Assemblies

 

 

 

Dancing Through Barriers announces fun, interactive and educational performances for grades 3 – 12. These 1 hour school-time assemblies use words, music and dance to bring social change and significant historical events to life.  An engaging learning experience for your students, bring “Vumbua!" An American Journey from Africa to Hip Hop” to your school. Assemblies include:

Historical Events and Time Periods

• Great Migration
• Harlem Renaissance
• Civil Rights Movement
• Hip Hop Era

Pioneers

• Zora Neale Hurston (Author)
• A’Lelia Walker (Business Executive)
• Thurgood Marshall (Supreme Court Justice)
• Arthur Mitchell (Artistic Director)
• DJ Kool Herc (Father of Hip Hop)
• Afrika Bambaataa (Godfather of Hip Hop)

To book an assembly for your school, contact Geneva Manley at 212-690-2800 (Ext. 426)
 
All Assemblies align with:

 

NYC Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance: “Making Connections” strand

NYS P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy:
Students Who are College Ready in Listening capacities: “Comprehend; And Critique and Understand Other Perspectives and Cultures”
 
K-8 Scope and Sequence in Social Studies: “Culture and Time, Continuity and Change” strands