Movement Magic Dance and Theater for Kids 7 - 10 with Lela Besom
September 1, 2021 @ 3:30PM — December 8, 2021 @ 4:30PM Central Time (US & Canada)
Movement Magic Dance & Theater For Kids ages 7-10 interested in self expressive dance and theater play.
When: Wednesdays, September 1-December 8, 3:30-4:30pm
Where: Mt. Sequoyah Center, Clapp Auditorium
Cost: $16.75/ class, can be paid in full at $234.50 There are 2 need based scholarships available on request. If you need to reserve a spot but would like to split up your payments please contact Mount Sequoyah to arrange.
Educator: Lela Besom
Sponsor: Mt. Sequoyah Center
Movement Magic is a welcoming and inclusive class designed to engage kids with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. With guidance the students will create a supportive community environment where they are respected and comfortable embodying and sharing their own dance expression, as well as taking risks to try new movement and theater techniques.
Through the class, students will gain mind/body awareness and practice making conscious choreographic decisions with their movements. They will try different processes and work with their own ideas to create sharable dance and theatre art work. They will also gain confidence and collaboration skills.
Classes will be structured with a circle check-in, playful warm up, introduction to new skill/challenge, practice, and a group share. At the end of the first 7 weeks, students will give a casual presentation of their work-in-progress to families. On December 8th, students will present again for families and the Mt. Sequoyah community.
Clapp Hall is not ADA accessible. If your child is interested and unable to participate for this reason, please let us know for future planning.
Lela Besom is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, early childhood and anti-bias educator from Seattle, WA. She is an expert in the Reggio Emilia approach to education which provides open ended curricular activities designed to support students' individual and collective development. She taught visual art, dance,
and theater at Hilltop Children’s Center in Seattle for six years, and at Cambridge Friends School in Cambridge, MA, for three. Her primary focus in teaching is
offering opportunities for students to connect with their inner voice in a supportive environment to promote personal development and self expression.