A multi-week residency tied into
the social studies curriculum. Children learn indigenous
dance forms to music from cultures around the world.
Aboriginal Dance from Australia to
the music of the didgeridoo with native chanting and clap sticks
Chinese Ribbon Dance from
Asia to Chinese flutes and strings
West African dancers from
Africa to African drumming
Italian Tarantella
dancers from Europe to Western orchestral
music with tambourines
Argentine Tango dancers
from South America to the music of renowned
composer Astor Piazolla on the bandoneón
U.S.A. Hoedown dancers
from North America to a pops orchestral
arrangement. This dance has audience participation at the end with clapping and
hand gestures plus a surprise entrance by the boys riding hobby horses.
Finale: All the dancers with a
penguin as a guest dancer from the seventh continent, Antarctica