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Maire Clerkin - Traditional, Rhythmic & Creative Irish Dance

Irish Dance Drama Workshop: Create a theater performance from Celtic folk tales, involving ensemble speech, movement skills, improvisation, role-play, teamwork, imagination and Irish Dancing. Adaptable to different grade levels.

Write-Move! - Simple [Dance] Steps to Develop your Writing: Learn new strategies in how to write, improve literacy and express oneself on the page. Students develop skills in creative description, documenting, imagery, editing, reporting, structure, grammar, vocabulary and storytelling, by writing up their experience of physical exercise, rhythms and teamwork during Irish Dance.
Ideal for 5th graders. Adaptable for 3rd grade and above.

Maire Clerkin is also a part of the assembly performance A Gaelic Gathering: Irish Music & Dance

Price:
$100 per 60-minute workshop, plus possible planning fee. Minimum three workshops per day must be scheduled.

Age Group: Grades K-12
Capacity: 1 Classroom (maximum of 35 students, plus regular teacher)
Availability: Year Round

Teacher In-Service Price: $300/hour (2-hour minimum required).
Capacity: 40 Educators

To design an arts education program with this artist, please call (213) 250-ARTS or email schoolprograms@musiccenter.org.

Prices good thru 6-30-12

Maire Clerkin - Traditional, Rhythmic & Creative Irish Dance

Download Student Workshop Preparation Materials:

Staging Requirements (PDF)

Write-Move Workshop (PDF)

Irish Dance and Drama Workshop (PDF)