Summer Academic Enrichment Eligible Programs

Goals

With diverse cultural backgrounds, 6 artists will train 30 dancers about the importance of Civic Engagement and Asian dances (Bollywood, Chinese, Hmong and Thai Dances) to jointly create/present a new dance show – “Resonance”. Resonance inspires inner/outer connections to create sustainable impacts, it will serve as a communication bridge across cultural/racial lines, to mitigate racial tensions for Asian Americans, to illustrate the cross-cultural experience, and eventually promote Intercultural Harmony.

A. ACTIVITIES.

• Daily Dance Lessons from Mon – Fri from 5 - 8pm to learn different Asian dance styles through choreographed dances, as well as time for students’ own reflections through movements;

• Weekly Civic Engagement Learning and Discussion in different topics at every Wed 5:30 – 7pm;

• Hosting Story-telling events for students and families to share students own creations, and break out COVID-19 isolation and anxiety; and

• Showcasing the Dance Show “Resonance” throughout summer festivals.

B. PROJECT GOALS.

• Address challenges of working across cultural lines, to foster a mutual respect through project creation and staging the “Resonance;” show;

• Promote deeper, richer artistic and cross-cultural dialogues for 30 Asian American youth through learning Asian Dances; Asian American history; and civic engagement conversation; and

• Overcome COVID-19 barriers and come together to create the Dance Show “Resonance.”

C. PROJECT OBJECTIVE. Our Students will:

• Learn how to warm-up, stretching exercises and Asian daces;

• Explore and discover how to use different parts of the body and create shapes for Asian Dances, focusing on Bollywood, Chinese, Hmong (Miao), and Thai Dances;

• Learn about the Asian Dance histories and how cultures shaping on the different style of dances; and

• Invent movements and create shapes in time to music or sound w

Activities

Our Camp will support the MN ARTS standards:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.

• Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.

• Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.

Below is a sample of our Dance Lesson Plans for the Bollywood Dance:

A. LESSON #1: Bollywood Dance 101

• Students will be taught a simple starter routine as a whole group to show their interpretation of the Bollywood theme. The movements should be traditionally Indian with Arm actions; Turning; Side to side; Head movement; and Facial expression.

• Differentiate as appropriate for less and more able (use basic movements, more/less complex interpretation of theme, advanced movements). The purpose of this process is to develop creativity among students and apply cognitive thought to practical dance movements.

B. LESSON #2: Development of motif.

• Understanding of choreographic elements and their uses within dance.

• Cross cultural references made to dance actions and elements.

• Students will begin to develop their motifs in small groups, using the Bollywood theme further. Relate to cross – culture differences where appropriate (Bollywood musicals vs. western style musicals).

• Students will develop and understanding of the use of choreographic elements to show a variation of movements and actions. They will incorporate a range of elements into their motifs.

• Motifs should be short, consisting of a range of movements all using the choreographic devices discussed. Students will discuss the different choreographic elements in dance and their uses. Suggested elements to include: 6 dance actions; Formation; and diverse Indian dance movements.

Program Dates

CAMP DATE: Camp Resonance is a 8-week (June 13 – August 4th, 2022) intensive Civic Engagement and Asian Dance Training Camp (Mon - Fri from 5-8pm), and will recruit disadvantaged Asian American youth to use the movements to release their COVID anxiety, and at the same time to support them using the Asian dances (Bollywood, Chinese, Hmong and Thai Dances) to engage in conversations with communities to improve cultural understanding, intercultural harmony and decrease Anti-Asian acts.

CAMP MISSION: Using Dance to engage in cross-cultural dialogues to release COVID-19 anxiety.

Using ARTS to exchange cultures, collaborating with diverse cultural groups, showcasing the emerging artists’ talents, and creating a channel to give actual words for COVID-19 reflection among Asian American youth. Through the process, students can see their “choice of weapon - ARTS” - can resolve conflicts and release anger/frustration, to promote intercultural harmony and to heal together as ONE under the pandemic.

The Artistic Team has named the Camp “Resonance” with a special meaning - we hope that through diverse cultures/generations, we can enhance the strength of creative power with more empathetic vibrations together. When people of similar frequencies come together, output is not a simple sum of individual works, but amplified. Resonance can also be troublesome, if resonance is at an unwanted frequency, it can lead to disaster. In order to create the harmony, students have to be on the same wavelength to create powerful harmony, and showcase their learning throu

Can students reside on campus? No

Can students commute to campus? Yes

Can students take online classes? No