While teachers and students are taking a well-deserved break, we are hard at work, adding new teaching artists to our roster, refreshing our catalog, creating new and exciting ways to bring the arts into the classroom and planning for a stellar '18-'19 school year!!
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We just wrapped up our fiscal year, and thanks to our generous donors, granting agencies and sponsors, we finished with a BANG!
It's a new year and we're setting BIG goals! We need your help to continue our important work of educating the WHOLE child! The students of Northeast Texas deserve an arts rich education.
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Tim Tingle
A resident of Canyon Lake, Texas, and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Tim Tingle performs a variety of Native American and Texas folklore for all ages. Playing his cedar flute and deerskin drum, his stories for younger audiences include crowd-participating tales "How Rabbit Lost His Tale," "Grandma Spider Brings the Fire," and "Coyote and the Rock," a hilarious Trickster tale. "Crossing Bok Chitto," a Choctaw-aided slave escape tale—and best-selling book—is Tingle's most requested story, for all ages. "How I Became A Ghost,” a middle grade adventure novel of the Trails of Tears, is also a popular performance piece.
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Donna Ingham
For over 20 years Donna Ingham has taken the ancient art of storytelling and given it a Texas twist. A college English professor in her former life and author of six books, she creates finely crafted stories from history, folklore, and her own personal experiences. Her stories reflect her native roots in the Lone Star State, and she chooses appropriate stories for all ages and stages. Her "Tall Tales and True" offering is a flexible, well-received program adaptable for all ages, with some stories complemented by guitar, ukulele, or washboard accompaniment.
“Our students are still talking about your wonderful stories. What a positive impression you made on all of us.”
– Gail Guffman, elementary school library manager
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It’s a fact that humor, laughter and novelty unchain the brain’s ability to learn and retain information, not to mention their power to motivate. Kidprov utilizes the art of improvisational comedy to establish a learning environment where participants are engaged, creative and motivated. Educationally entertaining, students return to the classroom energized and ready to learn.
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Rosie Baron
Rosie began exploring the art of dance as a child and has never stopped. She has had formal training in Ballet fromthe Houston Ballet, Modern from The Met Dance and also taken class in Hip Hop at Planet Funk for several years. Rosie's Hip Hop workshops takes students through combinations of creative and challenging movement including hits, waves, glides and more in this fun 60 minute workshop
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Isaac Barron
Isaac Barron was born and raised in the inner city of Houston, Texas and discovered a love for dance as a young boy. He started breaking in high school and soon found himself competing at events across the city. Upon graduating from Spring Woods High School, Isaac was recruited by Fly Dance Company, a professional contemporary dance troupe with which he toured extensively across the United States and abroad. Isaac's HIp
Hop Workshop is filled with fun and exciting movement from the warm up and stretch all the way through the various styles of Hip Hop being taught. Oohs and aahs can be expected during these one hour lessons that include some knowledge on the history of the dance as well as the moves themselves! Whether Breaking , Popping, Tutting or Locking, the emphasis is always on having fun with dance!
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Sharon Thayer
Sharon’s journey from dyslexic, non-reading child to national award-winning author has been an adventure filled with all the dramatic twists and turns of a great story. In one delightful chapter, she owned a nature- based kid’s center/summer camp in the mountains of Colorado where she discovered her passion for leading children to live their own stories built on foundations of respect, values, and inner strength.
Today, Sharon continues pursuing that passion through speaking and writing stories that travel to magical worlds and paths of self-discovery.
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We are so excited to roll out our 2018-19 artist roster! To book an artist in your school or for more information on our work, visit us at www.yanetexas.org
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Young Audiences of Northeast Texas | Arts for Learning | 903.561.2787
200 E. Amherst, Tyler, TX 75701
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