biographies guaranteed to keep adolescents on the edge of their seats. 6 - Theatre Sports ● Freestyle Repertory Theatre 12 This high-energy program is designed and presented as a competitive sport. Two teams of
Jungle Tales ● Antonio Rocha actors challenge each other to create scenes, songs, stories and poems, based on suggestions from the audience. K - 12 Take a wild trip into the jungles of Brazil and Africa. Antonio draws from his repertoire of animal tales with an ecological theme and a myriad of fantastic sound effects which will entertain and educate. K - 6 Three Little Pigs - A Pig Tale ● Lollipop Opera Marc’s Stories ● Marc Levitt This charming take on the original story explores friendship, conflict, bullying, trust and working together to solve problems. Featuring an original libretto set to music of Offenbach, Sullivan, Verdi and Mozart. Original and folkloric stories that use everyday life issues, concerns and experiences as their jumping off points. PK - 5 Mr. Levitt incorporates audience involvement, music and sound and juggling in his programs. All Ages Traditions of Chinese Acrobatics ● The Chinese Acrobat, Li Liu The Moon in a Tortilla ● Candace Wolf This stunning performance includes hand balancing, plate spinning, trick cycling, foot juggling and Chinese water bowl manipulation. Li also touches on various aspects of Chinese language, geography and culture. K - 6 In this captivating performance Candace draws upon her experiences to help audiences discover enchanting Latin American storytelling traditions that blend Indigenous, African and European Two for Freedom ● History Alive! STORYTELLINGinfluences. 1 - 6 The compelling stories of Jack Arabas and Frederick Douglass; both born slaves but freed as a result of their decisions and actions. 6 - 12 Ni Hao Peng You! (Hello Friends!) - Stories from China ● Motoko In this fascinating program, Motoko shares some of the tales and songs she learned in a tiny rural Wacky Wisdom ● Carol Glynn Chinese village, and discusses her experiences with the village elders and children. K - 12 Giant Wisdom-Try not to litter or it might stick to you. Use manners. Look at the world from another’s point of view. Unconditional love and even fairy tale math brought to life using music, dance, puppetry and humor. K -5 10 Ona Judge Staines – Runaway Slave of George Washington ● Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti 15 PERFORMANCES PERFORMANCES Liberty Belles ● Anne Pasquale Recuerdo Ser Simpatico (Remember to be Nice) ● Robin Pease Inspired by her own grandmother’s tales, Anne’s program is based on the stories of female immigrants from Do your students forget to be nice to each other? This is the story of a mean turtle who learns the value of many cultures. She uses these stories and songs to explore cultural diversity and common heritage. K - 12 friendship and remembers to be nice. Spanish language, songs, and the animals and places in Costa Rica. 3 - 12
Little Red Riding Hood ● Lollipop Opera Sacajawea ● Robin Pease G N I L L E T Y R O T S An exciting version of the classic tale this popular and highly interactive opera by Seymour Barab explores Meet Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian who traveled with Lewis and Clark and her baby, Pomp, as you share in themes such as the importance of listening to parents and the consequences of making bad choices. PK - 5 song, her story and the story of why we sing to plants. Living Statues ● Linda Peck Speaking of Films ● Marc Levitt Characters such as Mary Poppins, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Dr. Seuss’ Thing No. 3 in performances, living statues View one of his films and speak about them in a wide ranging conversation that includes either the history of and more! Call for more information. All Ages Native Stone Wall building in Rhode Island and/or the pre-contact Native settlement by the shore. All Ages Looking Things Over: The Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston ● Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti Stories from Asia and Africa ● Eshu Bumpus and Motoko
Acclaimed anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist Zora Neale Hurston traveled the back roads of the rural South, Eshu’s and Motoko’s combined talents, though diverse in style and culture, blend and tell Asian and African collecting stories to preserve the spirit and richness of the African American oral storytelling tradition. All Ages folktales as one voice. Followed by workshops in creative writing. 1-12 Lou’s Thanksgiving Show ● Lou Del Bianco Stories without Borders ● Candace Wolf Through storytelling and song, learn what the Pilgrims and the Native Americans meant by being “thankful”. Spellbinding and hilarious tales which teach the true meaning of honesty, responsibility, courage, compassion Authentic legends and folk songs handed down from our earliest settlers will be shared by all! PK - 6 and respect while taking the audience on an imaginative journey to cultures on every continent. PK - 12 The Magic Dreidel ● Grumbling Gryphons Tales of an October Moon ● Marc Levitt A Celebration of Chanukah using music, masks, storytelling and audience participation. All Ages. Stories that delight, entrance and fascinate about New England’s built and open landscapes as the seasons The Magic of Poetry: A Dramatic Celebration and Performance! ● Grumbling Gryphons change, leaves fall and unexplained sounds haunt the environment. K - 12 Participate as actors in a fantastical performance of poetry. This participatory performance will play with words, Touch The Earth ● Robin Pease images, music, and movement and celebrate together the power of words and the imagination. PK – 3 A man who tends Mother Earth is bullied by those who take her gifts for granted. When the Spirit of the Corn Make A Good Choice! ● Lou Del Bianco takes away Earth’s most important gift what will the people do? Through original songs, stories and audience interaction, Lou takes his audience on a journey through his World Folktales and Storysongs ● Eshu Bumpus childhood sharing the joys, dreams and blunders that today’s kids can relate to, laugh at and understand. K - 6 Eshu draws from his appreciation of cultures from all over the world, combining stories and participatory songs MATHSAMAZING ● David Zucker Presents in this diverse and vibrant program. K - 12 Math is a doorway through which students can find a world that is fun, astonishing and inspirational. Invite your students to dive into the subject of math with the same passion as they might a soccer or video game. 3 - 7 WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES & The Myth of Persephone ● Grumbling Gryphons A spellbinding dramatization of the story in which Lord Pluto takes Persephone away from the earth and holds PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT her captive in Hades. Students become the Greek chorus, helping to rescue Persephone. K - 8 Getting Along For Your Own Good! We’re All in it Together ● Marc Levitt Native American Trickster Tales: Animal Legends ● Grumbling Gryphons Change the conversation of school culture from one that is admonition-based to one that depends upon intrinsic Students will be spellbound by three humorous tales which tell how the brave and ingenious trickster animals - motivation. Mr. Levitt helps students understand how interconnected we all are. K - 12; Adults Raven, Skunk, and Coyote - come to the rescue of the Indians. K - 6 Origami Geometry: Got the Right Angle! ● Motoko New England Women ● History Alive! Asian folktales using origami as props. Complete two origami projects while identifying, defining and producing THEATREThis suspense-filled program introduces your students to two strong and independent women from Colonial geometric features such as angles and lines of symmetry. 3-8; P.D. for Teachers New England who faced life and death with courage and conviction in this new and hostile land. 6 - 12 Putting Everyday Life on the Page● Marc Levitt Objects In Motion ● The Gizmo Guys Games, exercises, curriculum suggestions and final products that help with topic selection, metaphor and With unbelievable teamwork and cooperation, this duo will amaze your students with their world-class juggling colorful language, ability to describe character and place, the logic of beginnings and endings and more. All Ages skills, laugh out loud hilarity, and mastery of patterns, gravity, symmetry and fun! K - 6 Think it, See it, Write it! Visualization for Descriptive Writing ● Tom Lee The Oregon Trail - A Tale of Westward Expansion ● Themselves The power of good storytelling is the ability to create vivid pictures in the listener’s mind. Tom Lee leads cross- The remarkable story of a 13-year-old girl’s experiences traveling by wagon train, with her family, from curricular workshops on visualization and writing for descriptive detail. 2 - 5; P.D. for Teachers Independence, Missouri to the lush farmlands of Oregon. 1 - 5; 6 - 9 Walking With Our Elders ● Candace Wolf Perseus and Medusa ● Tanglewood Marionettes An inter-generational storytelling journey enabling adults to pass along their heritage through oral storytelling. Take a trip back in time to the dawn of civilization, to an ancient world of gods, goddesses, prophecies and Learn to express the narrator’s unique voice as the stories are transformed into a book or performance. 4 - Adult heroes. Through this masterful production, accompany Perseus through personal trials and glorious quests. 1 - 8 Welcome to the World of Proverbs ● Marc Levitt Phillis Wheatley: Black Poet of Boston ● History Alive! Mine these age old nuggets of wisdom to enhance thinking and writing skills. K - 12 Captured as a child in her native Gambia, Phillis was sold to a Boston tailor who encouraged her gift of writing Writing Workshops ● Eshu Bumpus poetry. Her stylized verse made this young woman a sensation in 1700s Boston and Europe. 4 - 12 Discover character and sequence and descriptive detail as your students work with Eshu on creating their own 14 aflct.org 203-230-8101 folktales. K - 8; P.D. for Teachers 11 PERFORMANCES PERFORMANCES
Abraham Lincoln: From Rail-Splitter to President ● Lou Del Bianco Contact: The Magic of Communication ● Scott Jameson Contact is a curriculum-based magic program which explores the vital role communication plays in students’ In this dramatic program, actor-storyteller Lou Del Bianco portrays Abraham Lincoln as Civil War President, ability to express themselves, work with others, and explore the world around them. K - 8 frontiersman and storyteller. Endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. PK - 5; 6 - 8 All Aboard! For the Living History Musical Story Train Tour ● Anne Pasquale The Dragon King ● Tanglewood Marionettes An underwater fantasy based on Chinese folklore, this is the tale of an intrepid Grandmother who journeys to Your youngest readers will join in sing-a-longs and many opportunities to join in a story, dance with the Statue the bottom of the sea in search of the elusive Dragon King. K - 6 of Liberty or plant a tree with Johnny Appleseed. Get your tickets and prepare for a rollicking good ride! PK - 1 Anansi the Trickster Spider ● Grumbling Gryphons The Fairy Circus ● Tanglewood Marionettes Over twenty beautifully hand-crafted marionettes will dance, play instruments, juggle, contort, transform and fly A West African folktale, Anansi retrieves stolen stories from Nyame the Sky God by tricking animals of the through the air with the greatest of ease, all to the best-loved music of favorite composers. PK - 2 jungle and enlisting the help of the audience. Pre-performance workshops may be added. K - 6
An Arabian Adventure ● Tanglewood Marionettes Fairytale Kitchen ● Lollipop Opera
In this interactive opera we meet Esmeralda, a "reformed" witch who now has her own cooking show. Various A swashbuckling tale set in exotic lands, a Persian prince is thrown into a dungeon because of his love for a characters from the fairy tale world visit, looking for help from the witch who is full of surprises. E K - 6 R T A E H T beautiful princess and must use his wits to escape his prison and save the princess from a tragic fate. 1 - 6 The Art of Mask ● Sova Dance & Puppet Theatre Fractured and Funky Tales ● Carol Glynn It’s all in the details! Writers enhance characters with words while actors show them with their bodies. Carol’s Engage your imagination! This transformative art form holds roots in the ancient world & helps us understand unforgettable characters demonstrate the importance of details with engaging stories & poems. K - 5; Families the way cultures communicate ideas and concepts among many generations around the globe. K - 8 Avon Calling ● Shakespeare Guyz The Frog Prince ● Lollipop Opera A sparkling adaptation of the familiar tale exploring important themes, including listening to your parents, This fast-paced program is the “Best Of” Shakespeare, complete with talking skulls, football penalty flags, keeping promises, being true to friends, and the idea that “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” 1 - 6 Shakespearean insults, and a unique ability to connect with kids and encourage audience participation. 3 - 12 Braggarts, Bulldoggers and Desperadoes: The Black Cowboys ● History Alive! Frogs Make Me Hoppy ● Sova Dance and Puppet Theatre Create frog puppets/masks in the classroom that can get us moving to music with hops, jumps, sounds and a Learn about the contributions of black cowboys and the whole Wild West experience of cattle drives and boom great artistic surprise in an open space. Learn about wildlife using rhythm, dance, puppetry, and drama! PK - 3 towns. 6 - 12 Bullies, Courage and Other Worries ● Carol Glynn The Ghost Net: An Environmental Musical of the Sea ● Grumbling Gryphons This compelling play, created with input from environmental educators and a marine biologist, is a powerful Leap right to the heart of handling bullies with practical strategies, bystander tips, and a survival toolbox vehicle for promoting awareness of our planet’s rapidly depleting oceans and endangered marine life. K – 8 crafted into energetic, entertaining stories told with humor and song. K - 5 Calamity Jane ● Anne Pasquale Hansel and Gretel (the Opera) ● Lollipop Opera The perennial favorite by Humperdinck, shortened for school assemblies. Soaring melodies, a scary witch and Anne brings the tales of the Old West to life with all the spirit of a buffalo stampede. This show is rich in audience participation make this opera a delightful treat for all. PK - 6 legend, sing-a-longs, live re-enactments and even a square dance or two. K - 12 Celebrating the Constitution ● Carol Glynn Hansel and Gretel ● Tanglewood Marionettes Based on the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, this delightful program features melodies from the A patriotic, energetic, respectful and fun program - celebrate the “law of the land!” Understand what the Humperdinck opera and staging, scenery and marionettes all handcrafted by Tanglewood Marionettes. K - 6 Constitution is, why it was created, the branches of government, and what it means to us today. K - 6 The Cell Phone ● Lollipop Opera Helen and Me ● Anne Pasquale Sign language and participatory re-enactments engage your students while they learn the story of the heroic This adaptation of Menotti’s The Telephone, is a comic take on a situation still relevant today: Ben wants to ask young teacher, Annie Sullivan Macy, and her revolutionary work with Helen Keller. 2 - 12
Lucy an important question, but can’t get a word in edgewise because her cell phone keeps ringing. 5 - 12 THEATRE Chariot of the Sun ● Chariot of the Sun Hold Fast to Dreams: A Musical & Dramatic Celebration of Poetry! ● Grumbling Gryphons Performance and poetry collide in this creative collaboration of classic poems combined with students original Meet the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology! Using a combination of poetry, masks, mime and work. Poems will be explored and expressed through movement, music, dance, and drama. 4 – 8 skillful audience participation, Chariot of the Sun brings these classic tales to life. 3 - 8 Cinderella ● Tanglewood Marionettes In the Shadow of the Mountain ● Lou Del Bianco Lou portrays his grandfather, Luigi Del Bianco, telling the true story of his contribution as the chief stone carver All of your favorite characters presented as lavishly costumed marionettes in this master showpiece, from for the building of Mount Rushmore. Authentic photos, maps and timelines to bring Luigi’s story to life! K - 8 gentle Cinderella to the bumptious stepsisters and the charming Prince. K - 6 Circus Illusions ● Linda Peck The Incomparable Nellie Bly ● Anne Pasquale At a time when a woman’s place was in the home, Nellie Bly became a renowned reporter in the 1890s and The circus comes to your school with tight rope walking, mime performances, juggling and more! K - 6 dared to travel the world in search of a story, developing a reporting style that changed journalism forever. 3-12 The Coffee Cantata ● Lollipop Opera This hilarious rendition of J.S. Bach’s comic cantata is a tour-de-force for Lollipop Opera! Their original English translation sparkles with modern humor and will have you wondering "Is this J. S. or P.D.Q. Bach?” 4 - 12 Connecticut Legends and Lore ● Carol Glynn Learn local and state history by becoming the Charter Oak, visiting the leather man, feeding oysters to George Washington’s horse, sinking a house in Gardner’s Lake, and getting married at Bride’s Brook. 3 - 6; Families 12 aflct.org 203-230-8101 13