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Flamenco: (Level 1) Tangos de Triana

by  The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

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Join Susana di Palma and a live accompanist on a journey through Spanish culture with a demonstration of Flamenco dance and traditional Flamenco guitar, followed by a lecture about Spanish history and culture. Students then have the opportunity to learn basic Flamenco steps and to work in groups to create their own song based on social and cultural influences in their own lives.

Program Rating

   based on 2 evaluation(s).

About This Program

Cost

Multipoint: $225.00
Multipoint Premium: $200.00
View Only: 225.00
View Only Premium: $200.00
Point to Point: $225.00
Point to Point Premium: $200.00
By Request: $225.00
By Request Premium: $200.00


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Length

60 Minutes


Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Public Library: Library Patrons

Minimum participants:

6

Maximum participants:

30


Primary Disciplines

Career Education, Character Education, Community Interests, Fine Arts, Foreign/World Languages, Health/Physical Education, International, Performing Arts, Social Studies/History


Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...)
Google Hang Out
Zoom



Booking Information

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice.

About This Provider

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The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

Minneapolis, MN
United States

The Cowles Center is a dance and performing arts hub that promotes movement and growth through supportive space to create and collaborate, engages audiences through dynamic performances, and educates artists of all ages through robust and inclusive education and community engagement programming.

We program an exciting season annually, representing more than 20 local artists and companies that showcase the depth and breadth of the Twin Cities' professional dance scene. 

We partner with artists and companies in our season by providing free marketing and production support, letting the artists focus on their performances. 

We educate through robust, high-quality arts learning programs serving students of all ages, statewide, via residencies, workshops, and student matinees. 

We support the growth and life-cycle of dancers and companies through our below-market-rate offices, studios and stages; and through community engagement programs, McKnight Fellowships, and our MERGES co-production program. 

Contact:
Tameka Davidson
education@thecowlescenter.org
612-512-5918

Program Details

Format

1. Short lecture on Spain's history and culture
2. Explanation of the Flamenco guitar
3. Work with students on rhythm with them clapping (palmas) and breaking into groups to work on counter point rhythm.
4. Begin some basic movement with students
5. Learn a traditional Spanish song from the flamenco tradition
6. Perform the song with the dance
7. Create their own song to express a social or cultural theme in their lives in groups.

Objectives

1. Learn the background and history of Flamenco through demonstration.
2. Learn complex rhythms that will be built upon with song and dance.
4. Perform as musicians - keeping the rhythm with hand clapping, performing the dance taught
5. Perform their song in the Flamenco tradition that expresses their culture.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

National Standards in Dance:
Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
- Students accurately identify and demonstrate basic dance steps, positions, and patterns for dance from two different styles or traditions (e.g., ballet, square, Ghanasian, Middle Eastern, modern)
- Students demonstrate accurate memorization and reproduction of movement sequences
Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
- Students successfully demonstrate the structures or forms of AB, ABA, canon, call and response, and narrative
Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
- Students competently perform folk and/or classical dances from various cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles

State Standards

Artistic Literacy Standards: Dance
• Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area: 4.1.1.1.3, 6.1.1.1.3, 9.1.1.3
• Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas: All in dance, but not pertaining to American Indians.
• Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations: 0.2.1.1.1, 0.2.1.1.2, 4.2.1.1.1, 4.2.1.1.2, 6.2.1.1.1, 6.2.1.1.2
• Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations: 0.3.1.1.1, 0.3.1.1.2, 6.3.1.1.1, 9.3.1.1.1
• Respond to and critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations: 0.4.1.1.1, 4.4.1.1.1
Artistic Literacy Standards: Music
• Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area: 0.1.1.3.1, 4.1.2.3.2, 6.1.1.3.3, 9.1.1.3.3,
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form: 0.1.2.3.2, 4.1.2.3.2,
• Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas: All in Music, but not pertaining to American Indians.
• Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations: 0.2.1.3.1, 0.2.1.3.2, 4.2.1.3.1, 6.2.1.3.1, 6.2.1.3.2, 6.2.1.3.3, 9.2.1.3.1, 9.2.1.3.3,
• Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations: 4.3.1.3.1, 9.3.1.3.1, 9.3.1.3.3,
• Respond to and critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations:
History and Social Studies Standards: In World History Strand
• K-3: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the historical development of past cultures around the world
• 4-8: 1500-1770: the student will examine changing forms of cross-cultural contact, conflict and cooperation that resulted from interconnections between Eurasia, Africa and the Americas.
• 9-12: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the interactions between Christendom and the Islamic World, 750-1500 AD
• 9-12: The student will demonstrate a knowledge of overseas trade, exploration and expansion in the Mediterranean, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, 100-1500 AD.