This post is from lovely Julianne Harper. Julianne is best known to our audiences as the tap-dancing Abeona and is pictured here leading a class in Wendell, NC.
We are now starting our last week of residencies for the season in Vass, NC at STARS. Mr. Ulung and I are working with first grade this time around, which has been an absolute pleasure! We love to sing about plants, dance like our favorite animals, and practice being "professional" performers as well as audience members. Our biggest challenge is trying to fit all of our fun into just forty-five minutes!
As this is our third residency together, Mr. Ulung and I have definitely found our groove as teaching partners. In past seasons I have taught with actors and other dancers, but this is my first time being paired with a musician. Mr. Ulung plays basically any instrument imaginable, so our classrooms have been filled with the beautiful sounds of the flute, saxophone, guitar, recorder, drums, and even the harmonica! Every lesson we teach is able to go so much further because of this wonderful music. The pairing of dance and music has proven to be such an effective combination to reach our learning goals. And I have to say, all of our STARS students are excellent little dancers and musicians!
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