Niswonger Performing Arts Center (NPAC) www.npacgreeneville.com
By partnering with schools to become an extension of their classroom and further enhance learning through arts experiences, many children will be exposed to the arts. Arts education improves academic achievement and student success. All educational programming is performed by national and regional touring companies, and all camps and classes are taught by local certified instructors.
NPAC will continue to offer a variety of school-day educational programming for area students that will include professional productions that correlate with the state curriculum guidelines. Four-Five school day educational performances will be offered for the 2024-2025 school year.
Contact Gracie Weems at gweems@npacgreeneville.com
Sample Programs Offered
Program Type: Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
Visit https://www.npacgreeneville.com/education-series-resources for updates on the 2021-22 season!
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum
Program Description:
Pocahontas is a name known to every school-age child and yet her true story is shrouded in myth. With an emphasis on historical fact, Pocahontas is revealed as a playful, strong-minded young girl
who changes her world before she will change her beliefs or herself. Following Pocahontas as she grows from a girl who helps the Jamestown colonists survive, to the young woman, wife, and mother who carries her message of peace and mutual cooperation across the Atlantic to the mighty King of
England. Join Pocahontas on her amazing journey and see how courage and determination can change the world. The True Story of Pocahontas is presented by Theater IV.
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
Lightwire Theater returns to present Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey. Marvin the mouse wants to be popular. Constantly bullied and picked on by the “cool” mice, he is labeled as a loser and a geek.
To get away from the continuous badgering, he retreats into his science books and a world of fantasy. He longs to have adventures, to be the hero. Join Marvin on the space adventure of a lifetime; a trip to the surface of the moon on his homemade rocket, where he meets a strange cast of misfit creatures, learns of infinite peril and awesome beauty. Will Marvin make his dreams come true and bring him the glory and acceptance he craves? Lightwire Theater is proud to present MOON MOUSE, a cosmic
adventure about celebrating differences.
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana uses the universal language of dance to enrich the curriculum with a multicultural approach to education. Students learn solid Spanish Dance technique along with the discipline and commitment inherent in learning an art form. Flamenco is highlighted as a way to learn Spanish history, language, and culture. During the Fiesta Flamenca program, students will listen to the guitarra (guitar) and cante (voice) as they watch several types of flamenco dances being performed. Flamenco dancers also add to the music and rhythms with castañuelas (castanets) as well as with taconeo (footwork), and palmas (rhythmic hand claps). Interaction with students is a component of this lecture/demonstration.
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