What We Offer
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
Arts Integration is a great way to deepen student understanding and engage kinesthetic learners.
Nicole listens to classroom teachers' needs and designs a residency to complement classroom standards. Nicole's uplifting and engaging style often achieves a 100% classroom participation.
Prices start at $150 for a one-time workshop or design a residency starting at $75/session.
Partner Dancing for PE Classes
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
Remember when PE classes taught us how to partner dance? Let's bring it back! Students will benefit from learning social dance etiquette and east coast swing basics. If time allows, students will learn some turns and tricks.
You can also hire Miss Nicole to lead an absolute beginner social dance lesson as an ice breaker for Father Daughter Dinner Dances or host a social dance workshop before the high school prom.
Two options: Hire Nicole (starting at $75/hour) or Host a workshop series and earn 20% for your school.
Line Dancing Workshops
Arts Integration for Elementary Schools
High School Musical Theater Jazz and Tap
How can you entertain a bunch of middle schoolers? How can you get students from being wall flowers to dancers for their next school dance?
A line dance workshop! Everyone does the same thing, so there's safety in numbers. You choose the song, and we go from there or book a series to learn all the latest moves.
Ideal for an after school workshop series, part of PE classes, or a one-time lesson at the outset of a school dance.
Two options: Hire Nicole (starting at $75/hour) or Host a workshop series and earn 20% for your school.
High School Musical Theater Jazz and Tap
High School Musical Theater Jazz and Tap
High School Musical Theater Jazz and Tap
Help give high school students the confidence to audition for the the spring musical or help your current students boost their dance skills. Miss Nicole is available to teach musical theater jazz and tap for absolute beginners and improvers of all levels.
Two options: Hire Nicole (starting at $75/hour) or Host a workshop series and earn 20% for your school.
Orenco Elementary After School Class
High School Musical Theater Jazz and Tap
Orenco Elementary After School Class
COMING SOON!
Weekly Creative Dance Classes
Miss NIcole uses dance games and improvisation to teach the essential dance elements. The students will get to make up their own moves and their own dances every week.
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Thank you!
making school subjects fun through dance
What is a Creative Dance School Residency?
Essentially, Nicole is a guest artist who comes to the school for 3-5 Classroom Sessions with the students. The content is driven by teachers' needs and curriculum goals. Every lesson directly connects dance with state and national standards for a true arts integration experience.
Nicole's 5 Easy Steps to a Fantastic Residency:
- Nicole chats with teachers via email to decide the basics: who/what/when
- A short Planning Meeting is held to fine tune the curriculum details.
- Nicole emails her lesson plan and any advance materials to all the teachers.
- Nicole delivers 3-5 Classroom Sessions at the school.
- Students perform their dances for parents (during class, at an assembly, or in an STEAM night).
All the activities are structured improvisations--ideal for students of all talents and skills. Teachers, regardless of their background, can implement these tools even after the residency is over. As a veteran, Nicole easily "reads the room," and individualizes her activities for a variety of students. There is a role for every child.
Questions?
Do you have a subject you want to connect to dance? Do you wonder if it can be done?
What We Teach
MATH
ENGINEERING
SCIENCE
You can make math dance?!?! Yes, we can! I will show you how, and we'll create a great class dance together. If you want a math residency, here are some topic ideas:
- K- Greater Than/Less Than, Addition 1-20, Subtraction
- 1/2: Part/Part/Whole, Congruent/Symmetrical, Fraction Basics (Whole, Half, Fourths)
- 3-5: Multiplication (Arrays, Factors, Multiples), Angles (Acute, Obtuse, Right), Lines (Parallel, Intersecting, Perpendicular)
SCIENCE
ENGINEERING
SCIENCE
Science and dance are a natural fit. Systems, patterns, cause and effect can all be covered through dance. Here are some topic ideas:
- K-2: Life Cycles, Habitats, Ecosystems
- 3-5: Water Cycle, Solar System, Forces
- 6-8: Newton's Laws of Physics, Cells, Chromosomes
ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
LANGUAGE ARTS
If you think of choreographers as inventors, then there's lots of possibilities. Can students “engineer” a dance that educates their audience about important civics/social science topics? Students can cover topics like:
- wealth/scarcity
- consequences of cooperation/conflict
- differing perspectives
- role of citizens in a government
- bias/injustice/discrimination/stereotypes
LANGUAGE ARTS
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
LANGUAGE ARTS
Stuck in a chair reading for Language Arts? Get moving instead!
- K: Characters, Setting, Adjectives
- 1-2: Beginning, Middle, End, Problem/Solution, Comparing Two Versions of Same Story, Theme
- 3-5: Fables/ Folktales, Narrative Writing, Sequencing, Moral
HISTORY
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
Too many people think History is boring, in my opinion. I actually have a B.A. in History, so I love it when I get to combine my love of history with my passion for dance. Students get to bring History to life, bonus!
- Some topic ideas include Causes of the American Revolution
- The strengths/weaknesses of the Mayans, Incans, and Aztecs
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
Dance is a natural teacher of many social/emotional lessons. Here are some topics we have covered:
- Citizenship
- Cooperation/Teamwork
- Growth Mindset
- Adaptability