Project Impact

PUSH Physical Theatre co-founder, Heather Stevenson’s humor and relaxed style, blended with her passion for children’s advocacy, makes her programs powerful and engaging. “Reaching & Guiding Kids” is available in a lecture and hands-on workshop format. 

The lecture teaches participants how to view the world from the child’s perspective, enabling participants to help “emerging leaders” navigate their world.

The workshop has teachers engage in group activities based on principles of physical theatre.  Discussions are designed around guiding children through daily challenges and making the most of them.

Teachers will take away ideas and materials to use in fostering communication, social development and creative thinking in children.

Lyric Soprano Yvette Lewis demonstrates how opera can be used as a teaching tool and integrated into the curriculum in Reading, Creative Writing, History, Math and Science.

Operas such as Carmen, La Boheme and Hansel and Gretel are explored and Yvette explains how they may be used for such activities as Creative Writing, Creative Movement and History lessons. 

Operas in America and operas for the very young are also discussed. Teachers come away with ideas of how to make understanding opera easy for their students and suggested activities for many areas of study.

Were Leonardo Da Vinci and M.C. Escher artists, scientists or mathematicians?

Use the Arts to expand curricula by discovering effective ways to influence such subjects as: Science, Social Studies, Math, Literature, Language and Career Education.

Mark Stankiewicz has a talent for making connections between subject areas and has developed interdisciplinary lessons that demonstrate the myriad of connections between art and the world around us.

Teachers will take away ideas and materials to help them present these lessons to their students in an exciting and creative way.