Shortcuts to Happiness: The Performing Arts

Web Resources

Music Made Visible: Dance

Dancing Wheels
http://www.dancingwheels.org/

Bob Fosse and Dance
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/plan_fosse_overview.html

Meet the Artist: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, on the Path to Dance
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3287/

Born at the Rise of the Curtain, Die at its Fall: Actor

Actors Equity Association
http://www.actorsequity.org

Screen Actors Guild
http://www.sag.org

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
http://www.aftra.org/aftra/aftra.htm

University of Hawai'i Maui Community College Speech Department
Speech Anxiety: Tame the Extra Energy
http://www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/speechanxiety.html

Painting Pictures on Silence: Singer

National Association of Teachers of Singing
http://www.nats.org/

The Library of Congress’s I hear America Singing.
See, hear, and learn more about some of our nation's most beloved music.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/ihashome.html

Singers and Singing by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medicine in the Vocal Arts
Biomechanics of the Singing Voice
A Conversation with Natalie Costa
Bogart - Bacall Syndrome
The 10 Most Common Problems of Singers
Warming-up the Voice
Survival Tips for Choral Singers

What We Play is Life: Musician

Homemade Instruments
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/music_education/5804
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/musicalcrafts/
http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/langellr/activity1.html

Mathline Composition
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/music/activity3.shtm

The Function of Music
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/music/function_of_music.cfm

Some Choose a Pen: Writer

Meet the Artist: Barbara Field, on Becoming a Playwright
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3480/

Class in the Media: Writing A Television Script
http://www.pbs.org/classinamerica/resources/lessonplans/media.html

Marketing: how advertisers track class demographics and use class stereotypes
http://www.pbs.org/classinamerica/resources/lessonplans/marketinglesson.html

Screen Play: Exploring the Basics Elements of Screenwriting
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011220thursday.html

Eileen Moushey, Mysteries by Moushey
http://www.mysteriesbymoushey.com

Power of the Pen
Power of the Pen™ is a non-profit educational writing program which targets 7th and 8th grade students in Ohio. At three levels of competition (District, Regional, and State), students participate in three rounds of impromptu writing and receive instant feedback from judges.
http://www.powerofthepen.org/index.htm

An Adventure of the Mind: Director

Putting it Together: Making Great Video Diaries
http://www.pbs.org/americanhigh/teachers/lesson3.html

Meeting Place of the Arts: Theatre Tech

The International Theatre Design Archive
http://www.siue.edu/ITDA/y.html

To Imagine is Everything: Video Production

Creating Great Images (of People) for Video
http://www.pbs.org/americanhigh/teachers/lesson2.html

Creating Great Audio for Video
http://www.pbs.org/americanhigh/teachers/lesson1.html

Science of Special Effects: use a movie camera to create animattion
http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_301/4531_sfx.html

Media Literacy: TV - What You Don't See! Discussion Guide
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/pro_disc_guides.htm

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Reality TV
http://www.pbs.org/americanhigh/teachers/lesson4.html

Through the Eyes of a Child: Creating Documentaries
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020802friday.html

Nothing but the News: Creating "Important" News Stories
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020405friday.html

Be Sincere, Be Brief, Be Seated: Public Speaking

Speech and Public Speaking Hot List
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek4/speech.htm

Toastmasters International’s 10 Tips For Successful Public Speaking
http://www.toastmasters.org/tips.asp

Advanced Public Speaking Institute
http://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm

University of Hawai'i Maui Community College Speech Department
Speech Anxiety: Tame the Extra Energy
http://www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/speechanxiety.html

Awakening Joy: Performing Arts Teacher

Performing Arts Career Guide
http://www.khake.com/page48.html

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections
http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH

Suggested terms to use to search the job information:

Actors, producers, and directors
Announcers
Artists and related workers
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
Dancers and choreographers
Designers
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
Musicians, singers, and related workers
Motion Picture and Video Industries
News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
Writers and editors

For general information on actors, producers, and directors:

Actors Equity Association
http://www.actorsequity.org/

Screen Actors Guild
http://www.sag.org/

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
http://www.aftra.org/aftra/aftra.htm

For general information about theater arts and a list of accredited college-level programs, contact:

National Association of Schools of Theater
http://nast.arts-accredit.org/

Classroom Activities

The Kennedy Center - ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

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