Danza Azteca

*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge

Award winning performance Artist Lorenzo J. Ramirez, Artistic Director of Grupo Folklórico Sabor Latino, takes students on a journey back to ancient Mexico to experience the traditions, history and splendor of the Azteca people. Presented in full elaborate ceremonial uniform with natural instruments, Lorenzo provides participants with an engaging, interactive and educational experience of this unique indigenous culture.

Language of African Drumming

*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge

Participants learn the “alphabet” of African hand drums forming basic sounds to create the language of drums. Participants practice playing traditional African rhythm patterns and learn about the use of these sounds and instruments in different African cultures.

Knocking Into Air

With no set, no costumes and no props, students learn pantomime skills in order to convey meaning through gesture and expression alone. 

This workshop supports Essential Skill-building in: informed risk taking, innovation, and critical thinking.

Mini-Prop Shop

Utilizing a unique array of materials, and with guidance from a theatre professional, students are given a scenic prompt for which they must devise, from concept to completion, a stage-worthy prop.

This workshop supports Essential Skill-building in: problem solving, innovation, and awareness.

Poetry in Action

In this workshop drama and literacy come together as students create and perform short scenes based on well known poems. Youth explore pace, characterization, gesture, emotion, space, and energy to engage with and reimagine simple text. As students work together in groups, they learn about teamwork, the creative dramatic process, and how to engage more completely with literature.

Shakespeare’s Stage

“All the world’s a stage!” Participants explore Shakespeare’s world in this acting workshop that combines literature with the performing arts. Fun tongue twisters from Hamlet, fairy scenes from A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, and acting games give participants a brief look at this famous playwright. Discover creative Shakespearean phrases and ease the understanding of Shakespeare’s dialogue through a trivia game and original comedic radio play based on six of Shakespeare’s works.

Swashbuckling

Learn how actors create those stage and scene battles without pain! Students learn the simple terms and techniques for hand-to-hand stage combat, as well as introductory fencing techniques.

Yes, and…Comedy Improv

Participants take part in a variety of theatre and improvisation games. From partner improvs to group improvs, everyone gets a chance to play.  Students develop self-confidence, learn about comic timing, and strengthen cooperation and listening skills.

Chinese Dragon Boats

*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge

Students learn about the origins of the Dragon Boat Festival and sculpt their own Dragon Boats from clay.

Frogs! Frogs! Frogs!

*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge

In this workshop students explore the anatomy, physiology and life cycle of frogs and create their own frog inspired vessel.

GIANT Drawings

Using jumbo sheets of paper, students learn point perspective and use their newfound skills to create larger than life character illustrations.

Paper Molas

Traditional Panamanian fabric Molas, patterned rectangular panels of sewn brightly colored fabrics and applique, inspire this collage project. Using cut and paste layering techniques, students design their own bold, colorful paper Molas.

Senufo Inspired Mud Paintings

Taking inspiration from textile based paintings created by the Senufo people of the northern Ivory Coast, students explore the symbolization of natural elements and repetitive pattern design as they create their own stylized mud paintings on cloth.

Torn Paper Landscapes

Colorado’s amazing landscapes and land formations are the foundation of this unique take on collage. In this workshop students tear and paste in layers to create colorful layered images inspired by our natural landscape.

This vibrant and energetic performance, based on the drumming traditions of West Africa, takes its audience on a rhythmic journey from Africa to the New World and back. The dynamics of the music gives the ensemble its name. “Kusogea” is a word in Ki-Swahili that means “to move.” “Nobi'' is a word indigenous to the world that means “people.” Kusogea Nobi moves people—it is virtually impossible to remain still during this performance!

* $550 flat fee - Grades K-8

The sound of an authentic Taiko drum leads this exploration through Japanese culture. Costumes, Japanese folktales, percussion instruments, and the booming Taiko drum come together to immerse students in ancient Japanese art forms. 

* $350 flat fee - Grades K-12

Yesterado is a one-hour-long performance featuring a light-hearted glimpse at Colorado history. Real-life traveling entertainers Jack Langrishe and Marietta Ravel are reimagined as a sort of goofy, time-travel welcome wagon committee, taking you back in time and giving you a glimpse of Colorado in the 1890s. To deepen your students’ learning, please ask about accompanying workshops that complement Yesterado.

* $400 flat fee - Grades 2-6