K-8 Arts Mosaic: Movement and Music Across the Curriculum

8:30 am - 3:45 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2009
University of Washington, Seattle Campus

Please join the Jackson School Outreach Centers for a day of international themed sessions focused on the performing arts. Are you looking to find new ways to bring the world into your classroom? Are you looking to expand your resources for teaching international social studies and the arts? Highlights of the day will be a keynote session by dance educators and curriculum writers Debbie Gilbert and Joanne Petroff and participatory sessions with the internationally famous French African dance troupe Compagnie La Calebasse. Participants will receive 7 clock hours, an ethnic buffet lunch, lesson materials, classroom resources and door prize. Participants should expect to move and use their voices in these participatory sessions suitable for all.

Keynote Presentations:

“African Rhythms and Dance” by Compagnie La Calebasse
“Infusing Dance and Music in the Classroom: Smooth & Sharp, Legato & Stacato” by Whistlestop Dance Company

Break-out Sessions Include:

• Latin Caribbean Rhythms and Dance
• Bosnian Folk Dance 101: Fast Footwork and Grace
• Japanese Taiko Drumming
• Numbers, Form and Poetry - Ideas for the Classroom from the North and South Indian Drumming and Spoken Rhythmic Traditions
• Indonesian Mask, Dance & Drumming

Keynote Presenters:

Compagnie La Calebasse is a French African dance troupe whose dancers hail from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and France. Described as exuberant, earthy, and joyful; their choreography is an exciting mix of African and Afro-contemporary styles. Compagnie La Calebasse will be in Seattle for performances with UW World Series. During La Calebasse's Mosaics session, participants will have a unique opportunity to learn African rhythms and dance with live drumming accompaniment. Company members will demonstrate, teach, and explain the roots, traditional meaning, and background behind each step and movement. This teaching is rooted in understanding the connection between the brain and the body, and each participant will enjoy a truly African experience.

Whistlestop Dance Company: Debbie Gilbert and Joanne Petroff are the Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors of the Whistlestop Dance Company. Since 1976, Whistlestop has earned a reputation for excellence in dance for audiences of all ages and abilities. Whistlestop received the Dance Educators Association of Washington's 1996 Honor Award for outstanding contribution to dance education in Washington public schools. Whistlestop has developed many programs infusing the arts with curriculum, such as Dancing Science, Dancing Math, Dancing Poetry, World Dance, Dancing Times and Cultures, and recently piloted the state’s Dance Classroom-Based Performance Assessments. Family Dance Nights build community as students and families dance together.

Registration:

Registration must be received by March 2, 2009. The registration fee of $45 includes 7 clock hours, an ethnic lunch, and all materials, and is payable in the form of check or P.O. to "University of Washington." Registration forms and payment should be sent to:

Southeast Asia Center
ATTN: K-8 Mosaic
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Box 353650, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3650

Registration forms are available in PDF format.

For more information, contact the Southeast Asia Center at (206) 543-9606 or via email at seac@u.washington.edu.

Please note registration fees are non-refundable and we can not accept payment by credit card. Saturday UW Parking costs $4.00 payable by cash or check at the gatehouse. If you would like to take public transportation, please check the box on the registration form. Bus passes will be distributed at the workshop.

Your payment will be processed by Student Fiscal Services (SFS) at the University of Washington. SFS processes checks electronically using the information on the check to create an electronic funds transfer. Each time you send a check, you authorize a one-time electronic transfer where funds will be withdrawn from your bank account. You will not receive your canceled check because SFS is required to destroy the check after it has been processed. For more information, or to stop the conversion of your check into an electronic funds transfer, please contact SFS at (206) 543-4694 or by email at sfshelp@u.washington.edu.

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.