EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Each year members of Fiesta Colorado performs and teaches at over 100 schools across the state of Colorado touching over 10,000 children annually.
Under the direction of Jeanette Trujillo Lucero, dance members are able to offer a full array of experiential offerings, tailor-made for grades K-12, where students discover the Hispanic arts and come to understand the roots of the culture and its traditions. These include:
• Single class Lecture/Demonstrations by Jeanette Trujillo Lucero
• Full Day Workshops for one or more classes
• In-school Residencies from 4 to 16 sessions, for one or more classes
• School Assemblies – performance by Dance Company Members
The types of activities in which the students are engaged include music and rhythm sessions; art projects such as mask, costume and instrument making; basics of choreography and creating a performance. Throughout all these activities, elements of history and culture are interwoven.
The curriculum content can focus on the Mexican arts, culture and traditions, the Spanish arts, culture and traditions or both.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Dance class for the community is ongoing and training is offered year-round on a weekly basis at the dance studios in Lakewood and Denver, Colorado.
Classes are offered for students for ages 5 – adult and beginning dance levels to professional dance performance. New dancers are always welcome to join the dance company. Auditions are held in the Fall and the Spring for the Fiesta Colorado training group.
For more information on the Educational programs for YOUR school contact:
Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero at 303-274-7844 or jeanette@fiestacolorado.org
You can also contract programs by contacting the following:
• Think 360 - Young Audiences of Colorado at www.think360arts.org
• Denver Public Schools Community Resources - Sue Edwards at 303-782-0975
• ArtVentures Lakewood Cultural Center – Karen White at 303-987-7854 or by email at ArtVentures@lakewood.org
• Colorado Folk Arts Council at www.colofolkarts.org
• Scientific Cultural Facilities District at www.scfd.org
Fiesta Colorado
Lakewood, CO
