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O. Henry Museum Tours

The mission of the O. Henry Museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret artifacts and archival materials relative to the author, for literary, educational, and historical purposes that are accessible to the public.

Opera by Night

There is no better way for a young person to become acquainted with opera than to attend a dress rehearsal. These evenings are free of charge and designed for fifth grade through high school depending on the content of each production. These events are free of charge.

Opera on a Stick!

Austin Lyric Opera has developed a fun and engaging introduction to opera. A group of opera singers, accompanied by a pianist, lead students in a 45 minute program of opera instruction and live performance. After learning about the history of opera’s origins, musical and opera specific terms and concepts are introduced and demonstrated. Students are treated to live performances of several operatic selections by some of Austin’s finest classical singers. At the conclusion of the presentation, students become performers as well, as they will learn to sing a brief chorus excerpt along with their guides. A lively Q&A session ends the program. Cost is $550.

Opera Treasure Chests

These entertaining and educational Treasure Chests will be available for teachers for one month in their classrooms. The curriculum is a first introduction to opera for the first through third grade, and will include lesson plans, DVD’s, books, and costumes. These Treasure Chests are absolutely free but a singer and a pianist may visit the classroom for the low price of $175 at some point during the project to entertain the students with opera highlights if you so choose.

Peter and the Wolf School Shows

This whimsical production will be performed by Ballet Austin II at Ballet Austin and on school campuses – features choreography by Stephen Mills and the classic score by Sergei Prokofiev.

Quiet Imprint

Quiet Imprint, a 40-minute contemporary ballet choreographed by Thang Dao and performed by Ballet Austin II, will provide a powerful classroom and performance link to the story of those dispersed from Vietnam during and following the conflict lasting from 1959 – 1975. Quiet Imprint depicts the arduous journey experienced by countless displaced Vietnamese men and women by drawing inspiration from their individual stories. Informed by Dao’s open dialogue with Central Texas Vietnamese elders, the work integrates their own folk dance movements and stories to document their journey of exile. Quiet Imprint has truly encouraged reflection about the consequences of conflict and social injustice, and inspired cross-cultural dialogue about our responsibility as individuals and citizens of the global community. The 2010 premiere of Quiet Imprint was nominated by the Austin Critics Table for Best Choreographer and Best Ensemble. In response to audience and critical acclaim, Ballet Austin II performed the work again in Austin (October 2010), Houston (April 2011), and Orange County, California (October 2011). Curricula The Quiet Imprint curricula provides important insight into the experiences of the Vietnamese Diaspora. Most significantly, the curricula will encourage reflection and dialogue about social justice issues, ensuring a resonance and application beyond the performance experience. We expect Quiet Imprint to provide students with relatable insight into the struggle faced by Vietnamese refugees during this historical period, to encourage reflection about the consequences of conflict and social injustice, and to serve as a conversation starter about our responsibility as individuals and citizens of a current global community facing a refugee crisis. The optional curricula spans two class periods—one pre-show curriculum and one post-show curriculum. In addition to providing curricula, Ballet Austin offers an hour of accompanying professional development for classroom teachers free of charge, which will serve as a model for instructors striving to provide current links and relevant interactive learning experiences with their lesson plans. Grade Level: Middle School and High School Students Click here for more information.

Roots & Rhythms

Roots & Rhythms is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary, cultural arts and music education program fostering positive ties to local communities by providing a percussion program to local children and youth.

School Matinees

The Paramount Theatre offers school matinee performances for school groups. Study guides are tailored to the curriculum and TEKS and are provided to each participating student. The cost is on a sliding scale and many are 100% underwritten and attend at no cost to them. We also bring the theatre to them with in-class pre-show workshops where the children are prepared for the play and the theatre experience.

Shakespeare 20/20

Bring Shakespeare to life in your library and classrooms with a presentation by professional actors from Austin Shakespeare featuring your students’ participation. Using verse from Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, and other plays, we invite students to meet TEKS requirements in ways that excite and enliven language-building skills. Half the class period uses trained Shakespearean actors to perform scenes of his work; the rest has students working directly with the actors to speak and perform the words themselves. Our philosophy is that Shakespeare is much better understood when seen and heard rather than simply read. Sessions start at $150, with discounts for multiple bookings.

Southgate-Lewis House Tours

The Southgate-Lewis House is a historic two-story home in east Austin, Texas. It was built in 1888 by a local bookbinder using the Gothic Revival style of architecture. The home is located in a historically African-American neighborhood. In 1986 it was sold to the W.H. Passon Historical Society for its headquarters. It was recently renovated. The Society operates the Museum at the Southgate-Lewis House. The museum’s exhibits focus on the African American experience in Austin and Travis County. Also, Wax Track often displays their statue exhibits in this space.

Street Dance

From Dirty dancing, to Step Up, and to You’ve got Served learn all kinds of dancing and experience what the actors felt. No need to feel shy, or be scared of not knowing how to dance beacuse thats what i am here for. This is a friendly enviornment to all so please feel free to join us and have a blast of fun. For more information please call or email me.

Student Informances

Students experience Shakespeare on the stage at a specially crafted student "informance" during the run of our productions at The Long Center for the Performing Arts. Informances include scenes with the actors and a lively question and answer session with the students. It’s a rare opportunity to interact with trained Shakespearean professionals.

Summer @ Austin Studios

For more than two decades, the Austin Film Society has served as the hub of Austin’s vibrant film community. Summer @ Austin Studios offers a unique opportunity to work with local filmmakers and experience the magic of film and filmmaking. Whether it’s developing a script idea to producing a live-action film or developing an animation project, AFS programs provide a fun, nurturing space for exploration and collaboration. Camps include select film screenings, a guest filmmaker visit and a behind-the-scenes Austin Studios tour. Finished films are screened for family and friends in the AFS Screening Room at a culminating Friday night showcase. Students are welcome to attend multiple camps or focus on a single week. Classes are open to both novices and advanced students.

Teacher Professional Development

Ballet Austin offers professional development for public school dance educators in Central Texas throughout the year, and is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) approved provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) certification. Opportunities include: Master and Technique Classes Learn for your own growth, or train to teach in any of the broad range of dance and fitness styles offered through Ballet Austin’s Butler Community School (ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop, Broadway, hula, yoga, Pilates mat). Schools and school districts may arrange for privately-held master classes for their teachers in order to earn CPE credits. Classroom Curricula The following classroom curricula (each including PowerPoint Presentation, lecture notes, and student handouts) were developed for middle school and high school classrooms: The History of Ballet The History of Modern Dance The History of Hip Hop Dance Cornerstones of Contemporary Ballet The Future of Ballet and Dance Career Paths in Dance The Choreographer’s Toolkit

Teacher Workshops and Museum Tours

2011-2012 TEACHER WORKSHOPS Discover all that AMOA has to offer you and your students! Teachers from all subject areas and levels are welcome to attend AMOA’s workshops! Teacher Workshops 2011 – 2012 SAVE THE DATE Educators’ Art Schmooze and Views Thursday Oct. 4th 5 pm – 7 pm, Location – Arthouse at the Jones Center Explore The Anxiety of Photography, a collaborative exhibition between Arthouse at the Jones Center and the Austin Museum of Art. AMOA-Laguna Gloria offers a unique experience of history, art, and nature. Visitors can tour the recently restored 1916 Italianate-style villa that was the home of Texas legend Clara Driscoll. Inside they can view intimate art exhibitions. Outside they can stroll the historic gardens overlooking Lake Austin and enjoy outdoor sculpture. Public tours of Laguna Gloria, the Driscoll Villa, and historic gardens are held every Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm.

Teaching the TEKS Through Theatre

The Education/Outreach department is offering in-school workshops that use theatre techniques to engage students in classroom learning. These workshops: • Meet specific needs of a school’s curriculum—from social studies to science, English to math, theatre to art • Use drama techniques including taking on roles of characters in literature, learn vocabulary through movement and gestures, and reenacting situations based on historical events and places

The Cipher-Austin's Hip Hop Project

We unite youth through music ,poetry and activism.

The Creative Quest

A Search for the Elements of Art! On this self-guided tour, groups engage in a storewide treasure hunt to discover the six elements of art. An easy-to-follow treasure map and fun clue cards direct teams throughout the store, exploring shape, form, color, line, space and texture. These concepts come together when all the elements are found and children are rewarded with creating an art project.

The Heroes / Los Heroes

TAP Actors/teachers visit K-2nd grade classrooms for an interactive, multi-day residency that teaches students proven conflict resolution strategies. The performance takes place one hour a day over four consecutive days, with a follow-up visit three to six weeks later to review what the students have learned and how they’ve applied what they learned in their own lives. “How do we both get what we want?” That’s the central question of this bilingual performance that draws students in with colorful puppets, catchy songs, and lots of interactive moments. Usually, Barton Springs is full of happy animals — birds, fish, bunnies, and gophers all live in harmony. But when the animals’ habitats and scarce resources are threatened, our protagonist Sam the Salamander discovers disagreements erupting everywhere! To solve the problems, Sam and the students take off on a fantastic journey around the world from a Costa Rican rain forest to Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro and beyond — to learn the four simple steps to conflict resolution.

The Living Newspaper Project

The Living Newspaper Project is a project-based learning model that interrogates and animates human rights issues through drama-based instruction and performance. Working with 5th-12th grade students and teachers, we create original performances about current human rights issues that correspond with each classroom’s curriculum. Moving through a three-phase process – from research to scripting to staging – the Living Newspaper Project culminates in a public performance at each partner school. Throughout this process, drama specialists train classroom teachers in the methods and pedagogy of the program, ultimately empowering teachers to facilitate the project independently.

The Music Bus ROCKS!

The mobile music classroom that comes to you! The Music Bus ROCKS! is a fully interactive …music technology classroom that will provide a hands-on learning environment for each and every student. It is even an Internet hot spot! Students will be able to take advantage of on board computers and music technology software as well as a full upright piano and acoustic drum set.That is why we are creating a mobile environment where the arts can flourish right outside your door. There will be teaching standards making our staff highly skilled in music theory, technique, pedagogy, and performance.

The Nutcracker School Shows

Endowed by Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham through the Ballet Austin Foundation Each year over 13,000 Central Texas elementary school students and teachers attend Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker School Shows. The mission of these shows is to provide one act of a live ballet performance in a large theater at a minimal cost for local elementary-aged students. To enhance this live ballet experience, we also offer The Nutcracker Docent Program (see that program listing), an optional in-school pre-performance educational program geared towards 3rd-graders that includes engaging activities for the classroom.

Trips to The Curtain Theatre

Bring your class to The Curtain Theatre, Austin’s replica of an Elizabethan theatre for a special tour and talk on the shape and structure of the Globe Theatre. Follow it up with a tour of Castleton Village, a miniature Elizabethan village on the grounds.

Wax Track Gallery Exhibits and Seminars

We build statues and monuments in wax, bronze, and concrete and can provide seminars on wax statue making as well as setting up exhibits to display our work. Typically we set up our exhibits in the library of a school.

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