Education
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Master classes and Workshops
We offer one day master classes and multi-day workshops to universities and dance schools.
Available subjects include:
- Contemporary
- Modern Partnering
- Beginner-Advanced Floorwork
- Improvisation
- Ballet/Ballet Partnering
- Elements of Choreography
- Setting Repertory or Original Works on Students
Residencies - Residencies are a full week or more with three or more company members. Durning that week, Emotions Physical Theatre will provide full days of classes and lectures for your students along with setting choreography on your students. Students will perform alongside the company in a culminating performance of new or repertory work.
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We have several K-12 education options including:
- Master classes with professional dancers
- In-school performances
- Urban Outreach
- Education classes designed to supplement specific subjects of study
- Residencies featuring a professional performance paired with classes for students and a culminating student performance
- Our signature Read and Write Program that uses elements of choreography to teach the parts of speech in an interactive format
Master classes
One day master class with company director Shawn Rawls in any of the these techniques. Master classes are a minimum of two hours long.
- Contemporary
- Modern Partnering
- Beginner-Advanced Floorwork
- Improvisation
- Ballet/Ballet Partnering
- Elements of Choreography
- Setting Repertory or Original Works on Students
Residencies
Residencies are a full week or more with three or more company members. During that week, EPT will provide full days of classes and lectures for your students. This will also include choreography for your students. Students will receive the opportunity to perform with the dance company in a newly created or repertory work.
Read and Write Program
"Exploring Writing Composition Through Dance" curriculum draws parallels between dance composition elements and grammar to unleash creative written expression through clear, concise, and sophisticated writing. Students will learn how to use six elements of dance composition, two elements of movement theater and seven of the nine parts of speech to create movement based stories. Learning how to use the parts of speech through dance movement ignites student's imaginations to make literary creation a fun and exciting experience. In addition to the focus on building writing skills through movement composition, the program enhances physical fitness to improve overall health, helps students gain a deep appreciation for theater and dance, and teaches the basic elements of proper dance technique. "Exploring Writing Composition through Dance" engages students in literary storytelling while building the compositional grammar skills necessary to take writing to the next level.
Urban Outreach
Our K-12 education programs are designed to inspire creativity, develop communication and conflict resolution skills, introduce students to professional dance, and to develop physical fitness. Artistic Director, Shawn Rawls first discovered dance through an urban dance program at Cleveland School of the Arts. He credits this early exposure to dance as the first stepping stone to his successful career in dance. He has a heart for sharing dance and the life lessons he learned through dance with urban youth.
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