Theater Performance for Schools
Featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The 2022 Ailey II Theater Performance for Schools at the Folly Theater has been cancelled
See Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater March 24, 2023, 10:00 AM |
Theater Performance for Schools featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs diverse works from the company’s repertory including Mr. Ailey’s Revelations. Students experience a dynamic performance held on a theater stage with full costumes, lighting and sound that is one hour in length – perfect for school audiences. Programming is adapted to be age – appropriate.
Grades: Kindergarten through twelfth
Cost: $9.00 per student / Free: 2 chaperones per class / $8.00 each additional chaperone
Dates/Time: Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:00am
Length: 60 Minutes
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
This purchase includes a free 30-minute presentation to students by a KCFAA Ambassador prior to their Ailey Theater Performance! Students receive information about KCFAA, and theater etiquette.
MISSOURI LEARNING STANDARDS (Theater Performance for Schools)
FINE ARTS AREA: DA-Dance
STRANDS: Cr = Create; Pr = Perform (Dance, Music, Theatre); Re = Respond; Cn = Connect
KCFAA program study guides available to further facilitate learning goals (Study Guide)
DA:Cr1A Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Choreographers use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into movement for artistic expression.
Essential Question/Process: Where do choreographers get ideas for dances?
DA:Pr4ASelect, Analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Space, time, and energy are basic elements of dance.
Essential Question/Process: How do dancers work with space, time and energy to communicate artistic expression?
DA:Pr6A Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Dance performance is an interaction between performer, production elements, and audience that heightens and amplifies artistic expression.
Essential Question/Process: How does a dancer heighten artistry in a public performance?
DA:Re7A Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Dance is perceived and analyzed to comprehend its meaning.
Essential Question/Process: How is a dance understood?
DA:Re8A Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Essential Question/Process: How is dance interpreted?
DA:Re9A Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Criteria for evaluating dance vary across genres, styles, and cultures.
Essential Question/Process: What criteria are used to evaluate dance?
DA:Cn11A Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Enduring Understanding/Concept: Dance literacy includes deep knowledge and perspectives about societal, cultural, historical, and community contexts.
Essential Question/Process: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
This purchase includes a free 30-minute presentation to students by a KCFAA Ambassador prior to their Ailey Theater Performance! Students receive information about KCFAA, and theater etiquette.
Your school may be eligible for the Big Yellow School Bus Grant! For additional information visit the Missouri Arts Council website: www.missouriartscouncil.org.
Is your school an Arts Partner through Kansas City Young Audiences? KCFAA School Programs are listed in the ArtsPartners catalog. KCYA-Arts Partners Catalog
Click the button below to download your Study Guide for Ailey II.
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