Arts in Education
Overview
Since 1984, Battery Dance has crafted arts education programs that meet the individual needs of elementary, middle schools, and high schools in all boroughs of New York City. Battery has served over 200,000 students to date, with a special emphasis placed on teaching “at-risk” youth.
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The Company engages in highly innovative partnerships with schools to develop programs tailored to the needs of their students. Battery’s programs offer opportunities for an entire school to experience the excitement and richness of live dance performance, as well as providing inspirational hands-on training, coaching and mentoring. In many cases, long-term interactive arts-in-education residency projects have been implemented.
Battery Dance implements both long-term and short-term interactive arts-in-education residency projects that:
– Provide a hands-on, sequentially-designed dance program incorporating Common Core standards;
– Offer training, coaching and mentoring for students of all abilities with or without prior dance experience;
– Encourage students to develop their own artistic voices through the techniques and art form of choreography;
– Foster collaboration and team-building while strengthening students’ conceptual and problem-solving skills and critical thinking ability;
Current and Past Schools
Bishop Ford High School
Bronx Dance Academy School
Curtis High School
Earth School
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Gramercy Arts High School
High School of Economics & Finance
High School for Language and Diplomacy
International High School at Union Square
I.S. 49, District 14 – Brooklyn
I.S. 59 – Queens
I.S. 162 – Bronx
I.S. 318, District 14 – Brooklyn
Millennium High School
M.S. 51 – William Alexander Middle School
M.S. 177 – Yorkville Middle School
P.S. 75 – The Mayda Cortiella School
P.S. 90 – Edna Cohen School
P.S. 104
P.S. 139
P.S. 195Q
P.S. 257
P.S. 264 – Bay Ridge Elementary
P.S. 376Q
P.S. 481 – The STEAM Bridge School
Salk School of Science
Thomas Edison High School
Union Square Academy of Health Sciences
Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management
Washington Irving High School
Program Offerings
College Partnership Program
Program: Battery Dance is pleased to announce its College Partnership Program involving collaborations with Vassar College, Pace University, and Queensborough Community College.
Students at each institution will explore the ways in which dance can create social impact in communities at home and abroad, utilizing the pedagogical techniques of Battery Dance’s acclaimed “Dancing to Connect” methodology. Working side by side in teams with Battery Dance’s professional teaching artists, they will lead workshops with local high school students, employing the stepping stones for creating trust and engendering creativity, self-esteem and teamwork skills. Equipped with these skills, college dance students will gain a marketable skill that can supplement their careers as performers and choreographers while fulfilling their desire to bring positive change to communities. Click here for more information.
Dancing to Connect 360
Appropriate for grades 9 -12
Program: A fully immersive series of activities that incorporates many of the below programs plus more. Designed to give students at select schools year round access to dance education and to connect students to all that Battery Dance does.
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Dancing to Connect
Appropriate for grades 9 -12
Program: 5 days of sequential workshops with 10-25 students per group with culminating performance including Battery Dance performance
Optional: Theme may be tied to academic subject areas of history, world studies, science, the environment, literature, and art
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Dance Classes
Appropriate for grades 2 -12
Program: Sequential or single classes in modern, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, salsa, and/or improvisation for up to 30 students per class
In-School Performance
Appropriate for grades 2 -12
Program: Battery Dance full company performance
Optional: Lecture demonstration combining dance performance and commentary that is adapted to address issue areas of relevance to the school
International Artist Lecture/Demonstration
Appropriate for grades 2 -12
Program: International guest artist demonstrates foreign choreography and lectures on life in foreign countries
New York Season Free Matinee Performances
Open to all K-12 Students
In addition to direct instructional services such as dance classes and creative choreography workshops, Battery Dance exposes students of all ages to its fully-staged productions. As part of our mission to make the arts accessible to all, we invite all students participating in dance residencies to see Battery’s performances for free or at hugely discounted rates (the most expensive tickets are $5). Specially organized student matinees are scheduled to fit the school year calendar. Educational program guides, performance moderation and Q/A sessions enrich the critical and analytical skills of students.
Next Matinee Performance:
Date: March 9, 2023 at 11 AM
Location: New York Live Arts
Contact:
Andrea Bansil