Description
DANCING WORDS residencies and performances use movement and theater to bring poetry to life, allowing for a deeper understanding and appreciation of poetry. Programs range from a 1-hour interactive performance to multi-day/multi-week residencies, and are available for whole classrooms, teachers & staff, small groups and/or parents. In shorter residencies, students work primarily with generating material, playing with different ways of coming into writing and/or dancing, and exploring ways of using their bodies to support and inspire their words. In longer residencies students work more on returning to and developing the work they’ve generated, crafting the written word on paper, bringing the poems into their bodies through performance and sharing, and/or developing and fine-tuning the dances they’ve made. Johanna is also available for community projects and has worked in jails, senior centers and after school programs.