Dancing Through Barriers® Residencies

Dancing Through Barriers® residencies can be designed with any combination of the described activities and may run the course of a few weeks or the entire school year. The following are examples of a 15-week residency and a 30-week residency.

15-Week Residency
1 Professional Development Workshop for Teachers (4 hours)
1 Video Assembly
Movement Classes (2 classes/day x 1 day/week x 15 weeks = 30 classes)
Accompanist
1 Culminating Lecture Demonstration (w/DTB® Ensemble)

30-Week Residency
1 Professional Development Workshop for Teachers (4 hours)
1 Video Assembly
Movement Classes (2 classes/day x 1 day/week x 30 weeks = 60 classes)
Accompanist
1 Culminating Lecture Demonstration (w/DTB® Ensemble)

These are suggested residencies, and may be altered to fit your schedule and budget.

Movement classes may also involve:
• Viewing videos of DTH Company Rep
• Dance & creative writing (language arts)
• Movement to demonstrate fractions/spatial elements/telling time/other age appropriate concepts
• Preparation of students to perform at an assembly
• History of Dance
• History of DTH

Other residency activity options
• Field trips for DTH tour (groups under 50)
• Field trips to watch Company Dress Rehearsal
• Ensemble Dancer as mentor for particular class