Native American Tales & Traditions
Robin Pease, a Mohawk descendant, comes to your school in traditional regalia to take you on a journey through Native American culture. The program features audience participation in the form of stories, songs, dance, and/or games. Learn some Mohawk language and explore character education qualities and practices of the Native American people.
Program adjusted to suit ages PreK-adults, for PreK audiences the program is shortened to 30 minutes.
Audience Limit: 300
Curriculum Connection: Native American Culture and Language, US History, Storytelling, Music, English Language Arts, Folk Tales, Mythology
Single Performance: $650
Additional Performances: $520
Travel: $50 per day
Pricing may vary for weekends/out-of-school time
Processing Fee of $30 added to all contracts
Provisions:
- 1 reserved parking space close to the door of performance space
- 5-6 foot table
- Bottle of water
- Private place to change
- Dolly or flatbed cart to help transport equipment
- 2 microphone XLR inputs hooked up to your sound system (for artist to attach her wireless microphone and one other microphone or guitar)
- Electric outlet near mic hook up 1 mic stand
Performance Space:
- Proscenium style stage set-up with a center aisle and the ability for the artist to walk totally around the audience. Works best in a theatre or place where students sit on floor. Audience should be 3 feet from base of performance space.
- Minimum performance dimensions: 8’ x 10’.
Arrival time before first performance: 45 minutes
Strike time: 30 minutes
Time needed between performances: 10 minutes
Teachers are expected to model appropriate audience behavior for students.
Please introduce the performer as an Arts for Learning Massachusetts artist.
