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| Joy2Learn
Arts Education Project |
| Joy2Learn
presents world-class visual and performing artists
in programs available to schools free of charge.
These programs are the first in an ongoing series
of interactive programs created for classroom use.
Students can navigate through an exciting choice
of activities, including watching videos of artist
performances, enjoying interactive quiz games, and
learning about artist insight and history through
multimedia presentations. |
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Joy2Learn Programs include:
Additionally,
a fourth program, Jazz with Wynton Marsalis,
will be available in the near future.
The
Joy2Learn Foundation was created in 1986 to improve
public education by creating and providing high
quality arts content to schools for interdisciplinary
use. Funding for the Joy2Learn Foundation has been
provided by the California Department of Education,
the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation,
the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the AT&T
Foundation, and several other non-profit organizations. |
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Theatre
with Hector Elizondo
Hector
Elizondo, theatre, television and movie star, presents
four great plays: "I Ought to be in Pictures"
by Neil Simon, "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond
Rostand, "Othello" by Shakespeare, and "Antigone"
by Sophocles. He charismatically introduces the stories,
the authors, his personal thoughts on acting and the plays,
and brilliantly performs brief segments of each of the
four masterpieces.
View
or download Theatre with Hector Elizondo from
Joy2Learn
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At
the Piano with Alan Gampel
The
first Joy2Learn Music Program focuses on internationally
renowned pianist Alan Gampel and his exciting performances
of the Chopin "Minute Waltz," Gershwin "Prelude,"
Debussy "Poisson D'Or," Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight
of the Bumble-Bee," and Stravinsky "Firebird."
Students can click on sections to see video material about
the composers, the music selections, interpretation, or
to play a quiz-game. There is also a section that explains
the history of the piano and how it works.
View
or download At the Piano with Alan Gampel from
Joy2Learn
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Dancing
with Gregory Hines
Joy2Learn's
third e-presentation features the late Gregory Hines speaking
about the history and culture of tap dancing. Mr. Hines
offers anecdotes about the great tap dancers of the 20th
century, demonstrations of technique, and stories from his
own remarkable career as a film and theater star.
View
or download Dancing with Gregory Hines from Joy2Learn
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