多样性与文化共享 is a new performing arts course designed to celebrate the diversity of cultures represented by each person in our community. 在这个课堂上, students will explore and exchange their personal stories and those of their ancestors through music, 跳舞, 诗歌, 首歌, 和讲故事. The performance aspect will be cultivated from a regular practice of sharing with each other and will culminate with a music and 跳舞 concert at the end of the trimester. 

这门课将由格雷格·利普斯科姆教授. Greg also directs Elite 音乐 Ensemble and enjoys collaborating with Martin Smith of the 社会研究 department, co-teaching the spring trimester class Identity and Diversity. 我们追上他了解更多关于新班级的情况. 
 

这门课是怎么来的?  

I wanted to find a way to bring students together regardless of their musical or nonmusical background. Though music has long been my primary vehicle toward creativity and expression, it is certainly not my only vehicle and it may not be yours.

快进到现在, this class offers each participant an opportunity to look more deeply and more personally at their experiences of art, 跳舞, 诗歌, and music as it relates to who they are and what they care about.  

I have chosen to include all these things because I want every possible participant to have a way to connect to their inherently creative human self as it connects us all on our beloved planet.
 

是什么让这门课与众不同?

I think this class is a unique opportunity in that it combines aspects of what could easily be multiple classes in one. 例如, it holds a mirror toward our social practices and behaviors similarly to a class in social studies, 但也许是以更私人的方式. It is also an opportunity to look at our relationships to langu年龄, 我们的和别人的, 以一种近距离和个人的方式. This is all expressed through the multiple lenses of the creative arts of music, 跳舞, 诗歌, 讲故事, 视觉艺术, 食物, 等. 
 

这门课的日常生活是怎样的?

每两周一次, each student will share something from their culture such as a poem, 一个短篇故事, 一首歌, 一个舞蹈, 一件艺术品, or something else they have chosen to represent a culture they identify with. 

Class meetings in between will eng年龄 students in activities and discussions designed to support what they will ultimately share with the class, and finally with a school-wide audience during the end-of-trimester concert. Such activities/articles might include learning a group 跳舞, reading and discussing an article about someone’s life story, 一对一的个人生活故事交流, 学习集体歌曲, 花点时间画画, 一起看电影或纪录片, 等.
 

你希望学生们学到什么? 

My hope for students in this class is that they will be more connected to themselves and their own culture and more interested and curious about that of other people, 尤其是那些与他们的明显不同的人.

 

If you have any questions about this class, please contact 格雷格以至于.