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Discovery Tour

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

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 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 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

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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