Accompanying curriculum materials, including a Teacher's Curriculum Guide and Student Guide, are available for use in conjunction with performer-led workshops and residencies. The materials emphasize Spanish history and geography with pictures and puzzles, and describe the mix of cultures that came together to create flamenco dance. See the detailed list of programs for each age group below. A series of dances is interspersed with information about the culture and history of flamenco and hands-on activities. In this dynamic program, student's eyes are opened to the world of traditional Spanish dance and its origins in southern Spain.
Audience participation is an integral part of the program.
Performances can be done in the school auditorium or other large space. The rhythms and feelings of Flamenco captivate students throughout this dynamic and colorful program which includes four professional company members. A presentation through dance of the many deep emotions found in flamenco, that are also experienced by our adolescent high school students. The program highlights how all the arts are an important part of self expression. Students also learn the cultural history of this dance form and the patterns of exchange between cultures in Southern Spain and in the Americas, at a much more in-depth level than younger students.