They also created several workshops to accompany the video clips, including ballet movement and designing a costume template for children to create their own Nutcracker-themed costume. “(Poway OnStage) did the first (virtual field trip) with (singer Sonia del los Santos),” Batley said, “and (O’Keefe) approached us for ‘The Nutcracker’ because we do outreach shows for schools every year.”īatley said he and Martha Leebolt, his co-artistic director, looked at the first virtual field trip and thought it was “really great.”įor their own virtual field trip, Batley said he and Leebolt took recordings of last year’s productions of “The Nutcracker” and cut the ballet down to two, 18-minute acts to make the videos and story easier for children to watch.
#Poway onstage series#
O’Keefe formerly taught at SCB and has a child studying with the school, he said.īatley said the two organizations have wanted a collaboration for some time, but it was not until O’Keefe and Poway OnStage developed the virtual field trip series that something panned out. The collaboration between Poway OnStage and Southern California Ballet is thanks to Sharlene O’Keefe, Poway OnStage’s operations and program manager, said Toby Batley, co-artistic director for the ballet. Parents, teachers and community members can sign up children to participate at.
#Poway onstage free#
The field trips are free for children in first through seventh grade due to grant funding. Through the virtual field trip series, Southern California Ballet will perform narrated show excerpts of “The Nutcracker,” as well as provide extension activities in movement, pantomime and costume design, according to a press release. With COVID-19 restrictions, the dance company and Poway OnStage have a found a way to bring the show to life in a safe manner for children.
Southern California Ballet traditionally performs the classic Christmas ballet on the stage of the Poway Center for the Performing Arts every holiday season. Poway OnStage has teamed up with the Southern California Ballet to present “The Nutcracker” virtual field trip, available now through Dec.
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