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Upcoming Educational Programs
An Evening with Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald
An Evening with Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald
Join Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald for an evening of experimental performance and behind-the-scenes conversation about their lives as professional artists who blend dance, music, and theater. Together with their daughter,
For Teachers in the Learning Library
Raise Your Voice with Oumou Sangaré and Sidy Maiga
The Sun Rises Again
Dance Workout: Jillian Davis
Celebrity Costume Designer: Machine Dazzle
The Pipa // East Meets West Along the Silk Road
Climate Migration: “Ajijaak on Turtle Island”
Italy’s theatre of spectacle: eVenti Verticali
Dreams, Dance, and Decisions
Walkin’ with Trane
Grace and Athleticism through Dance
Pedal Punk
Forty Girls
Hear firsthand from Yomely Marte, an ESL teacher at Providence’s Nowell Leadership Academy about the impact a recent FirstWorks Virtual Learning workshop, conducted in Spanish had on her.
You understand the transformative power the arts can have–making us laugh and cry, helping us heal and grow, building understanding and empathy, creating connections and community. That healing power is needed now more than ever. Since COVID-19 struck, we’ve been hard at work making the performing arts accessible to all in our community, from virtual learning programs for students and teachers, to virtual workshops for elder populations and families to virtual and safely-distanced performances for the entire community.
“Being able to ask questions of Yo-Yo Ma? I told my students that’s like going to your local playground to shoot hoops with Michael Jordan”
– Pete Boland, Educator at Beacon Charter School