Available School Residencies

From the basics of putting on a musical to the “tips and tricks” of the pros, your students will experience what it takes to prepare dance and musical numbers and learn their lines to tell the story. Our Teaching Artist and Musical Director will direct the students and help them build their musical from the ground up. The 30-minute time-frame keeps the musical manageable without being overwhelming. The preparation process offers the opportunity to learn collaboration, teamwork, self confidence, physical coordination, public speaking and targeted social skills, while building self-esteem. Each student will be showcased at the performance for their peers and family!

They will be introduced to different styles of dance and music, all while collaborating on an original piece to be performed at the end of the program in front of their peers and family! Your students will learn original choreography taught by a professional dance instructor, and will also learn what it takes to pursue dance as a career in a fun-filled experience that simultaneously builds patterns of discipline. 

Students will love seeing the characters come to life during this program through song, dance and character-building improvisation. Our Teaching Artist can work with you and your classroom teachers to develop a script that enables the students to collaborate, improve communication and social skills along with building their self esteem. In addition, this program will help support the Emotional Literacy component of your school’s curriculum, and can also integrate other initiatives. Students will have the opportunity to perform their musical at the end of the program for their peers and family.

Students will involve their family and/or community members in an assignment discovering and recording their own generational immigration story and sharing it with the class. Our Teaching Artist will help integrate pieces of these stories into a script along with song and dance creating a rich, fact-filled and historical experience. Students will perform an original show based on their own personal history. Most likely, this will be an experience each student and family will always remember.

They will discover how to move their puppets and use them to tell a story in a way that is uniquely theirs (and maybe even sing a song)! The use of puppets helps children tap into their imagination and creativity. Building and playing with puppets improves motor skills all while having fun! Our Teaching Artist will guide students through the creation of their puppet and help them bring their puppet to life!

Through the exploration of folktales and mythology, students will be inspired through the stories and the legends from around the world. The AhHa!Broadway Teaching Artist can share these tales and guide the students to bring them to life through ancient stories, music, dance and character work. Students will also have the opportunity to create their own folktales, myths and legends inspired by their own ancestry. 

Our Teaching Artist and/or Musical Director will work with students to present a theatrical presentation on their special day— memorable for both them and their loved ones. We also offer you and your Teachers the opportunity to incorporate themes or inspirational messaging into the event.

Through music and simple choreography, students can grow their learning comprehension, eye-hand coordination and language skills – all while having fun! Our Teaching Artist will also work in tandem with Classroom Teachers to build a presentation for Winter, Spring or Graduation performances.

A great foundation for appreciating the diverse cultures all around us. A favorite example is presenting a fairy tale in various versions from countries around the world. Each class will take on a version of the same story as told in each country. The students may never realize they are learning along the way, and audience will truly enjoy seeing each class present the tale told ‘their way’!

Our Musical Director will teach songs with lyric sheets provided – sometimes through theme such as music through the decades 50’s, 60’s, 70’s & 80’s.  Songs are taught and accompanied on the piano/keyboard. We discuss fun facts about the song, composers, performers, lyrics, etc.