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  • ACT Out Ensemble
    Camp;  In-School Performance;  Professional Development;  Virtual Experience;  Workshop/Class (In-School);  Workshop/Class (Out-of-School)
    A featured part of Claude McNeal Productions (the nationally-acclaimed performance/theatre education company headquartered in Indianapolis), ACT Out is a social-issues improvisational theatre education program that centrally helps students of various ages learn to better face the difficult conflicts that are pervading and damaging societal issues in their everyday lives, encouraging students to embrace individualized solutions. Topics such as bullying, diversity, social anxiety, or anywhere from up to twenty-four other serious issues are acted out by professional actors in intense dramatic scenes, followed by frank, research-based and to the point analysis by both audience and presenters. Founded in 1995, the ACT Out Ensemble has already helped transform the lives of more than 500,000 through the unique power of live social-issues theatre, and has been recognized by The Washington Post, CNN and Teen People Magazine for its excellence in original work. All shows are original and researched in meetings with respected health professionals and educators, and then presented through the use of improvisation by four to six actors. ACT Out structures performances to meet the organization’s needs and provides each audience with an entertaining and educational experience. When combined with classroom-based learning, ACT Out programs are an essential element of reinforcing lessons and retention through active discussion. Our data shows that 85% of students who participated in our programs felt it assisted them with their real-life situations and daily encounters. In contrast, data shows that only 5-10% retain information in non-dramatized presentations. ACT Out has a number of issues we can provide programming on, but specialize in the following topics for 4th through 12th graders, and meet the Indiana State Standards per the Indiana Department of Education (under the standards adjacent to each of our topics): Bullying, including cyber- bullying- Follows Indiana Code 20-34-6-1 (under the anti-bullying and health and wellness standards) Social Anxiety/Character Development (including self-esteem building) – Follows Indiana Code 20-30-5-5 (under family /consumer science category) Diversity & Inclusion: Follows Indiana Code 20-30-5-7 Preventing Dating Violence (which includes choosing healthy relationships) Follows Indiana Code 20-30-5-17 and 20-30-5-6 (under the family and consumer science category) Substance Abuse: Follows Indiana Code (under Health & Wellness) Standard 20-30-5-11 Every ACT Out performance (length, topic and format) is uniquely tailored to suit the intended grade level. Students come away from ACT Out programs with an improved self image, a feeling that they belong to a larger community, a stronger sense of character and an increased spirit of cooperation. We are dedicated to crafting programs that are meaningful to the communities we serve and committed to bringing significant change to the lives of students. Performances generally last 45 minutes to one hour and feature a number of scenes highlighting selected topics. Scenes are immediately followed by an audience discussion, facilitated by an ACT Out director (also involving the cast), with the goals of empowering students to actively explore ideas presented in the performance, and engaging them in conversations that create continued awareness of the topics. While these discussions embrace personal responsibility and individual solutions, students are encouraged to connect their thoughts during the performance to real-life situations and emotions after the performance. That is the power of live theatre!
  • Brass Can Do Anything
    In-School Performance;  Virtual Experience
    Beginning with a blast from a prehistoric cow horn, Hot Horns engages students in an action-packed program, musically portraying the history of the brass family “past to present.  Along the way, students learn about various music periods and connections to world history, physics and math. They will learn how valves work, that smaller instruments sound higher and larger instruments sound lower, why trombones have slides and tubas are so large. Students will hear a fifteenth-century equivalent of surround stereophonic sound, take an imaginary trip to the movies, and selected students will make music alongside of Hot Horns on homemade brass instruments. In this 45-minute performance, students are highly encouraged to have a toe-tapping, finger-snapping, hand-clapping good time!  
  • Discovery Tour
    Field Trip;  Virtual Experience
    Eiteljorg Guides will give students a well-rounded orientation to the museum’s exhibitions and collections with highlights in the Western art, contemporary art and Native American galleries. Special exhibitions can also be included. **This tour can be presented virtually via Zoom. Contact ehinkle@eiteljorg.com for more info.
  • DK Virtual Intensive Study
    Camp;  Virtual Experience
    Dance Kaleidoscope is excited to offer a free week of virtual classes for dancers from Preschool to Pre-Professional levels.  DK hopes to help families with activities for young children, to help young dancers further their understanding and skills, and to help dancers stay in shape who are waiting to return to the studio and auditions. All classes will be taught on Zoom by professional DK dancers who are ready to inspire (and to be inspired by their students). Students must Register To get the link for each day’s classes, email dkeducation7@gmail.com no later than 8pm the day before. There is no charge for this week of classes, but we invite you to consider making a donation of any size to help DK continue offering classes and being part of your dance community. Thank you! Throughout the week, DK will release simple choreography for all to learn via YouTube. This will be a chance for students to practice moves with the choreographer, Aleksa Lukasiewicz. Students can also make a video of themselves doing the dance and email it to us for a culmination video to be released after the week-long intensive has finished. Be sure to check out our extracurricular activities scheduled at 5pm. These are a fun way to expand students’ understanding of dance.
  • ICC Virtual Neighborhood Choir Academy
    Virtual Experience
    For Individual Families or Music Teachers: An excellent opportunity for you to connect your students at home through song and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir.  Watch the intro video, grab the flyer, and contact us to join! Children in grades 3-8 will learn a choral piece with directors from the ICC and then record their end product to be included in a virtual choir! You can offer a Virtual Neighborhood Choir Academy to your students – right now!  Please take advantage of this free resource to you and your students as we continue to care for our ICC family by reaching out through this new online program. Be a part of the ICC from wherever you are!
  • Jazz Exercise for Grades K - 5
    Virtual Experience
    This 12-minute exercise video was put together for kids from Kindergarten through 5th Grade. Here’s an opportunity for teachers and parents to have their kids take a break from studies and to get up and move for a bit. Dance Kaleidoscope dancers: Sarah Taylor, Kieran King, Aleksa Lukasiewicz, Natalie Clevenger and Emily Dyson. Music by Bensound.com
  • Pop to Rock "History of Popular music to Rock-n-Roll Music Past to Present"
    In-School Performance;  Virtual Experience
    Popular music has evolved over the ages. Over time, crowds of 2,000+ people regularly have attended concerts by musicians; and among all the elements that make a concert great, the music performed is the key to establishing popularity and positive public reception. Featuring musical styles from different ages, including jazz and rock music, students will discover a variety of instruments whose unique features contribute to the sounds and rhythms of popular music over time. Hot Horns uses age-appropriate content and vocabulary for all musical examples and instrument descriptions. Some references to math, science, and cross-cultural connections are incorporated. Students are guaranteed to recognize the music, and will be singing along and dancing in their seats before the show is over.
  • Try It! Virtual Dance Class
    Try It! Virtual Dance Class
    Virtual Experience
    Try It! is a beginning class for very young dancers focusing on ballet & jazz styles. Emphasis on large motor skills, rhythm, coordination and basic dance steps, as part of Dance Kaleidoscope’s public class program called DK Kids. During the pandemic, we are offering weekly virtual classes for our students, as well as the public at large. These are great activities for children (of all ages). This video is taught by company dancer Missy Thompson.
  • Virtual DK Kids Dance Workouts
    Virtual DK Kids Dance Workouts
    Virtual Experience
    During this time of shelter-at-home, DK is offering free videos of exercise activities aimed at helping children stay fit and to give families activities they can do together. These video feature one of Dance Kaleidoscope’s professional dancers, filmed while they are sheltering-in-place due to COVID-19. • “Try It” is a beginning class for very young dancers (ages 3-5) focusing on ballet & jazz styles. Emphasis on large motor skills, rhythm, coordination and basic dance steps. Taught by dancer Missy Thompson • Beginning Ballet (ages 6-10) is the first class of formal ballet instruction, introducing dancers to basic positions, correct body alignment, barre work and terminology. A structured progression that creates the foundation for future dance training. Taught by Paige Robinson • Tap will focus on the development of basic tap technical skills. Taught by Jillian Godwin
  • Virtual DK Kids Dance Workouts - Week 2
    Virtual DK Kids Dance Workouts - Week 2
    Virtual Experience
    We are back with three new classes for kids (and full families, too). These videos are great activities to help us stay fit and to learn more about dance. Taught by professional DK dancers, this week’s classes are: Jazz Dance, taught by Lukasiewicz – https://youtu.be/1BtnIH251YM Hip Hop Dance, taught by Manuel Valdes – https://youtu.be/QaFYpirYOG4 Beginning Ballet, taught by Paige Robinson – https://youtu.be/MnVc3btylG0
  • We Are the People (North American Indians)
    Field Trip;  Virtual Experience
    Eiteljorg Guides will help students compare Native American resources, traditional and contemporary environments, arts and cultures from across North America. A portion of this tour will concentrate on the art, history an cultures of the Miami, Potawatomi, Delaware and other Native peoples of Indiana. View art and artifacts from the museum’s collection as well as those on loan from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. This tour is IDOE Academic -standards based, aligned with the visual arts, language arts and social studies subjects. See the Mihtohseenionki Teachers’ Resource Guide here: https://eiteljorg.org/for-educators/educator-resources/. Older students and adults will enjoy this tour, also. **This tour can be presented virtually via Zoom. Contact ehinkle@eiteljorg.com for more info.
  • Week Three of Virtual DK Kids Exercise Videos
    Week Three of Virtual DK Kids Exercise Videos
    Virtual Experience
    Here are three more videos to keep children of all ages fit. These are also great activities for families to do together! Dance Kaleidoscope (DK) normally teaches a series of dance classes for children, called DK Kids. During shelter-in-place, our professional dancers/teachers are creating videos that we’re sharing with the community at large in an effort to give back to the city that has supported DK for 48 years. Here are links to this week’s video: Jazz Dance, taught by Aleksa Lukasiewicz – https://youtu.be/r8HQfMrdyLc
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