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Amanda Pintore is a director, choreographer, and educator who focuses on movement and dance education, devised theatre, and the development of theatre and dance performances with and for children from birth to age six. She is associate director of performing arts and education and lead coordinator of Theatre and Dance for the Very Young at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas. She is also the associate artistic director of Kerfuffle, a midwestern theatre and dance company devoted to creating performances with and for very young children.
Amanda Pintore will lead participants as they create and activate characters to embody when they teach. Pintore will demonstrate characters she has created, explore how to scaffold an in-role lesson plan, and discuss strategies for classroom management while being in the role. This concept can be applied to any medium or curriculum and is best enjoyed by students from pre-kindergarten through third grade.
In this interlude, Amanda Pintore will guide participants as they listen to music, draw what they hear, and activate their artwork through movement. This activity invites students to mix artistic modalities and can be used to explore both solo and collaborative art-making. The concepts taught in the session can be enjoyed by students from pre-kindergarten and up.
In this interlude, Amanda Pintore will help participants develop visual maps on paper that will activate their bodies in space. This activity creates purposeful pathways inside of everyday spaces and routines, and teachers can use it with their students to create spatial awareness as a community. The concepts taught in the session can be modified for any kind of space and for students from kindergarten and up.
