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Robinson Cultural Arts Program

Students call it fun, we call it Cultural Arts. Every student, every year, participates in a 10 lesson, performing arts residency, unique to each grade, K-5. Developed by Robinson teachers and performing arts artists, cultural arts enhances classroom learning, strengthens students’ creative and artistic skills, builds confidence, and broadens student exposure to a diverse array of experiences through the performing arts.
Every residency consists of a high quality curriculum that meets the stringent California Visual and Performing Arts Standards, and reinforces classroom learning by tying to a unit of study or theme within each grade’s curriculum.
Grade
|
Performing Art
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Curriculum Tie
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Kindergarten | 3 Piggy Opera | Beginning Literature: Plot, Character, Conflict |
1st | Pantomime | Sequencing: Writing, Math |
2nd | Irish Dance | Communities Outside Our Own |
3rd | Square Dance | Westward Expansion, Geometry |
4th | California Folk Dance | Study of California |
5th | Urban Contemporary Dance | Theme of “Power” |
Please click here to see a video of the Robinson Cultural Arts Program.
Teaching Artists
Radha Delamarter: Teaches 3 Piggy Opera to Kindergarten Students
Keith Berger: Teaches Pantomime to 1st Grade Students
Maire Clerkin: Teaches Irish Dance to 2nd Grade Students
Rosina Didyk: Teaches Square Dance to 3rd Grade Students
Jane Glaser: Teaches California Folk Dance to 4th Grade Students
Robert Gilliam: Teaches Urban Contemporary Dance to 5th Grade Students
Program Sponsors
Huge thanks to all our Program Sponsors:
1. Don Knabe Arts Education Partnership Program ($7,579)
2. Target ($2,000)
3. Robinson Class of 2013 ($2,306.56)
CLASS of 2013