STUDENT MATINEES
LOOK BOTH WAYS
Ten stories in ten blocks. Six performers weave together ten unique perspectives. What happens after the dismissal bell rings? Travel 10 blocks. Witness 10 unique tales. There’s something for everyone across these 10 vignettes about identity, fear, compassion and friendship – as told through puppetry,
dance, music, projections, audience participation, kamishibai (paper theater) and more. Based on the book by Jason Reynolds.
TUE & WED, FEB 11-12, 2025 9:45 & 11:45 AM
GUNTER THEATRE
Grades 6-8
Social/Emotional Learning, Storytelling, Theatre
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Introduce your students to America’s most popular dance company, with its unique mix of contemporary and classic movement. Alvin Ailey’s work celebrates the Black cultural experience and modern dance tradition, seamlessly blending the two. Whether you’re a long-time fan or a newcomer to dance,you’re sure to be delighted WED, FEB 19, 2025 • 11:45 AM PEACE CONCERT HALL Grades 6-12 Dance, Black History Month
HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Comedian Robert Post barely survived middle school because of learning disabilities. Making people laugh saved him. This multimedia performance deals with real issues affecting students today. Kids’ video testimonials (and Post’s humor) are sure to resonate.
TUE-THUR, MAR 25-26, 2025 9:45 & 11:45 AM
GUNTER THEATRE
Grades 6-8
Theatre, Emotional/Social Learning, Storytelling
OUR PLANET LIVE Frozen Worlds
The unforgiving frontier of climate change. The calving of a gigantic iceberg or the risks of fossil fuel exploration in the arctic are never far from our news screens. Yet what does it mean for the inhabitants? Follow polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins in this special film and lecture event led by Huw Cordey.
TUE, APR 1, 2025 • 11:45 AM PEACE CONCERT HALL Grades 6-12
Science, Environmental Studies, Natural History
STUDENT MATINEES
will empower your students to grow, stimulating them in three dimensions, opening their imaginations, engaging, igniting, and deepening the learning process through the power of the performing arts.
$12 TICKETS!