Local 8th Graders, Workshop With Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, LONGER VIDEO

World renown dance company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will spend this week (March 21-25, 2011) with nearly 200 local students from Denny International Middle School, South Shore PK-8, and Aki Kurose Middle School, in an innovative curriculum-based workshop, REVELATIONS RESIDENCY.

The Revelations Residency student workshop explores Ailey's masterpiece, Revelations, celebrating 50 years during Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2011 North American tour. Students learn Horton technique warm-up, knowledge of Alvin Ailey's history and legacy and an excerpt of "I Been 'Buked" from Revelations.

This innovative curriculum-based initiative for public school students utilizes Alvin Ailey's Revelations as the inspirational framework for an in-depth study of language arts, social studies and dance. Seattle's 200 students are exposed to Ailey only through the generous funding provided by CHASE.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs in Seattle on March 25-27, 2011 at The 5th Avenue Theatre, in downtown Seattle. More information here: http://www.stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1336

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Education

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• Seattle Theatre Group
• STGpresents
• South Shore PK-8
• Aki Kurose Middle School
• Revelations Residency