ACT 320 B REACHING OUT: TAKING MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATRE TO A TITLE ONE SCHOOL IN OUR COMMUNITY
A Title One School provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. This course will take Elon Performing Arts students to a Title One School in Burlington to work with their children (most from families living beneath the poverty level) showing them the possibilities that the performing arts can create in their lives. For part of the semester students will work with their professor at CFA learning about, discussing, and creating an outreach experience in the arts. Initially, a brief lecture/demonstration to take to the students will be created to introduce them to us. For the rest of the semester Elon students will workshop at the school with a group of 4th and 5th graders who will study about dance, singing, acting, and tech theatre with their Elon tutors. Their studies will culminate in a presentation for an assembly of Newlin’s students, faculty, and parents. The goal is to have Elon PA majors perform with the Newlin students to show how these skills can be developed over time. Some reading/research will be required early in the semester and writing will include the creation and structuring of weekly workshops, a final presentation, and personal reflections of the process and the outcome. Students from each discipline are welcome to register. All that is needed are some foundational skills you can share and an interest in working with children. Please email lsabo@elon.edu if you would like to register or have more questions about this course. For Music Theatre, Acting, and Dance majors, first year through seniors, by permission of instructor in order to evenly distribute student disciplines.
Cross Listed Courses
DAN 320 E, MTE 320 H
Offered
Spring