Brief Description of K-12 Assembly Program

For K-12 school assemblies, ClancyWorks creates a program that excites students about the possibilities of dance to create community and exhibits ways that a choreographer sees moments in everyday life and turns pedestrian movement into a work of art. Stylistically the members of ClancyWorks have a diverse movement background which is highlighted in the performance in order to cover a range of modern dance and contemporary dance movement forms including contemporary modern dance, hip-hop mixed with traditional jazz and dances that include props/sets. A specific strength of the ClancyWorks Dance Company is the use of partnering in choreography.

A main objective in the performances of the ClancyWorks Dance Company is to educate students about the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Partnering techniques are used as a vehicle to exhibit the ways that an individual enhances his/her abilities by connecting with a positive group creating an environment of mutual respect.

School Assembly Requirements:

• a quality sound system that can play cds
• microphone with stand, if possible
• either a small room to the side of the performance area or a backstage area with a curtain
• the floor of a gym or a cleared and clean level stag
• no videotaping is allowed, per request of the artists
• With regards to audience size we are willing to perform for an audience size of up to 500 students. An audience of about 250 is preferable. Please note, if performances take place in a school gym, we request that the audience is set up on one side of the gym.
• We can do back to back performances. We need a minimum of 20 minutes in between each performance.
• We require a minimum of 30 minutes to set up for the show and 10-15 minutes to break down and pack up after a show.

Objectives of the program:

1. To allow students to see how dance connects with different aspects of their education
2. To engage students in an art activity that allows them to see the practical connections of art and life (for example: how connecting with individuals and partnering in dance allows one to see the power of working collaboratively and how working with others in a positive way can help the individual to accomplish tasks they could not do on their own).
3. To educate students about the importance of mutual respect, team work, and creating community
4. To educate students about different styles of dance and ways that choreographers create dances.
5. To expose students to a live dance performance that utilizes different styles of contemporary dance

Content of the Program:

The company presents an assembly that highlights work that is tailored to specific age groups. In each assembly there will be a mixture of group works, solo, duets and trios that engage students by the fantastic partnering sequences as well as by showcasing a variety of movement styles.

Audience participation is addressed in multiple ways throughout the performance and is tailored specifically for each audience. Sometimes the dancers engage the audience through dialogues and questions, other times it is through call and response exercises, and other times it is by giving the audience a short warm-up and creating a short dance with the students.

ClancyWorks Dance Company P.O. Box 3111, Silver Spring, MD 20918
p. (301) 717-9271 e. info@clancyworks.org www.clancyworks.org
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