School Residency Program Schedule

Lesson One Introduction; The Physical Conversation, Spatial and Musical Awareness and Relationships, Level Changes, The Mirror dance
Lesson Two   The Three Types of Dance, Marching Band Moves, English Country Dance, Stage Direction, Mirroring with a Partner
Lesson Three

History of Ballet, Introduction to Ballet Steps and Positions, The Five Movement Qualities with Changing Levels and Tempi, Choreography and Creativity
The classes above prepare students for the program, explaining the Artists expectations and defining a method of working with students whom have never participated in a dance class

Lesson Four Language Arts: Verbs-The Action Dance
Lesson Five  Language Arts: Nouns and Themes - Panda Dance
Lesson Six  Language Arts: Creative Writing — The Panda Dance Part 2 (Class teacher needs to prepare a story)
Lesson Seven   Mathematics: Symbols- The Movement Symbol Dance (Class teacher needs to supply paper and crayons)
Lesson Eight  Mathematics: The Math dance (Class teacher need to supply paper and crayons)
Lesson Nine  

Science : Simple Machines — The Mechanism Dance
(Option A) Science: Geography — The Map Dance (Option B)

Lesson Ten

Science: Anatomy — The Body Dance (Option A)                                   
Science: Solar System —The Solar System Dance (Option B)
Science: The Three States of Matter — The Molecule Dance (Option C)
Thirty two students will be selected from participating schools to receive a full scholarship to the Ballet Idaho Academy of Dance.  Scholarship recipients for all schools will be announced in late spring.