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For Educators | Students | Parents | Grades Pre-K–12

“UMS adds so much to our lives as educators!”

— Meira, Ann Arbor Public Schools

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Inspiring arts participation. Developing an imagination of the possible. Supporting academic achievement.

While broad, these goals express our belief in the power of the arts to effect positive and joyful change in the lives of youth. Despite economic challenges, or perhaps because of them, UMS, now in our 131st season, remains resolute in engaging the regional K-12 learning community with the very best performing artists in the world.

We hope that the public, independent, and home schools that participate in our 09/10 Youth Education Program use our resources—especially our Africa and Arts & Bodies Series— to help develop the “whole child” who creatively contributes to society and leads his/her own learning.

The program consists of day-time Youth Performances, after-school Educator Workshops, In-School Visits by artists, and academically aligned Curriculum Resources. The theme of this year’s entire UMS Education and Audience Development program is Breaking Down Walls.

Through this focus we endeavor to eliminate barriers that impede personal and intellectual growth, arts engagement, and connection to community.

This brochure details the season’s exciting events and provides information on how to participate. We look forward to working with you and your students soon!

Best wishes,

Claire Rice Interim Director of Education & Audience Development

You’re Invited!

Annual After-School Luncheon for Teachers

Omari Rush Education Manager

Our season kick-off celebration and program preview!

Free and open to educators.

RSVP to 734-615-0122 or umsyouth@umich.edu

Tue, Sep 15, 4:30-6:30 PM Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor

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The 2009 | 10 Youth Performance Series is sponsored by

The Esperance Family Foundation.

outh Performances UMS Youth Performance Elements: • UMS Teacher Resource Guides: Print, electronic, and audio-visual materials sent to each attending educator in advance of the performance. These materials provide performance context and suggestions for curriculum integration.

• $6 tickets for students, teachers, and chaperones, unless otherwise noted.

• One-hour performances without intermission, unless otherwise noted.

• Recommended Relevant Reading: A list of books related to each Youth Performance.

Visit www.ums.org/education for the list.

See page 19 for information about requesting tickets for Youth Performances.

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KEITH TERRY AND THE SLAMMIN’ ALL-BODY BAND

DOMINIC DROMGOOLE artistic director Fri, Oct 23, 12 NOON – 3 PM POWER CENTER Grades 7-12

Fri, Nov 6, 11 AM – 12 NOON HILL AUDITORIUM Grades K-12

In Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s comedic rhythm beats with strophes of bizarre syntax, puns, and parody that serve up a boisterous celebration of young love. Set in the court of Navarre (Spain), where self-denial is in fashion, the young King and three of his courtiers choose to renounce all pleasures in favor of serious study. However, the Princess of France and her all-too-lovely entourage have other ideas, and it isn’t long before the impulses and urges of infatuation cause the all-male ‘study club’ to break each of its self-imposed rules. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, with designs by Jonathan Fensom and music

by Claire van Kampen, the production employs Renaissance staging, costume, and music — a stylistic trademark of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts Sponsored by the Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12 Education Endowment Fund.

Photos, l to r: Paul B. Goode, John Haynes, Irene Young

Funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund.

Using any surface for its rhythmic possibilities, Keith Terry “claps his hands, rubs his palms, finger-pops, stamps his feet, brushes his soles, slaps his butt and belly, pops his cheek, whomps his chest, skips and slides, sings and babbles and coughs, building his music out of a surprisingly varied register of sounds and clever rhythmic variations.” (Village Voice) The sounds that resonate from Terry’s own body are marshaled forth with the skill of a trained percussionist and with the intention of bending and blending sonic possibilities. This Youth Performance leaves students creatively exploring their own sonic possibilities on the oldest instrument in the world — the human body.

Curriculum Connections: Arts, Science Presented in collaboration with Arts on Earth and the U-M Center for Educational Outreach.

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Love’s Labour’s Lost SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE

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Fondly Do We Hope…

Fervently Do We Pray BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY BILL T. JONES artistic director Fri, Jan 22, 4 – 6 PM POWER CENTER Grades 6-12 Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray, a new evening-length work about Abraham Lincoln, explores the myriad meanings of Lincoln, challenging and celebrating the lasting contributions of this great man. This dance-theatre piece investigates a handful of key moments from Lincoln’s remarkable life, allowing song and memory to transport the audience to an emotional and intellectual place, beyond the boundaries of space and time. By envisioning the America that might have been had Lincoln completed the Reconstruction, Bill T. Jones exposes the great distance between what is and what could have been.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Mon, Feb 1, 11 AM – 12 PM HILL AUDITORIUM Grades K-12 Since Paul Simon’s Graceland album catapulted Ladysmith Black Mambazo to worldwide fame in 1986, the vocal group has remained true to the idea of opening doors to South African culture through their music, dance, and singing. Assembled in the early 1960s in South Africa by Joseph Shabalala, the group borrows heavily from a traditional music called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa, where black workers toiled far from their homes and their families.

“It isn’t merely the grace and power of their dancing or the beauty of their singing that rivets the attention, but the sheer joy and love that emanates from their being.” (Paul Simon) Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, World Language, English, Arts

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts Funded in part by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the National Dance Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts; Arts Midwest’s Performing Arts Fund; and the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Special Opportunity

…With Liberty and Justice for All Lincoln Up Close at Henry Ford Museum In a special collaboration, UMS invites students and educators to extend the Bill T. Jones experience by visiting the “With Liberty and Justice for All” exhibit at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

The exhibit focuses on four transformative eras in the American quest for freedom: The Revolutionary Era, the Anti-Slavery Movement and the Civil War, the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, and the Civil Rights

Movement. It includes over 200 iconic artifacts associated with these freedom struggles such as the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated and the “Rosa Parks Bus.” For more information about the Bill T. Jones Youth Performance/Henry Ford Museum Visit package, contact UMS at umsyouth@umich.edu or 734-615-0122. (Additional fees apply and dates for museum visits are flexible)

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REID ANDERSON bass ETHAN IVERSON piano DAVID KING drums Fri, Feb 5, 11 AM – 12 NOON LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATRE Grades 7-12 Forget categories and catch phrases — the sound of The Bad Plus is distinctive, eclectic, and formidable. Born and raised in the Midwest, as teens they bounced between junior high rock bands and spent long nights together listening to John Coltrane and The Police. Divergent musical opportunities led them away from each other (for 20 years), until a Minneapolis club gig in 2000. The instant chemistry of that collaboration was clear and inspired them to release a critically acclaimed album the following year.

The Bad Plus’s repertoire includes reinterpreted Top 40 tunes alongside original and not-so-familiar 20th-century compositions; they explode all notions of what a jazz piano trio should sound like, proudly recognizing and respecting the rules while ripping them to shreds.

Photos, l to r: Library of Congress, Paul B. Goode, Robert Hoffman, Mike Dvorak

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Arts

“It is not difficult to see why UMS is the model for so many other people.”

— Sue, Milan Public Schools

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THE BAD PLUS

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SPHINX COMPETITION HONORS CONCERT AARON DWORKIN founder and president Fri, Feb 5, 12 NOON – 1 PM RACKHAM AUDITORIUM Grades 1-12 Celebrating its 13th anniversary, the nationally-lauded Sphinx Competition showcases the most gifted, young Black and Latino/a string players in the US. In this free performance, three Junior Division Finalists (ages 14–18) compete for cash prizes, scholarships, and performance opportunities with the top symphony orchestras around the nation.These outstanding musicians are accompanied by the professional Sphinx Symphony under the direction of Maestro Anthony Elliott in Ann Arbor’s Rackham Auditorium.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts

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GLENN EDGERTON artistic director Fri, Apr 23, 11 AM – 12 NOON POWER CENTER Grades 3-12

Photo: Todd Rosenberg

With characteristic innovation and excitement, this great American dance company breaks down preconceptions about dance by juxtaposing pieces that are based on a variety of dance traditions and genres. The company’s repertory includes work by relative newcomers and revered masters, representing both American and international choreographers. Their collage of styles and influences is unified by an almost magical energy that jumps off the stage and into the audience — an energy that inspires, engages, and delights.

Dance does not get any better than this!

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Arts Funded in part by Arts Midwest’s Performing Arts Fund.

“These performances are a wonderful way for our students to not only experience a performance and enjoy a unique cultural experience, but also to interact with students from outside their culture. Thank you for the opportunity!”

— Rebeca, Detroit Public Schools

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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

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UMS THEME SERIES Links between UMS Youth Education programs range from being intentional to fortuitous, obscure to transparent. Within each UMS Theme Series, an overarching thread is explored, allowing educators to build a focused curriculum and students to have a concentrated experience related to a specific culture, art form, or idea.

ARTS & BODIES

The connection between what the mind imagines and what the body realizes is sometimes discordant, sometimes harmonious, and always fascinating. The performing and teaching artists in this series of events are constantly engaged in closing this gap between “I” and “my body,” and have artistically profound and intellectually stimulating work products. The University of Michigan’s Arts on Earth initiative has a similar thematic focus this season with a full roster of local, national, and international artists and lecturers who will be presenting various programs that complement this series’ offerings. For full details visit www.ArtsOnEarth.org/ArtsBodies.

Youth Performances KEITH TERRY AND THE SLAMMIN’ ALL-BODY BAND See page 3 for details.

Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY BILL T. JONES artistic director See page 4 for details.

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO GLENN EDGERTON artistic director See page 7 for details.

Workshops Dancetalk: Creative Movement and Language Development Led by KATE KUPER See page 13 for details.

Math + Dance: Exploring Sequence and Combinations Led by ERIK STERN See page 13 for details.

Body Music featuring KEITH TERRY See page 16 for details.

In-Class Visits Local teaching artist Susan Filipiak specializes in using dance to teach historical, artistic, and literacy concepts. To further extend the Arts & Bodies series, UMS is able to provide limited funding for schools to receive in-class visits from Susan related to one of the series events or aforementioned concepts. To arrange a visit, contact Susan at sfilipiak@earthlink.net or visit www.SwingCityDance.com for information about her work.

Photo: Paul B. Goode

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Hardly a monolith, the African continent’s massive size, numerous nations, and history of colonization contribute to its wide range of diversities (of geography, languages, cultures, peoples, etc). Given UMS’s 09/10 global focus on the music of Africa, this season’s Youth Education Program includes various events that explore Africa’s different geographic regions. As a series, these events allow Midwestern students and educators to taste and celebrate the cultural life of the nearly billion people living only 4,000 miles away.

Youth Performance Southern Africa LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO See page 14 for details.

Workshops Pan-African The Art of Storytelling: Africa Experienced through Words and Objects See page 17 for details.

West Africa History through Music: The Griot and Music of West Africa See page 17 for details.

East Africa Book Club: Facing the Lion by Joseph Lekuton See page 15 for details.

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KEITH TERRY AND HIS SLAMMIN’ BODY BAND

Fri, Nov 6 11 AM – 12 NOON K-12

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Fondly Do We Hope…

Fervently Do We Pray BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY

Fri, Jan 22 4 – 6 PM 6-12

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Mon, Feb 1 11 AM – 12 NOON K-12

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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

Fri, Apr 23 11 AM – 12 PM 3-12

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“UMS is such a great organization to support public schools the way you do. Thank you!”

— Katherine, Ypsilanti Public Schools

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Kennedy Center Workshops Dancetalk: Creative Movement and Language Development

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Math + Dance: Exploring Sequence and Combinations

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Whatever it Takes: Arts Advocacy 101

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History through Music: The Griot and Music of West Africa

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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words by Ronald C. White Jr.

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UMS Workshops are active and participatory experiences that provide educators with creative, arts-based strategies for nurturing student learning and development.

• Registrants receive tools and materials to incorporate workshop concepts into the classroom immediately.

• Workshop leaders include international performing artists, national arts educators, and community artists and cultural experts.

• Fees: $30 for workshops, $50 for immersions. Book clubs are free, with books provided by the Ann Arbor District Library. AAPS and WISD educators are eligible for full workshop subsidies: see page 21 for details

Partners in Education: Ann Arbor Public Schools, the Kennedy Center, and the Washtenaw Intermediate School District.

Kennedy Center Workshops are professional development opportunities that provide educators with arts-infused strategies to enhance student learning and realize student achievement goals across various areas of the curriculum.

These workshops were developed in association with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and are partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.

Dancetalk: Creative Movement and Language Development

Math + Dance: Exploring Sequence and Combinations

Led by KATE KUPER Thu, Oct 8, 4:30 - 7:30 PM WISD TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER Grades PreK-2

Led by ERIK STERN Thu, Dec 10, 4:30 - 7:30 PM WISD TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER Grades 3-8

Hands-on, physically interactive classroom lessons are usually exhilarating for young students; in this workshop educators discover how to harness this joyous energy to teach sticky lessons about language. Using cooperative and kinetic education techniques, participants explore how creative movement can help increase students’ vocabulary, improve students’ verb and adverb usage, and build students’ comprehension.

Choreography traditionally happens in rehearsal halls or on stage. When it happens in the classroom, however, it can be a powerful—and accessible—way to help students learn fundamental principles of mathematics: sequences and combinations. Using everyday movements (“dance”), this workshop provides active strategies for enhancing student understanding of the mathematical concepts of pattern, probability, and permutations.

After a successful career as a choreographer and performer in the 1980s, Kate Kuper turned her attention to becoming a teaching artist. Since then, she has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education for her work in education with young children, college students, and adult educators.

Erik Stern has a BA in biology from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in dance from Cal Arts. He performed with Tandy Beal and Company for ten years and teaches at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. His duet, “Table of Content,” appeared at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the American College Dance Festival National Meeting in May 2002.

Curriculum Connections: English, Arts A collaboration with the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Curriculum Connections: Math, Arts A collaboration with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District.

According to evaluation data, participants leave 3-hour UMS workshops with more energy than when they came in.

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IMMERSION Immersions are day-long, intensive workshops that focus and develop educators’ knowledge about a specific culture, community, or art form. They are designed in partnership with cultural community experts and are connected to UMS season programming.

Russia Immersion Sat, Jan 30, 8 AM – 8 PM The Russian spirit is trademarked by its enduring fortitude, admired for its pride, and associated with rich cultural and historical traditions. This spirit gleams both within the expansive Russian borders and, fortunately, within the local southeastern Michigan region, allowing UMS to present this day-long Immersion workshop for educators. Authentic interactions with Russian culture fill this day: sessions focus on the musical traditions of bells and composers like Tchaikovsky, the Russian Orthodox Church Easter Celebration, Russian folk arts, and much more. By day’s end, educators will be full of food and will know what a banya is and whether a pirogi is Russian or Polish or both. Our most popular workshop series, Immersions provide educators with hands-on, fun opportunities to develop their cultural competency. This Immersion is programmed in conjunction with the UMS presentation of the Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg, which brings performances of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, World Language (Russian), English, Arts A collaboration with St. Vladimir Church, the U-M Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, and the U-M Department of Slavic Languages.

“Once again, I left this week’s book club feeling encouraged and upbeat and rejuvenated! Thank you, UMS, for all that you do!

I am so grateful for these outstanding opportunities!”

— Cayla, Ann Arbor Public Schools

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UMS “Reading Culture” Book Clubs for educators expand and build upon ideas within our season of events using relevant works of literature. In these facilitated sessions, participants explore and express opinions about stimulating books and learn strategies for leading classroom book discussions. The first 30 registrants receive a free copy of the book. Registration is required.

A partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.

Africa

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Facing the Lion by Joseph Lekuton

Whatever it Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough

Mon, Nov 23, 4:30 - 6:30 PM ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN This first event in the UMS Theme Series on Africa features the autobiographical (and light-hearted) book Facing the Lion, published by National Geographic Books. The author, Joseph Lekuton, writes of his Kenyan childhood, rites of passage to becoming a full Maasai warrior, and successful adjustment moving to the United States. Lekuton wrote this book with students as his audience, and youth will delight in realizing there are universal experiences of growing up: acting brave, being mischievous, and worrying about adulthood. The Facing the Lion Book Club presents educators with a wonderful opportunity to examine a first-person narrative, share tips for teaching cultural texts, and discuss the African Diaspora.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts

Tue, Mar 9, 4:30 - 7:30 PM ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN In this special event, which is half UMS “Reading Culture” Book Club and half Cultural Literacy Workshop, participants are exposed to both the inspiring work of Geoffrey Canada in Harlem, New York and the best and most current thinking about the role and value of the arts in society. These experiences will recharge and uplift valiant arts veterans and provide educators with an arsenal of information to help develop advocacy efforts with parents, administrators, or colleagues. Given the current state of education and the arts, this is invaluable teacher training.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts A collaboration with the Ann Arbor Area Arts Alliance and ArtServe Michigan.

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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words

by Ronald White, Jr. Thu, Jan 14, 4:30 - 6:30 PM ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN In the 1860s, President Abraham Lincoln inspired a divided nation through his words, intellect, and pure power of presence.

This “Lincoln effect” permeates even today’s culture—one example being choreographer Bill T. Jones’s newest work, Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray, a rumination on the life of Lincoln. To deepen the contextual understanding of Jones’s dance-theater piece, this book club examines the speeches and writings of Lincoln, deciphering his ever-lasting charm and national admiration. The session’s facilitated group discussion includes connections to The Henry Ford’s Lincoln collection and video highlights from the Town Hall Meeting, Lincoln’s Legacy: Race, Freedom and Equality of Opportunity filmed by Detroit Public Television at Henry Ford Museum in April 2009.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts A collaboration with The Henry Ford.

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Cultural LITERACY WORKSHOPS Students’ ability to communicate and contribute in the 21st century is based solidly on their cultural literacy.

The UMS Cultural Literacy Workshop Series gives educators tools to develop creative students who are comfortable with their own expressive abilities and with civic engagement in today’s increasingly globalized society.

Teaching Shakespeare Mon, Oct 19, 4:30 - 7:30 PM WISD TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

Body Music

featuring KEITH TERRY Mon, Nov 2, 4:30 - 7:30 PM WISD TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

For many students, the plays of William Shakespeare live solely in text form. The teaching of Shakespeare at its best, however, lifts text into the voice, the eyes, the torso—into the entire body of the student.

By giving breath and physical energy to Shakespeare’s characters, students take ownership of interpretation and use imagination to inhabit the worlds of timeless works of English literature. Theater director Steve Marmion (previously in Ann Arbor in 2006 as the assistant director for the Royal Shakespeare Company) uses this workshop to share engaging techniques for enlivening student encounters with the work of Stratford-Upon-Avon’s most famous playwright.

Depending on the context, armpit music can sound like a cruel school prank or an audible artistic expression. Body Musician Keith Terry prefers the latter interpretation based on the diverse body music traditions around the world (Sumatra to Morocco, Appalachia to Ethiopia). In this workshop, Terry leads participants in an exploration of the body’s potential to create simple sounds and polyrhythmic patterns through clapping, slapping, stepping, and vocalizing. Returning to the classroom, educators will have the resources to inspire and dazzle students with the cheapest musical instrument in the world and enrich lessons about science and the arts.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Science, Arts A collaboration with Arts on Earth and the U-M Center for Educational Outreach.

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Tue, Mar 9, 4:30 - 7:30 PM ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN In this special event, which is half UMS “Reading Culture” Book Club and half Cultural Literacy Workshop, participants are exposed to both the inspiring work of Geoffrey Canada in Harlem, New York and the best and most current thinking about the role and value of the arts in society. These experiences will recharge and uplift valiant arts veterans and provide educators with an arsenal of information to help develop advocacy efforts with parents, administrators, or colleagues. Given the current state of education and the arts, this is invaluable teacher training.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts A collaboration with the Ann Arbor Area Arts Alliance and ArtServe Michigan.

The Art of Storytelling: Africa Experienced through Words and Objects Tue, Mar 30, 4:30 - 7:30 PM U-M MUSEUM OF ART Words and objects by themselves can rouse and stimulate the imagination. When used together by a storyteller, they become an enchantment powerful enough to transport audiences to historical, mythic, and make-believe places. In this session, verbal concoctions from master storytellers and visual creations from the U-M Museum of Art highlight Africa’s diverse traditions of storytelling. Participants gain an understanding of the stories and peoples of various African regions, nations, and cultures—and re-connect with one of the world’s oldest art forms and teaching tools.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts A collaboration with the U-M Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and the U-M Museum of Art.

History through Music: The Griot and Music of West Africa Tue, Apr 13, 4:30 - 7:30 PM WISD TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER Before writing or a reliable means of preserving writings existed in West Africa, social history was passed down through the oral traditions of griots, musical historians who put tales of family and town to song and beats. Today, in African countries such as Senegal, griots still use superb musical artistry and virtuosity on instruments like the kora and djembe to illuminate lineage and ancestral heritage.

First-hand and participatory interactions with griots, practiced musicians, and cultural experts fill this workshop in which educators continue to expand their cultural understanding of the world around them and in their classroom.

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, English, Arts

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Visit www.ums.org/education: • Teacher Resource Guides (Current and Past Years) • Curriculum Connections • Teen Ticket Discounts • Classical Kids Club

UMS Advisory Ambassadors The UMS Advisory Ambassadors is a group of community volunteers who work to increase awareness of and access to the UMS Youth Education Program. Ambassadors meet with school groups, PTOs, and community organizations to share information and answer questions. To learn more or set up a visit, contact umsambassadors@umich.edu.

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Location

7-12

Fri 10/23

12 NOON

Power Center

x $6

=

Keith Terry/Body Band K-12 Fri 11/6 11 AM Hill Auditorium

Bill T. Jones 6-12 Fri 1/22 4 PM Power Center

Ladysmith K-12 Mon 2/1 11 AM Hill Auditorium

The Bad Plus 7-12 Fri 2/5 11 AM Mendelssohn Theatre

Sphinx Competition 1-12 Fri 2/5 12 NOON Rackham Auditorium

Hubbard Street 3-12 Fri 4/23 11 AM Power Center

x $6

=

x $6

=

x $6

=

x $6

=

Free

= Free

x $6

=

Globe Theatre

Ticket #

Total $

Total Due

*Please rank your performance priority in case UMS needs to limit ticket requests.

Please Indicate Special Needs

q Wheelchair #

q Vision Impaired #

q Hearing Impaired #

q Other, please explain:

Contact Information Educator’s Full Name:

School:

School District: School Address: City:

State:

School Phone:

School Fax:

Educator’s Home/Cell Phone:

Educator’s E-mail Address:

Zip:

Youth Performance Payment Information I am paying by

Credit Card: q Visa q MasterCard

q School/Personal Check (payable to “UMS”)

Card Number:

q Money Order

Expiration Date:

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q School Purchase Order #:

q AMEX

q Discover

Signature:

Please do not e-mail credit card information; please mail or call UMS directly.

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Educator Workshop registration form Review all Policies and Procedures before submitting this registration form. Full payment or deposit must accompany workshop registration.

Kennedy Center Workshops

Date

Location

Fee

Dancetalk

Thu 10/8

WISD

q $30

Math + Dance

Thu 12/10

WISD

q $30

Immersion Russia Immersion

Sat 1/30

Ann Arbor

q $50

Cultural Literacy Workshops Teaching Shakespeare

Mon 10/19

WISD

q $30*

Body Music

Mon 11/2

WISD

q $30*

Arts Advocacy 101

Tue 3/9

AADL

q Free

Art of Storytelling

Tue 3/30

UMMA

q $30*

History though Music

Tue 4/13

WISD

q $30*

“Reading Culture” Book Clubs Facing the Lion

Mon 11/23

AADL

q Free

The Eloquent President

Thu 1/14

AADL

q Free

Whatever it Takes

Tue 3/9

AADL

q Free

* $10 discount available to educators bringing students to corresponding Youth Performance.

AAPS and WISD educators are eligible for workshop subsidy. See the Policies and Procedures on page 21 for details.

Contact Information Educator’s Full Name:

School:

School District: School Address: City:

State:

School Phone:

School Fax:

Educator’s Home/Cell Phone:

Educator’s E-mail Address:

Zip:

Youth Performance Payment Information I am paying by q School/Personal Check (payable to “UMS”)

Credit Card: q Visa q MasterCard

q Money Order

Card Number:

q School Purchase Order #:

q AMEX

q Discover

Expiration Date: Signature:

Please do not e-mail credit card information; please mail or call UMS directly.

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Questions?

Call 734-615-0122 E-mail umsyouth@umich.edu Visit www.ums.org/education UMS works with its Teacher Advisory Committee to design policies and procedures that ensure a fair and equitable ticketing and registration process.

Ticketing General Info • Youth Performance tickets are $6 per student, teacher, or chaperone, unless otherwise noted (allow at least one chaperone per 15 students).

• 10-ticket minimum request per performance.

• Before requesting tickets, check school calendars and transportation availability.

• Please Note: Ticket demand often exceeds availability. To accommodate demand, UMS reserves the right to cap ticket requests per school for each performance.

• All performances are subject to change and cancellation.

Requesting Tickets • Tickets may be requested any time.

• Requests received by June 11 (the Early Ticket Request deadline) were given Priority Status for Fall and Winter Performances.

• To maintain Priority Status, Early Ticket Requests MUST be confirmed and finalized with UMS by September 25.

• Any request received by September 25 will be given Priority Status for Winter Performances and will be processed in order of receipt for Fall Performances.

• Requests received after September 25 will be processed upon receipt.

• UMS will begin approving ticket requests for Winter Performances with Priority Status AFTER September 25.

Invoicing Fall Performances • Priority Status requests (received by June 11) will be invoiced in September when the final and confirmed ticket number is received

by UMS. Requests received after the priority deadline will be invoiced in September when the ticket request is received.

Winter Performances • Priority Status requests (received by September 25) will be invoiced beginning October 9.

Requests received after the priority deadline will be invoiced when the ticket request is received.

Tickets may be requested at any time!

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POLICIES & PROCEDURES

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By June 11 submit ticket request to receive Priority Status for Fall performances

By September 25 submit new, revised, or finalized requests to receive Priority Status for Winter performances

By October 9 pay for Fall performances to keep tickets and Fall Priority Status

By December 14 pay for Winter performances to keep tickets and Winter Priority Status

Payment Deadlines • Payment for the Globe Theatre and Keith Terry is due by October 9.

• Payment for Winter Performances with Priority Status is due by December 14.

• Payment for ticket requests received after priority deadlines is due upon receipt of an invoice.

• Payment can be made by check (payable to “UMS”) money order, credit card, or school purchase order.

• Payment MUST be received by deadlines to avoid ticket cancellations.

Refunds Refunds will not be issued if tickets are purchased for a day when school is not in session or if busses are unavailable. Due to high demand for a limited number of tickets, UMS is unable to offer refunds for schools that cancel or change their ticket reservation less than 21 days before the performance. Refunds will be issued only if school is cancelled due to inclement weather or if UMS cancels the performance.

Seating UMS assigns seats to accommodate students with special needs and to ensure school group cohesiveness, appropriate stage visibility, and efficient auditorium entry and exit. Seating assignments do not correlate to the time of ticket request submission.

Ticket Discounts Schools with half or more of their students qualifying for Free or Reduced Lunch are eligible to receive up to a 20% discount on the total price of their group’s tickets for a UMS Youth Performance. To apply for this discount, please send UMS official proof of this percentage with your ticket request. UMS will apply the discount to your invoice. This discount represents one way in which UMS is attempting to achieve equity of access to our programs for schools across the region.

Educator Workshop Registration All teachers must register and pay for workshops in advance. Workshop registrants will be charged for the workshops for which they are registered regardless of whether or not they actually attend.

A $10 workshop registration discount is available to teachers bringing students to a corresponding Youth Performance and to students enrolled in a university teacher education program.

Refunds are available if cancellations are received at least ten business days before the workshop.

Reimbursements Ann Arbor Public School Teachers: AAPS will reimburse teachers’ workshop fees, subject to availability. Teachers who miss the workshop may not apply for reimbursement.

Washtenaw Intermediate School District Teachers: WISD will reimburse the workshop fees of the first five teachers to register.

Teachers who miss the workshop may not apply for reimbursement.

Contact UMS Youth Education for more information about reimbursements.

To Submit Ticket Requests and Register for Workshops Mail: UMS Youth Education Burton Memorial Tower 881 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1011 E-mail: umsyouth@umich.edu Call: 734-615-0122 Fax: 734-998-7526

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Ann Arbor, MI Permit No. 27

UMS Youth Education Burton Memorial Tower 881 North University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1011 Please e-mail address changes to umsyouth@umich.edu

EDUCATION PROGRAM SPONSORS Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Arts at Michigan

The Mosaic Foundation (of R. and P. Heydon)

Arts Midwest’s Performing Arts Fund

The Mosaic Foundation [Washington, DC]

Bank of Ann Arbor

National Dance Project of the New England

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Bustan al-Funun Foundation for Arab Arts

University of Michigan

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

The Dan Cameron Family Foundation/Alan and Swanna Saltiel Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York

Foundation for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12 Education Endowment Fund Rick and Sue Snyder Target

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

TCF Bank

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

UMS Advisory Committee

DTE Energy Foundation

University of Michigan Credit Union

The Esperance Family Foundation

University of Michigan Health System

David and Phyllis Herzig Endowment Fund

U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Academic Affairs

JazzNet Endowment

U-M Office of the Vice President for Research

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Wallace Endowment Fund

Masco Corporation Foundation

Savitski Design

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