Performance Programs
A quality arts experience in a learning environment has the power to transform students. It can open their worlds to a host of inspiring new ideas, from understanding history & culture to discovering ways of expression via movement, music or word. Many of these programs explore regional history through the arts, while others feature art forms from cultures across the globe. Some programs provide an introduction to traditional art forms, while others unveil the creative process. From science to social issues, these interactive performances help children make connections across the curriculum, practice critical thinking skills and use the arts as a way to define themselves in an ever-expanding world. Gateway’s performance programs are all standards-based and correlate with a number of curricular objectives. A detailed Teacher Guide is available for each program, packed with pre- and post-performance ideas for lessons plans, information about the artist and the featured work, as well as a list of additional resources (books, films, albums and websites) that use music, dance, theater, storytelling or even pantomime to make your core subjects come off the page and jump into the imaginations of your students. . Since 1957, Gateway to the Arts has been bringing performing and teaching artists into schools in western Pennsylvania. Let us help you create new opportunities for dynamic, student-centered learning. Keep in mind, for many of these performances, classroom workshops with the artist can be added to deepen the experience or address specific objectives. To schedule your performance program and workshop, contact Heidi at 412.362.6982 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
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This dynamic performance will inspire students to leap into action as athletic dancers create exciting lifts and leaps using weight, balance, momentum, and even ladders and tables! Students will recognize the different forms of inspiration that provide the impetus for this creation of contemporary dance. The dancers’ camaraderie on stage and relationship with the audience provides a fun-filled, interactive glimpse into the creative process.
Teacher Guide
Running the gamut from Tchaikovsky, Ellington and Bizet to contemporary music, Attack Theatre’s Holiday Unwrapped is an interactive dance adapted from classical and contemporary holiday fare that invites students to experience the holidays with a fresh perspective. Students will identify the connection of movement language with music, partnering and props and discover how each of these elements help convey expression, images and feelings as a holiday theme is translated into contemporary dance.
Movement, music and technology come together in this performance to explore the concept of friendship and the effects of technology. R.A.M. is a contemporary dance work that tells a story of Ram and his network of friends (Url, Surge, Giga, and Flash) who help him reformat the scrambled bits and bytes of his past. Students will identify the connection of movement language with music, props and video and how each of these elements helps convey feelings and ideas in the dance. Originally co-commissioned by Gateway to the Arts and the Three Rivers Arts Festival.