CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
The
New York Theatre Legacy Project:
A Cross-Curricular Partnership
Project
Maureen Kenney
Curriculum Specialist,
Repertory Company High School
for Theatre Arts
David A. Miller
Director of Education,
Roundabout Theatre Company |
An
active introduction to the process
of how student interviews with elders
in the New York theatre community were
transformed into performance through
ensemble building and cross-curricular
connections.
Participants
will actively engage in the interview-to-performance
process of how students created an original
musical performance, "Listen
and Learn: The New York Theatre Legacy
Project," based on the oral histories
of elders from the theatre community.
Students researched, interviewed, transcribed,
created scenes and constructed a script
through an ensemble program developed
in partnership between Roundabout Theatre
Company and Repertory Company High School
for Theatre Arts.
Conference Strand:
Curriculum and Assessment
Educators: will
understand how to construct a performance
project steeped in the NY State arts
and core academic standards by engaging
students in authentic, community-building
learning.
Artists: will
know how to identify and collaborate
with untapped resources in their community.
Cultural Organization
Administrators: will understand
how an effective cross-disciplinary
project can unite a team of otherwise
disparate individuals from previously
disconnected communities.
Education
Administrators: will understand how an effective cross-curricular
ensemble project can build a build
community, improve literacy, deepen
artistic knowledge and practice.
Community/Parents:
will understand how they can participate
in and activate the living history
in their communities in support of
their student’s
education.
Other: Elders, youth
and practicing professionals can
draw upon the wisdom of the elders
who have contributed to the arts.
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Maureen Kenney has
created integrated arts curricula in
a variety of New York City high schools.
She is the former director of arts
education for Manhattan High Schools,
and director of Fluency First project
(Lehman College). Her numerous conference
presentations include American Federation
of Teachers Annual Quest (Washington,
D.C.) and RESEO network conference
(Glasgow, Scotland).
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