® A NEW 42ND STREET ® PROJECT Lois Greenfield, Francois Leloup-Collet, Paula Lobo, MattShow Art: Murphy, Slaughter, Tom Daniel Roberts, Illustrations: Jacob Katie Sutton, Diamond, Kenn Tam Photos: Whitney Brown, Julieta Cervantes, Joe Conzo, Christopher Duggan, ® INSIDE EN ROUTE DANCE © THE NEW© 42ND THE NEWSTREET, 42ND INC. STREET, INC. 1 ® welcome INSIDE EN ROUTE DANCE NEW VICTORY® SCHOOL TOOLTM RESOURCE GUIDES Available to Education Partners for every show in our season, NEW VICTORY SCHOOL TOOL THE NEW VICTORY THEATER Resource Guides provide educators with The New Victory Theater is New York City’s first full-time performing comprehensive materials that explore the arts theater for kids, their families and classmates. Since it opened in 1995, artistry and key themes of each production. 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THE NEW VICTORY® THEATER / NEWVICTORY.ORG/SCHOOLTOOLS © THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. 2 ® INSIDE EN ROUTE DANCE TABLE OF CONTENTS INSIDE Information and handouts to get you ready for the show 5 HANDOUT: THIS SUMMER ON THE NEW VIC STAGE! · 6 HANDOUT: INSIDE THE ART FORM 7 WHAT DO YOUR STUDENTS KNOW NOW · 8 HANDOUT: BEING YOUR B. E.S.T. · 9 CREATIVITY PAGES: PROGRAM A • PROGRAM B • PROGRAM C EN ROUTE What you need for your trip to The New Victory Theater WHAT IS VICTORY DANCE? The New Victory Theater is thrilled to present VICTORY 16 RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES DANCE, a new series specially curated to introduce younger audiences to the incredible artistry and diversity 17 TRIP GUIDE of dance in New York City. This three-week dance DANCE series will showcase a cross-section of New York-based choreographers and companies. A variety of activities to use individually or as a unit to explore dance with your kids NEW YORK CITY DANCE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD 19 MOVE "New York is home to so many extraordinary dancers, 22 CREATIVITY PAGE: DANCE BANK · choreographers and companies who are thrilled to perform for the young people in their city." 23 CHOREOGRAPH · - Mary Rose Lloyd, Director of Artistic Programming 26 PERFORM 27 CREATIVITY PAGE: MAKE A PROGRAM MAKING CONNECTIONS TO LEARNING STANDARDS NEW VICTORY SCHOOL TOOL Resource Guides align with the Common Core State Standards, New York State Learning Standards and New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. We believe that these standards support both the high-quality instruction and deep engagement that The New Victory Theater strives to achieve in its arts education practice. COMMON CORE STANDARDS NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTS Reading: 9 The Arts: 1; 2; 3; 4 Dance Making; Developing Dance Writing: 5 ELA: 1; 3; 4 Literacy; Making Connections Speaking and Listening: 1; 2; 5 Language: 1; 2; 4; 5 THE NEW VICTORY® THEATER / NEWVICTORY.ORG/SCHOOLTOOLS © THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. 3 This section is part of a full NEW VICTORY® SCHOOL TOOLTM Resource Guide. For the complete guide, including information about the NEW VICTORY Education Department check out: NEWVICTORY.ORG/SCHOOLTOOLS ® A NEW 42ND STREET ® PROJECT EN ROUTE DANCE INSIDE ® INSIDE THE NEW VICTORY® THEATER / NEWVICTORY.ORG/SCHOOLTOOLS © THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. 4 ® NEW VICTORY THEATER © THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. THIS SUMMER ON THE NEW VIC STAGE! PROGRAM A KEIGWIN + COMPANY Renowned for his "zany blend of pop and formalism" (Dance Magazine), Larry Keigwin's choreography exudes wit, playfulness and kinetic energy. FULL CIRCLE SOULJAHS "Powerfully inspired by various forms of street performance, Full Circle Souljahs has brought a complete spectrum of approachable and straight-from-the-heart hip hop culture into theaters" (Osfashland.org). RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE Blending traditional African dance with contemporary choreography, Ronald K. Brown "captures spirituality through a rapturous dance vocabulary" (TheaterMania). PROGRAM B LAVA "A sweetly funky circus of the sort a child might long remember" (The New York Times), LAVA's choreography combines athletic physicality, intellectual rigor and social commentary. MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY Celebrating individuality, humor and the innate theatricality of life, the choreography of Monica Bill Barnes exudes "genuine wit and humor" (The New York Times). LIL BUCK Performing a hip hop dialect called Memphis jookin, sneaker-clad Lil Buck is a "tremendous virtuoso, with a lovely, light wit—which, as in Fred Astaire's dancing, makes the virtuosity more impressive" (The New Yorker). BALLET HISPANICO Ballet Hispanico, the nation's leading Latino dance company, presents a "giddy and wildly happy"(DancePulp) fusion of Latin and contemporary dance powered by theatricality and raw power. PROGRAM C GALLIM DANCE Performing the "voluptuously polyglot choreography" (The New York Times) of Artistic Director and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow Andrea Miller, Gallim Dance's contemporary works embody fearless physicality and pure imagination. MICHELLE DORRANCE Recipient of a 2011 Bessie Award and Founder/Artistic Director of Dorrance Dance/New York, "Michelle Dorrance is dynamite" (The Chicago Tribune). DOUG ELKINS CHOREOGRAPHY, ETC. "Communicative, theatrical and socially subversive," Doug Elkins's choreography fuses contemporary dance, martial arts and hip hop, exemplifying "what's irresistibly attractive" about social dance (The New York Times). BALLET TECH'S KIDS DANCE Under the leadership of choreographer Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech features a student ensemble of "wonderfully natural, sleekly trained performers" (The New York Times). ® NEW VICTORY THEATER © THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. Here is a brief list of some of the dance styles you and your students INSIDE THE ART FORM might see on the New Vic stage! ACRO DANCE A style of dance that combines acrobatic skill with classical dance technique. Acro Dance is particularly athletic, and integrates displays of human strength and ability within the context of dance. BALLET A centuries-old formal style of dance that consists of a set of intricate positions and techniques and is often characterized by graceful and fluid movements. BALLROOM Social dancing where couples dance together, moving in specific patterns that match the spirit of the song. There are lots of ballroom dance styles, such as tango, waltz, and fox trot. BREAK DANCING A style of dance often seen in hip hop, in which a performer steps away from the group to perform his or her own unique and skillful (sometimes acrobatic) dance moves. When the performer is done, s/he usually ends in a freeze pose. CONTEMPORARY A free and expressive style of dance that came about in response to more structured dance forms, like ballet and tap. It is not bound by rhythms. "CU LTURA L DANCE" A dance derived from ethnic, folk or regional traditions. In VICTORY DANCE, there are demonstrations of African Dance (Ronald K. Brown/Evidence) and Latin Dance (Ballet Hispanico), to name a few.