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LUMBEE RIVER NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ' A A Component1 of Lumbee Regional Development Association WHAT IS THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS? lumbee Regional Development Association s Lumbee River Native Amencan Center for the Arts was established to provide special educational services and opportunities to gifted and talented Indian students in grades 712 The Center is a special learning place for gifted and talented students in the areas of music visual arts dance drama and communications Undergirdmg each of the arts is the division of Indian Studies WHO ARE THE STUDENTS? All students-admitted to the Center must be admitted through audits Students from adjoining counties will be admitted to the Summer Institute during the summer of 1981 The Summer Institute of 1982 will be available to students from other tribes in the East DANCE Dance is part of the Center of the Arts in ballet, modern, jazz, and tap Emphasis is placed upon the exploratory involvement of the Student m individual preference? which bring forth an innate style of movement Exposure and consideration is given to different styles and techniques of dance and their development in different cultures Emphasis is placed on modern and mterpretivedanbetooriginai contemporary Native American music along with studies and uses of Eastern Indian Ceremonial Dance Students will be instructed in the following areas creative movement, composition choreography, dance history ballet modern dance, recreation dance, Native American dance An appreciation of dance as a dance experience and as a valid and natural means of artisitic expression is one very important obiective of the Dance curriculum Also the concepts of space energy, and time well learned as well as various utilitarian, perceptual and communicative skills DRAMA Drama will encompass acting, set design and construction, costuming and make-up Ma/or emphasis will be on innate dramatic skills which are enhanced and retmed through pantomine story telling, puppetry, and formal theatre Theatre history and vocabulary is studied along with lighting, makeup acting, costumes set design, stage movement and blocking Students are taught to see drama as a means of pleasure, a way of communicating and motivating, and as a part of the experience of life as a whole Students are encouraged to use Native American experiences in their dramatic creations It is hoped that the students will develop an attitude of self confidence through dramatic experiences and that various concepts and skills will be realized and enhanced Creative writing poetry debate and speech are combined under the communicative arts part of the Center Concepts, attitude, and skills in literature and composition (oral written, and audio-visual) are enhanced Students are led to critical understanding and application of poetry narratives and tree style composition, in describing the environment Emphasis is placed on the Native American experience The skills of reading writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and thinking are enhanced through study of composition and literature The contents of literature and composition are studied also the practice of competent speech usage is instilled, along with the acquisition of sensative listening and rebuttal skills THE LUMBEE RIVER DANCERS. LUMBEE RIVER NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS The Lumbee River Native American Center for the Arts, a component of Lumbee Regional Development Association, was established in September. 1981. The program, which is funded through the Office of Indian Education, Title IV. Part B. is designed to provide instruction to gifted and talented Indian students in the areas of music (instrumental and vocal), drama, speech, creative writing, visual arts and dance. An Indian Studies component is also taught to all enrolled students. The first year of operation was a busy one for the Center students. In addition to performing at parent meetings and local high schools, the students presented a very special performance on May 7, 1981 at Pembroke State University's ' Performing Arts Center. The program-entitled "A Spring Revue"-featured an art exhibit, performed by all music students (vocal and instrumental), a creative writing reading, several dance presentations, and a play. "Who Am I?". A Component of Lumbee Regional Development Association INDIAN STUDIES Tna Indian Slndiwt cufftcuiowi it laaifnad to d#v#iop ? daap and t ?????? ?ppi*ci?ti(yi and uidd'f tnd'"fl 0< in* atud#nt t own n>Mo<y and rutin'# to t"tl n# IK. may h* alii# in *ipr*?t in?i ?i nting ini,iugh in# aril Aludnnlt will i**m in# mttrwy cuHu'# i*nfK?n r itliimt tot *i id# i*flt ??mom I##i|#'t and o n|??i|. .?*>, |K.iM*mt nl|n?l? ?#t and iin#< f atl?"i Nai.?#t ? n# i *m#i i tppia?rn ?<n u?# nd>an aimim and in# fit tt .?mparnpni in .ind*<?xO >?#" ng aw >|H"># ?nd Cudu'W td|i.f'm#n| *n t#rn#nc#m#nl Tn# t.?t W"HMu##dlod#mnntli*l# ?? ?? t'i , ??#?"?? ??) ??!#?*?(?'? ? Indian a)iid*t DARRYL LOCK LEAR INSTRUCTS DRAMA AND CREATIVE WRITING. JUL1ANNA MORGAN INSTRUCTS DANCERS.
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