Youth Audiences
Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is the Southeast’s leading provider of educational arts programming.
Part of the 32-chapter national Young Audiences organization, YAWAC brings the power of live arts experiences to Georgia students from pre-school to high school. From a small organization of nine artists in 1983, YAWAC has grown into a force in arts education, comprising more than 70 professional artists and ensembles that reach nearly one million students each year. We fulfill our mission – to improve the life and education of every child through the arts – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse array of performances, workshops and residencies in music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. From Chinese dance to Russian gypsy folk music, from fabric collage to classic fables, YAWAC offers children a world of possibilities for learning about the arts and through the arts.
Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre
The first dance company to join the Young Audiences roster, Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre has been one of Atlanta's favorite dance companies for over 40 years. The Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre is a Regional Honor Company in the Southeast Regional Dance Association. The company, comprising professional and pre-professional dancers, offers programs that blend jazz, classical ballet, contemporary movement and artistic athletics.
Assembly Performances
Duration: Approximately 40-45 minutes
Audience Size: Approximately 250-300 students
Features: Introduction to art form through performance, demonstration, audience participation
This year’s offerings:
Stories That Move
Stories can be brought to life in many forms! Through the magic of dance, some of your favorite stories are told through movement. From London to Spain to Neverland to the Jungle, all roads lead to dance. Ballet plays an important role in almost every culture and the Ruth Mitchell Dancers take students across the globe to see the stories of Peter Pan, Don Quixote, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Jungle Book. Seeing is believing in this amazing show that hightlights how dance can tell a story.
All That Jazz
Follow the development of jazz from its roots in Africa to its many incarnations in American dance. Students first see the African dance steps and then watch as they transform into the Charleston, swing, disco and finally present day stomp. Students are introduced to polyrhythms and practice dance steps while learning about the cultural changes within the United States that affected jazz as a dance form.
For more information, please contact:
YOUNG AUDIENCES, Woodruff Arts Center
(404) 733-5293
(404) 733-5236 (fax)
1280 Peachtree Street NE
ATLANTA, GA 30309
