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Virtual Programs
Choose from a selection of video residency packages from the AAIE Video Library. Each residency package includes five lessons in a given dance technique, available for various age groups from Pre-K through Grade 12. Also available from the AAIE Video Library is an adapted version of our popular Percussion Lecture Demonstration, which introduces students to West African dance and percussion in a fun and informative 45-minute program. Video packages are available for limited-time use by schools and community organizations with their students; they are not available for individual use.
Creative Movement | Recommended for Pre-K through Grade 2 |
Creative Movement (Storytelling Focus) | Recommended for Pre-K through Grade 2 |
Jazz/Hip Hop | Recommended for Grades 3–5 |
West African | Recommended for Grades 3–5 |
Jazz | Recommended for Grades 6–8 |
West African | Recommended for Grades 6–8 |
Hip Hop | Recommended for Grades 9–12 |
Horton Modern | Recommended for Grades 9–12 |
Percussion Lecture Demonstration | Recommended for Grades K–3 |
Percussion Lecture Demonstration | Recommended for Grades 4–8 |
In this special video residency package, master teachers and former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater members Nasha Thomas and Michael Thomas lead a series of nine video lessons adapted from the Revelations: An Interdisciplinary Approach curriculum for middle school grades. These lessons emphasize students' creativity and artistic point of view, while building their dance knowledge through the lens of Alvin Ailey's signature ballet.
In each lesson, Nasha and Michael lead a warm-up, teach sections of an original "Warm-up Dance" combination, and demonstrate interdisciplinary activities inspired by Revelations. Along the way, students acquire essential dance vocabulary and concepts, learn history about Alvin Ailey and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and develop their unique perspective on dancemaking and other artistic and academic disciplines.
With purchase of the residency package, teachers will also receive a digital educator's guide complete with lesson plans, resources, and additional activities to guide the administration of the package to their students—plus, a digital student's study guide containing the handouts, worksheets, and readings associated with each lesson. Teachers of any subject area can easily guide their students through this interdisciplinary curriculum.
Video packages are available for limited-time use by schools and community organizations with their students; they are not available for individual use.
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